From the contents: Cohesion and membership duration: linking groups, relations and individuals in an ecology of affiliation (M. McPherson, L. Smith-Lovin). - Building a model for solidarity and cohesion using three theories (D. Willer et al.). - Status, emotion and the development of solidarity in stratified task groups (J.A. Houser, M.J. Lovaglia). - Embedded trust: control and learning (V. Buskens, W. Raub). - Sequence and solidarity (S.E. Clayman).

Advances in Group Processes is a peer-reviewed annual volume that publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. This volume includes papers on status, double standards of competence, status effects of gender, reverse identity processes, self-stigma, synchrony and authority leniency.