Dr Laura Smith
Profile
Dr Laura G. E. Smith is a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the Department of Psychology. As a Social and Organisational Psychologist, she has an established programme of research examining how social identities emerge and evolve through social interaction, and the implications of this process for social and organisational behaviour. She specialises in small group research and analysis of interdependent data. Her work involves both longitudinal field work and laboratory experiments. Dr Smith has received funding for her research from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Australian Research Council (ARC). Media interest in her work has included ABC radio’s Saturday AM programme.
Research interests
- The formation of social identities and the development of norms for social behaviour
- Inter- and intra-group processes
- Proselytizing, religion and intergroup peace
- The psychological processes underlying personal and professional transitions
Teaching
Undergraduate
Publications
Articles
McGarty, C., Thomas, E., Lala, G., Smith, L. and Bliuc, A.-M., 2013. Forthcoming. New technologies, new identities and the growth of mass opposition in the ‘Arab Spring’. Political Psychology
Smith, L. G. E., Amiot, C. E., Smith, J. R., Callan, V. J. and Terry, D. J., 2013. Forthcoming. The social validation and coping model of organizational identity development: a longitudinal test. Journal of Management
Smith, L. G. E., Amiot, C. E., Callan, V. J., Terry, D. J. and Smith, J. R., 2012. Getting new staff to stay: the mediating role of organizational identification. British Journal of Management, 23 (1), pp. 45-64.
Smith, L., 2011. Giving voice to values: How to speak your mind when you know what's right, by Mary C. Gentile. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 10 (4), pp. 734-736.
Smith, L., 2011. Reviving Christian humanism: The new conversation on Spirituality, Theology, and Psychology, by D. S. Browning. Modern Believing, 52 (3).
Smith, L. G. E. and Postmes, T., 2011. The power of talk: developing discriminatory group norms through discussion. British Journal of Social Psychology, 50 (2), pp. 193-215.
Smith, L. G. E. and Postmes, T., 2011. Shaping stereotypical behaviour through the discussion of social stereotypes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 50 (1), pp. 74-98.
Dwyer, L. A., Hornsey, M. J., Smith, L. G. E., Oei, T. P. S. and Dingle, G. A., 2011. Participant autonomy in cognitive behavioral group therapy: an integration of self-determination and cognitive behavioral theories. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30 (1), pp. 24-46.
Thomas, E. F., Smith, L. G. E., McGarty, C. and Postmes, T., 2010. Nice and nasty: the formation of prosocial and hostile social movements. International Review of Social Psychology, 23 (2-3), pp. 17-55.
Postmes, T. and Smith, L. G. E., 2009. Why do the privileged resort to oppression? A look at some intragroup factors. Journal of Social Issues, 65 (4), pp. 769-790.
Smith, L. G. E. and Postmes, T., 2009. Intra-group interaction and the development of norms which promote inter-group hostility. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39 (1), pp. 130-144.
