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institution1945–1948

Research Center for Group Dynamics

Disciplines:
management/organizational behavior
social psychology
social psychology/group dynamics

Summary

Research center founded by Kurt Lewin at MIT in 1945, later relocated to the University of Michigan, that institutionalized the experimental study of group behavior, social influence, and organizational change.

Core Contribution

Established the first institutional home for experimental social psychology focused on groups — producing foundational research on social influence, conformity, and organizational dynamics that defined the field for a generation.

Historical Influences

Kurt Lewin

Intellectual Lineage

Gestalt Psychology Applied Social ScienceAmerican Research University System

Contemporaries & Peers

National Training Laboratories Institute for Social Research

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Group dynamics as research fieldSurvey Research Center

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