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Hogg, Michael A.

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Early Life and Educational Background

Michael Hogg was born in 1954 in Calcutta, India, and moved to Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the age of two. In 1968, his family moved back to England, where he attended school until his graduation. In 1977, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at the University of Birmingham. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Bristol under the supervision of John Turner in 1983. During his Ph.D., much of his research focused on social categorization, group formation, and group cohesiveness. His dissertation, titled “Investigations into the social psychology of group formation: A cognitive perspective,” explored the importance of the social-cognitive process of self-categorization and social identification in the development of group belongingness and cohesion.

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Michael Hogg began his academic career in 1981 as an assistant professor at the University of Bristol. In 1985, he moved to Macquarie University...

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  • Abrams, D., & Hogg, M. (1988). Comments on the motivational status of self-esteem in social identity and intergroup discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology, 18(4), 317–334.

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  • Hogg, M. (2000). Subjective uncertainty reduction through self-categorization: A motivational theory of social identity processes. European Review of Social Psychology, 11, 223–255.

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  • Hogg, M. A. (2001). A social identity theory of leadership. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 184–200.

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  • Hogg, M. A. (2007). Uncertainty-identity theory. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 39, pp. 69–126). San Diego: Academic Press.

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  • Hogg, M. A. (2014). From uncertainty to extremism: Social categorization and identity processes. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 338–342.

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  • Hogg, M. A. (2015). Constructive leadership across groups: How leaders can combat prejudice and conflict between subgroups. Advances in Group Processes, 32, 177–207.

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  1. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Kathryn Kincaid & David E. Rast III

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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    April Phillips

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Kincaid, K., Rast, D.E. (2020). Hogg, Michael A.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1756

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