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Social Comparison Theory

By: Elliott C. Larson & Manuel F. Gonzalez
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition
Edited by: Steven G. Rogelberg
Subject:Organizational/Work/Occupational Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Occupational/Industrial Psychology
Keywords:comparison; self-enhancement; social comparison; social comparison theory; social theories; staff; theory comparison

Social comparison theory is a set of hypotheses, postulates, and corollaries aimed at explaining the process in which people evaluate their standing relative to others. Such evaluations of one’s relative standing ...

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  Larson, E., & Gonzalez, M. (2017). Social comparison theory. In S. Rogelberg (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology, 2nd edition (pp. 1455-1457). SAGE Publications, Inc, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483386874.n498
  
  Larson, Elliott C., and Manuel F. Gonzalez. "Social Comparison Theory." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition, Second Editionedited by Rogelberg, Steven G., 1455-57. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483386874.n498.
  
  Larson, E. and Gonzalez, M. 2017. Social Comparison Theory. In: Steven G. Rogelberg Editor, 2017. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition, Second Edition edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1455-1457 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483386874.n498> [Accessed 26 Jun 2022].
  
  Larson, Elliott C. and Manuel F. Gonzalez. "Social Comparison Theory." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition. Edited by Steven G. Rogelberg.Second Edition ed Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017, pp. 1455-57. SAGE Knowledge. 26 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483386874.n498.
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