Professor, Doctor of Science (Psychology), Professor of Managerial Psychology and Legal Psychology Department, Southern Federal University (SFU), Russia.Has developed the social-psychological theory of small groups (the micro-group theory); created 25 questionnaires, and several computer techniques (e.g., "Multidimensional Professional and Psychological Personality Test" and "Group Profile"). Has 11 certificates of the official registration of computer programs of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property. His research interests include group characteristics (norms, trust, cohesion, status, leadership, adaptation, etc.), group processes (integration and disintegration), group structure, group effectiveness, organizational identification, organizational citizenship behavior, and psychological methods of research of small groups and persons.
Topic of the report: Sidorenkov A.V., Borokhovski, E.F. Functions of work groups: The role of informal leadership and the contribution of managers to group activity.
Some recent publications:
Sidorenkov, A.V. &Borokhovski, E.F. (2024). Activity and interconnections of individual and collective actors: An integrative approach to small group research. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 58, 1-28.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-023-09769-w
Sidorenkov, A.V. &Borokhovski, E.F. (2024). Comparative analysis of the functions work groups and informal subgroups carry out in relation to their members: The essence, conditions of implementation, effects, and dysfunctions. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 58(4), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-024-09834-y
Sidorenkov, A., Ignatov, D., Stroh, W., Eribekyan, A. & Obukhova, Y. (2024). Razrabotkaekspress-oprosnikafunktsiyproizvodstvennoygruppyineformal'nykhpodgrupp po otnosheniyu k svoimchlenam [Developing an express questionnaire for assessing the functions of work groups and informal subgroups in relation to their respective members]. OrganizatsionnayaPsikologiya [Organizational Psychology], 14, 55-76 (in Russ.).Retrieved from https://orgpsyjournal.hse.ru/en/2024-14-1/920415454.html
Sidorenkov, A.V. &Borokhovski, E.F. (2025). Functions of informal subgroups in relation to work groups and group effectiveness. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 2025. 59(48). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-025-09917-4