Application 2Engaging Others Unlike MeYou may want to familiarize yourself with the MSL Application Rubric Weeks 1–5 before you begin thisApplication Assignment, and then refer to it as needed throughout the week. The rubric is located inthe Rubrics area in the left navigation bar. Read Levine, Prosser, Evans, and Reicher (2005), “Identity and Emergency Intervention: How SocialGroup Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior.”Levine et al. (2005) “. . .provide evidence for the importance of social group membership and theinclusiveness of social category boundaries for helping behavior” which could have significantimplications within organizational contexts.Then, consider the following questions as you write a 1- to 2-page paper. These questions serve toprovide a framework for you to begin your thinking process (do not answer them individually); you mustexplain your reasoning as you formulate your formal response. As you contemplate your engagement with others who are not in your in-groups, how do yourespond to them? Do you use avoidance behaviors or engagement behaviors? Are you proactive toward crossing boundaries; or reactive, waiting to be invited acrossboundaries? Are you eager or reticent to help others who are not a member of one of your in-groups? Have you ever intentionally not helped someone because they were not part of your in-group? Under what circumstances do you socialize with people who are unlike you? How diverse is your social network? What could you do as a leader to help include diverse members in the in-group? Be sure to cite specific examples to explain how you function across group boundaries.

Application 2Engaging Others Unlike MeYou may want to familiarize yourself with the MSL Application Rubric Weeks 1–5 before you begin thisApplication Assignment, and then refer to it as needed throughout the week. The rubric is located inthe Rubrics area in the left navigation bar. Read Levine, Prosser, Evans, and Reicher (2005), “Identity and Emergency Intervention: How SocialGroup Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior.”Levine et al. (2005) “. . .provide evidence for the importance of social group membership and theinclusiveness of social category boundaries for helping behavior” which could have significantimplications within organizational contexts.Then, consider the following questions as you write a 1- to 2-page paper. These questions serve toprovide a framework for you to begin your thinking process (do not answer them individually); you mustexplain your reasoning as you formulate your formal response. As you contemplate your engagement with others who are not in your in-groups, how do yourespond to them? Do you use avoidance behaviors or engagement behaviors? Are you proactive toward crossing boundaries; or reactive, waiting to be invited acrossboundaries? Are you eager or reticent to help others who are not a member of one of your in-groups? Have you ever intentionally not helped someone because they were not part of your in-group? Under what circumstances do you socialize with people who are unlike you? How diverse is your social network? What could you do as a leader to help include diverse members in the in-group? Be sure to cite specific examples to explain how you function across group boundaries.