Conference PaperModeling the Culture of Online Collaborative Groups with Affect Control TheoryMorgan, Jonathan H.; Zhao, Jun; Sedlacek, Andrea; Chen, Lena; Piper, Hayley; Beck, Yliana; Rogers, Kimberly B.; Hoey, Jesse; Schröder, Tobiasnull; nullWe review Affect Control Theory (ACT), a mathematically formalized theory that integrates sociological insights about the symbolic construction of the social order with psychological knowledge about cognitive-affective mechanisms, as a basis for equipping computational agents in social simulations with a sense of sociality. After explaining theoretical foundations and describing previous applications of ACT at the dyadic and group level, we describe a case study from an ongoing research project aimed at understanding self-organized online collaboration in software development with ACT-based social simulations.2021-09-0110135900Advances in Social Simulation147-169https://doi.org/1723608National Science Foundation