Browsing by Subject "Theory"

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    • Building Ships in the Late 17th-Century France: Agency, Traditional Knowledge, and Technology in Shipyards 
      Gauthier-Berube, Marijo (2022-04-22)
      If modern shipbuilding calls for engineers, computer software for 3D models and calculations, it represents a recent take on what is needed for ship construction. Until the 19th-century, ship construction in Europe was ...
    • Expectations, Theory, and Group Processes 
      Berger, Joseph (Social Psychology Quarterly, 1992)
      The author describes his career and the growth of the Expectation States research program. This talk was delivered when Joseph Berger received the Cooley-Mead Award from the Social Psychology Section of the American ...
    • Introduction to a Theory of Group Structure and Information Exchange 
      Cohen, Bernard P.; Silver, Steven D. (2017-08-16)
      This theoretical paper develops a framework for relationships between group structure and information exchange. Status orders among group members are important in situations that lack well-developed practices for work and ...
    • Participants and Information Outcomes in Planning Organizations 
      Bierling, David (2012-10-19)
      This research presents empirical evidence and interpretation about the effects of planning participants and contextual factors on information selection in public organizations. The study addresses important research ...
    • Programs, Theory, and Metatheory 
      Wagner, David G.; Berger, Joseph (2017-08-16)
      The authors respond to two critiques of their article “Do Sociological Theories Grow?” (1985). This WP is a somewhat longer version of their published responses (1986).
    • Theoretical Structures and the Micro-Macro Problem 
      Berger, Joseph; Eyre, Dana P. (Sociological Theories in Progress: New Formulations, 1989)
      This WP was published by Berger, Eyre, and Zelditch (1989).
    • A unified theory of engineering design 
      Dyas, Scott Patrick (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
      A theoretical model of design, that is universal and has a scientific basis, was developed. By doing so, it is believed that the practice of engineering design can be significantly improved. A better system of modeling ...
    • Viedo Games As Wish Fulfillment: Gaming As Seen Through A Sociological Lens 
      Hardy, Jacob Marshall (2021-04-14)
      This dissertation recontextualizes a variety of sociological theorists and places them into conversation with the medium of video games. The primary aim of this dissertation is to bring a sociological perspective or lens ...