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Legitimacy and the Support of Revolutionary Coalitions
(2017-08-16)
The authors develop a theory of conditions under which inequity will lead to attempts to change the structure. Factors affecting the likelihood of attempts include power differences, false consciousness, low self-esteem, ...
A (Not So) Quick and Dirty Look at Robust M-Estimation
(2017-08-16)
a. Robust estimators, those procedures that distinguish likely from unlikely distributions, sometimes are preferable to either parametric or distribution-free estimations. This WP explores statistical properties of maximum ...
Expectations, Shared Awareness, and Power
(2017-08-16)
The authors develop a theory of expectations about interpersonal power to control rewards and punishments, and to induce compliance. They present an extended review of conceptions of power, and identify four empirical ...
Programs, Theory, and Metatheory
(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).
Cerebral Balance, Recognition Accuracy, and Confidence when Task Performance Requires the Use of Preconsciously Acquired Information
(2017-08-16)
a. This TP is an attempt to identify brain mechanisms associated with the finding that mere exposure to words, patterns, and other stimuli often leads to liking, even when the exposure is too brief to produce conscious ...
Why Do Individuals Nondecide under Uncertainty?
(2017-08-16)
a. This WP continues the investigation in WP 84-3. There, they found that influence accepted by an actor S was negatively related to a central person’s (C) power even if S did not know how C’s preferences or how likely C ...
Legitimacy and Collective Action
(2017-08-16)
This is a revision of WP 84-4. The authors develop an explicit theoretical foundation for the common belief that legitimation is somehow important in mobilizing collective action. They distinguish validity of a rule ...
The Communication Network Structures of R & D Units
(2017-08-16)
The author develops a bounded rationality model of effects of communication structures and applies it to 223 R & D teams. One main result was that structural properties of a team’s network were strongly associated with ...
The Impact of Selected Social Environmental and Individual Factors on Stress Responses
(2017-08-16)
a. The authors attempt to clarify some factors in the relationships between high levels of stress and poor physical and mental health. They review many possible sources of individual variation in responses to stress, ...
Introduction to a Theory of Group Structure and Information Exchange
(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 ...