Transcription of Recent Developments in Role Theory
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Ann. Rev. Social. 1986. 12:67-92 Copyright 1986 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved Recent Developments IN ROLE Theory B. J. Biddle center for Research in Social Behavior, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211 Abstract Role Theory Concerns One of the most important features of social life, characteristic behavior patterns or roles . It explains roles by presuming that persons are members of social positions and hold expectations for their own behaviors and those of other persons. Its vocabulary and concerns are popular among social scientists and practitioners, and role concepts have generated a lot of research. At least five perspectives may be discriminated in Recent work within the field: functional, symbolic interactionist, structural, organizational, and cognitive role Theory .
Recent developments suggest both centrifugal and integrative forces within the role field. The former reflect differing perspectival commitments of scholars, confusions and disagreements over use of role concepts, and the fact that role theory is used to analyze various
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