This article refers to a specific formulation of role theory which tries to understand and predict the behavior of individuals within an organization. The post mentions role conflict and role ambiguity, points raised in SRV… Read More »Role theory in the business world
I ran across this reference to an article about the social roles and self-perceptions of prison guards. If anyone can access the full article and let us know about it, it could be quite interesting.… Read More »Role of prison guard
In his June 2010 column SRV News & Reviews (in the SRV Journal), Dr. Wolfensberger writes: We suggest that readers give some thought to the difference between saying that somebody “has X” versus that somebody… Read More »Idea for an article, from Dr. Wolfensberger
From Values in Action Association in Australia, I just received the first issue of their newsletter ‘SRV in Action.’ It is 8 pages, with a nice clean design that is easy to read. It includes… Read More »‘SRV in Action’: a new newsletter from Values in Action Association Inc.
The Keystone Institute is the training arm of Keystone Services, a large human service agency headquartered in Pennsylvania. Since its inception in 1972, Keystone has been influenced by and supportive of Normalization and later Social… Read More »online resource: Keystone Institute
“Occupations that offer strong social roles, such as teaching, appear to protect against suicide.” The above is a quote from an article sent to me by Ray Lemay. The article describes research on connections between… Read More »Social roles and suicide risk