Congress as a Deviant Organization

An Application of Ermann and Lundman's Organizational Deviance Framework

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2153232
AutoresClayton D Peoples (0000-0002-0256-434X, University of Nevada, Reno, autor de correspondencia), James E Sutton (0000-0003-2014-5787, Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Año2020
Volumen41
Número2
Páginas186-199
Fecha de publicación2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2018.1556868
OpenAlexW2905046862
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas38

In 1978, Ermann and Lundman put forth the most sophisticated organizational deviance framework to date. They conceptualized organizational deviance as actions by an organization that interfere with the flow of benefits to actors with legitimate claims upon that organization. Further, they stipulated that these claims are protected by "controlling organizations." We apply Ermann and Lundman's framework to Congress and conclude that it is a deviant organization. We then contemplate the challenges to social control that congressional deviance poses, and contend that the "exempt status" enjoyed by Congress – in that it writes its own rules and polices itself – should be removed

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