Congress as a Deviant Organization

An Application of Ermann and Lundman's Organizational Deviance Framework

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2153232
AutoresClayton D Peoples (0000-0002-0256-434X, University of Nevada, Reno, autor correspondente), James E Sutton (0000-0003-2014-5787, Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Ano2020
Volume41
Fascículo2
Páginas186-199
Data de publicação2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2018.1556868
OpenAlexW2905046862
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências 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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