Role Activation Conflict
A Study of Industrial Inspection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5126602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Pugh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 835 |
| Publication date | 1966-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2091662 |
| OpenAlex | W2327760012 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper reviews some of the literature on role conflict, and then examines in detail, on the basis of an empirical study, one example of such role conflict. Expectations are held of inspectors in manufacturing industry to be both a quality assurance and a production auxiliary, but these expectations are often incompatible and role conflict ensues. The particular form the conflict takes is the questioning of the relevance and priorities of these expectations in relation to a particular problem situation. The legitimacy of any of the expectations is not challenged, since both inspection and production men specifically legitimize each others' expectations in general terms. It is suggested that this type of role conflict be called roleactivation conflict, since the dispute is over which facet of the role function should be activated in a particular situation. This type of conflict may be distinguished from rolelegitimation conflict in which the occupant of the focal role and the -members of the role set challenge the legitimacy of each others' expectations. A most important difference between the two types is that in role-activation conflict a common form of resolution involves the simultaneous activation of multiple expectations-a resolution not available in role-legitimation conflict
Criminology · Political science · Labor Movements and Unions · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Regulation and Compliance Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 1976 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |