Organizations and Powerlessness
A Test of the Mediation Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5620176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur G Neal, Melvin Seeman |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Publication date | 1964-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/2092124 |
| OpenAlex | W2334032261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 72 |
The theory of mass society proposes that organizations mediating between individual and state serve as a bulwark against the development of alienation. An empirical test of this proposition is presented, focusing on perceived powerlessness as a critical form of alienation. As predicted, members of work-related organizations are generally lower in powerlessness than non-members; this difference is sustained under appropriate controls for socio-economic status and mobility. The clearest associations between non-membership and powerlessness are found among the mobility-minded workers. Systematic exceptions to the mediation thesis are noted; and the problem of causal imputation (organization leads to a sense of mastery) is reviewed
Economics · Mediation · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Test (biology · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
La dynamique de la solitude des néo-célibataires
The (Dis)alienating Function of the Media. The Role of Mass Media in Building a Civil Society
Alienation« als Konzept der Sozialwissenschaften
Process and Protest
The urban alienations
Support for the Moral Majority
Anomie and Religiosity
Occupational Structure and Alienation
Some Real and Imaginary Consequences of Social Mobility
Anomie in the Ghetto
Specifying the Relationship Between Social Ties and Activism
Rewards and Impacts of Participation in a Gerontology Extension Program
Who Participates in What
Concern with mastery and occupational attraction1
A Comparison of Social Psychological Views among Youthful and Aged Persons
Class, Power, and Alienation
Social Alienation
Social Alienation
Dream Characteristics of Stock Brokers After a Major Market Downturn
Construct Validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale
An Objective Measure of the Motive to Avoid Powerlessness
The Human Side of Banking
Construct Validity of the Attitudes about Reality Scale
The Decline of Public Concern Over the Atom Bomb
Finding Happiness in Japan’s Invisible Civil Society
The Theory That Won't Die
A Theory of Productive Activity
General and specific measures of alienation
The impact of Ski resorts on subjective weil‐being
Empowerment movements and mental health
An ecosystems approach to the study of dangerous drug use and abuse with special reference to the marijuana issue
University Size-Complexity, Academic Profession and Faculty Alienation
Age, Stress and Support for Radical Political Parties
The Effect of Religiosity on Alienation
Social Mobility and Prejudice
Central Park as a Model for Social Control
Further Reflections on ASR’s Greatest Hits
Life Domain Predictors of Satisfaction with Personal Efficacy
Status Inconsistency and Professional Militancy in the Teaching Profession
Socioeconomic Status and Perceptions of Personal Arrest Probabilities
The Development of a Contextual Measure of Alienation
Technology, Division of Labor, and Alienation
The Concept of Alienation
Forgetting and remembering alienation theory
Formal Voluntary Organizations
Über-Alienated
Citizen Perceptions of Channels for Urban Service Advocacy
The voice of women on power(lessness) in Türkiye
Components of Pacifism
Status Politics and Conservative Ideology
Materialism, Postmaterialism, and Public Views on Socioeconomic Policy
Blue Collar Anger
Organizational Affiliation and Powerlessness
Participation and Integration
Sudden Wealth, Gratification and Attainment
Intervention against loneliness in a group of elderly women
A Specification of Relationships Between Job Complexity and Powerlessness
The Newspaper Ombudsman and Consumer Complaints
The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm
Union Membership and Perceived Powerlessness in Southern US Textiles
A Social Psychological Analysis of Anomie Among National Football League Players
"Reestablishing "Gemeinschaft
Social Isolation in America
Organizations and Alienation
Adult Voluntary Associations and Adolescent Socialization
The Consequences of Objective and Subjective Status Inconsistency
Social Participation and a Sense of Powerlessness among Blacks
Social Class Correlates of Stability and Change in Levels of Alienation
Latent Content and Ideology in a Subjective Measure of Alienation
Voluntary Organizations and Attitudes Toward the Community
Professors and Pressure
The conceptualization of validity
| Unique citing works | 72 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2025 (60) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 71 |