Some Correlates of Attitudes to Multilateral Diplomacy in the U.S. Department of State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7301949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew K Semmel (University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 301-301 |
| Publication date | 1976-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8833 • E-ISSN: 1468-2478 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2600120 |
| OpenAlex | W2313926287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The data presented in this article provide evidence that the foreign policy attitudes of Foreign Service Officers in the U.S. Department of State are shaped more by the demands of their immediate work milieux than by their individual social backgrounds or by the larger attributes of the organization as a whole. The attitude data are drawn from face-to-face interviews conducted among upper- and mid-level career officers who were located in four separate organizational subunits of the department and pertain primarily to related aspects of the U.S. conduct of multilateral diplomacy. Generally, multilateralism is supported by individual officers who have cumulative diplomatic experiences with multilateral diplomatic tasks and/or by those officers who are presently located in departmental subunits charged with responsibility for coordinating the role and participation of the United States in multilateral diplomacy. The formation of foreign policy attitudes is conceptualized as a behavior-attitude relationship in that behavioral requirements are believed to influence attitudes so as to bring them into line with task demands. The article concludes that the department should be conceptualized as a diverse and pluralistic foreign policy agency having multiple diplomatic centers corresponding to its many organizational subunits
Agency (philosophy · Diplomacy · Face (sociological concept · Foreign policy · Multilateralism · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration
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| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
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