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- Title
The Impact on Research of Different Conceptions of Role.
- Authors
Miyamoto, S. Frank
- Abstract
The article focuses on the impact on research of different concepts of role in sociology. Work of social scientists on role analysis give a discussion of role theory that serves admirably as background for the present article. Role may refer to normatively expected behavior, the behavior that a person in a given position should engage in. So conceived, role is necessarily a conceptual or definitional thing, and is distinguished from role behavior which refers to the actual behavior of a person fulfilling a role. Role is sometimes defined as the behavior predicted for a person in a given position, but in this case no clear distinction is maintained between the terms role and role behavior. When role is defined as normatively expected behavior, a problem arises of distinguishing it from status, for the latter also implies expectations. Nevertheless, semantic justification may be offered for retaining both terms. It has been suggested that the term "status" be reserved for use in designating degrees of prestige, and "position" be employed for indicating location among a set of interrelated roles.
- Subjects
SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL scientists; BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL sciences; SOCIAL status; PRESTIGE
- Publication
Sociological Inquiry, 1963, Vol 33, Issue 2, p114
- ISSN
0038-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-682X.1963.tb00558.x