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Social Theory and Social Structure
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The article was published on 1949-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13688 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social change & Social relation.read more
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Patterns in transitions: Understanding complex chains of change
J. B. de Haan,Jan Rotmans +1 more
TL;DR: The current conceptual language of transitions is reframed and expanded from a complexity view on societal systems and the central idea is that any transition path can be considered a concatenation of patterns.
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Perceived Proximity in Virtual Work: Explaining the Paradox of Far-but-Close
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the paradoxical phenomenon of feeling close to geographically distant colleagues and propose a model of perceived proximity (a dyadic and asymmetric construct which reflects one person's perception of how close or how far another person is).
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Corruption and Development: New Initiatives in Economic Openness and Strengthened Rule of Law
TL;DR: Corruption is a major problem in many of the world's developing economies today as discussed by the authors and it has a dampening effect on development and it could result in the production of inferior goods as companies find ways to accommodate under-thetable payments.
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Goal Ambiguity in U.S. Federal Agencies
Young Han Chun,Hal G. Rainey +1 more
TL;DR: This paper developed measures of four dimensions of organizational goal ambiguity: mission comprehension ambiguity, directive ambiguity, evaluative goal ambiguity, and priority goal ambiguity and tested these frequent assertions with large samples of government organizations.
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The evolution of medical uncertainty.
TL;DR: Concerns highlight the difficulties and dilemmas of finding scientifically adequate, culturally appropriate, and socially effective ways of appraising and controlling risk.