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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.

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An Attention-Based View of Family Firm Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change: Exploring the Role of Family CEOs' Noneconomic Goals

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study investigates how the attention of family firm chief executive officers (CEOs) to discontinuous technological shifts, the interpretation and decision-making processes associated with these changes, and ultimately organizations' responses are affected by CEOs' noneconomic goals.
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Social influence processes in organizations and human resources systems

TL;DR: In this article, a critical analysis and review of theory and research on social influence processes in the workplace, with particular emphasis on human resources systems, organized according to the What, the Where, the Who, and the How of influence.
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Sex Work and Drug Use in a Subculture of Violence

TL;DR: Interview and focus group methods were used to study the intersections of childhood trauma, drug use, and violent victimization among 325 women in Miami to suggest that female sex workers experience a continuing cycle of violence throughout their lives.
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Theorizing the meaning(s) of ‘expatriate’: establishing boundary conditions for business expatriates

TL;DR: The authors examines the concept of expatriates, arguing that sloppy use of the term in the past has led to problems of inconsistent research, incompatible findings and a lack of clarity in the field.