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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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Turning the Tide: A Socio-Critical Model and Framework for Improving Student Success in Open Distance Learning at the University of South Africa

TL;DR: In this article, a socio-critical model and framework for understanding, predicting, and enhancing student success developed at the University of South Africa is presented, which applies the key constructs of situated agency, capital, habitus, attribution, locus of control, and self-efficacy to both students and institutions in understanding success at each step of the student's journey.
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Diffusion of Innovations and Network Segmentation: The Part Played by People in Promoting Health

TL;DR: A model for using and incorporating interpersonal communication into health promotion programs designed to encourage behaviors that reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)/HIV is developed.
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Dangerous collusion: corruption as a collective venture in contemporary China

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors focused on the phenomenon of collective corruption, a distinctive form of social interaction among people dominated by individual calculations and unorganized interests, takes place when collaboration becomes a powerful, necessary weapon in pursuing private gains.
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Measurement of patient satisfaction with community pharmacy services: a review

TL;DR: It is found that patient satisfaction has been measured within the community pharmacy context to a certain degree and further research is needed to develop and test instruments based on theoretical frameworks, to test satisfaction pre and post hoc and in well designed randomized controlled trials and to measure changes in satisfaction over time.
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An exploration of identity re-creation in the context of internet dating

TL;DR: The authors explored the identity re-creation process as it occurs via the consumption of Internet dating services and found that online and offline validation of the identities presented in dating profiles seem to have an impact on individuals' beliefs about themselves and their behavior in both online and off-line environments.