Occupational Disputes in Mechanical and Organic Social Systems: An Empirical Study of Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Corwin, Ronald G.; Herriott, Robert E.

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ERIC Number: EJ378387

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Publication Date: 1988

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Occupational Disputes in Mechanical and Organic Social Systems: An Empirical Study of Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Corwin, Ronald G.; Herriott, Robert E.

American Sociological Review, v53 n4 p528-43 Aug 1988

Using Durkheim's distinction between mechanical and organic social systems, examines the antecedents of conflict in 111 public schools. Division of labor is indirectly but ultimately related to disputes through direct correlations with goal disagreement and enhanced control. Disputes increase when rules dominate the control structure. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Conflict, Locus of Control, Objectives, Public Schools, Role Conflict, Role Theory, School Organization, Social Control

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey; Pennsylvania

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