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| Autor/in | Kersten, Astrid |
|---|---|
| Titel | Critical Research and the Problem of Multi-Level Analysis: Notes on Connecting Micro Events and Macro Structures. |
| Quelle | (1986), (22 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Communication Research; Organizational Communication; Research Methodology; Social Structure; Theories; Theory Practice Relationship |
| Abstract | Critical approaches to the study of society and organizations tend to favor theories and models that stress the complexity and multiplicity of social factors and processes and the relations between them. In conceptualizing the relationship between social structure and human agency, critical theorists have attempted to walk a fine line between structural determinism and individualistic voluntarism by developing ideas such as the "duality of structure" or the "double articulation of social structure and human agency." While these ideas are theoretically appealing, their empirical applications are not easily made. A review of the literature reveals the ways various authors have theorized the relationship between structure and agency, including structuralism, individualism, structuration, and critical structuralism. These theories, however, have created problems for organizational communication research, including conceptual difficulties related to multilevel analysis and practical methodological problems that arise when researchers attempt to move from the level of theory to the level of research and action. The literature proposes several strategies for dealing with these problems, among them the use of (1) ideal types, (2) abstraction, and (3) a focus on the extremes of conditions. A list of 42 references is appended. (FL) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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