Using Critical Realism to Explain Indeterminacy in Role Behaviour Systematically

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-351

  Luke, Darcy ^a   Bates, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Contingency; Critical realism; Culture; Indeterminacy; Power; Role behaviour; Roles; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944171178     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12070     Document Type: Article

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