The Role-Set¶
Merton, R. K. (1957). The Role-Set: Problems in Sociological Theory. The British Journal of Sociology, 8(2), 106-120.
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- Aspectual Individual
- In law, a corporation as employer has duties under labor law, the same corporation as taxpayer has duties under tax law, and the same corporation as defendant has standing in litigation
This sourceIntroduces the role-set: a single status-occupant stands in a complement of distinct role-relationships, each carrying its own expectations, so one person bears multiple aspect-bound role-selves with role-conflict when their properties collide.
- In law, a corporation as employer has duties under labor law, the same corporation as taxpayer has duties under tax law, and the same corporation as defendant has standing in litigation
- Role
- The concept was given its sharpest sociological statement by Linton (1936), who separated status (the position one occupies) from role (the dynamic enactment of the expectations that attach to that status), and was developed into a full structural account of expectation-bearing positions by Merton (1957) in his treatment of the role-set.
This sourceDevelops the structural account of expectation-bearing positions — the status/role distinction and the role-set (the complement of roles a single status engages) — establishing the role as the occupant-independent unit through which an open population compresses into a stable set of functional slots.
- The concept was given its sharpest sociological statement by Linton (1936), who separated status (the position one occupies) from role (the dynamic enactment of the expectations that attach to that status), and was developed into a full structural account of expectation-bearing positions by Merton (1957) in his treatment of the role-set.
- Role Conflict
This sourceDevelops the structural account of expectation-bearing positions — the status/role distinction and the role-set (the complement of roles a single status engages) — establishing the role as the occupant-independent unit through which an open population compresses into a stable set of functional slots.
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