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Chapter 15: STRUCTURATION THEORY - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 15: STRUCTURATION THEORY
ASSUMPTIONS
Communication rules serve as both the medium for, and an outcome of,
interactions
Power structures are present in organizations and guide the decision-making
process.
Groups and organizations are produced and reproduced through actions and
behaviors
CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF STRUCTURATION THEORY
DUALITY OF STURCTURE
ALLOCATIVE RESOURCES
The material assistance generated by an organization to
help the group in accomplishing its goal.
RESOURCES
The power that individuals bring to the group or organization.
AUTHORITATIVE RESOURCES
The interpersonal characteristics that are
employed during communication interactions.
REWARD POWER
Based on the idea that someone else is qualified to offer encouraging feedback.
REFERENT POWER
The ability of an individual to engage compliance based on the
fact that personal relationships have been established between the two interactants.
COERCIVE POWER
Based on the expectation that an individual has the ability to exact punishment.
LEGITIMATE POWER
The influence a person exerts on the basis of his or her position or title
EXPERT POWER
Refers to one’s ability to exert influence over others based on the knowledge or expertise that one possesses.
AGENCY AND REFLEXIVITY
AGENCY
It refers to the particular actions or activities that people take, controlled by the standards and environments in which they communicate.
REFLEXIVITY
The actors ability to monitor their actions and behaviors.
SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Refers of the cooperation of ways of communicating between people in social situations.