Results of this study demonstrated that boys identify strongly with masculine role models both in primary relationships and in those in which they are not acquainted directly with the role model; girls tend to identify with both male and female role models more than boys. (Author)

This study examines the various sources of influences over 290 faculty members at a large public university. It was found that: (1) both the role expectations a faculty member has for himself and the role expectations of the employing organization predict positively and significantly the role behavior of the respondents; (2) the departmental…

Considered the interaction between job and motivation factors and the relation of attribution theory and role theory. (Author/RK)

The rationale for this investigation was derived in part from the increasing number of teacher walk-outs and strikes during the past five years which have involved conspicuous numbers of female teachers. A broad range of questions were asked to identify those variables which might lead to role dysfunctionalism or which constitute career…

The authors describe methods and rationale of assignment of roles and give consideration to the nonprofessional role in its most simple form, a description of job behavior perceived to be appropriate for nonprofessional project leaders. (Author)

This is a revision of a paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, August 28-31, 1967. Support from the Graduate Committee on Research of Northwestern University.

Tested the degree of association between probation officers' sent and received roles and role behavior in four juvenile courts. Found the role communicated to probation officers by their superiors was predictive of the role the probation officers perceived but not of the role as enacted with juveniles. (Author)

TO DETERMINE WHETHER STATUS-POSITIONS MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY CERTAIN GENERAL BEHAVIORAL DISPOSITIONS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS, FACTOR ANALYSIS WAS EMPLOYED IN A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF 52 STATUS-POSITIONS, INCLUDING SELECTED ETHNIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AGE, SEX, AND FAMILIAL CATEGORIES, WITH 28 PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS, AS…

Sex role theory and role development are reviewed in this discussion of what home economists can do to help adults adopt a more flexible view of role-related behaviors. (TA)

The main objective of the research was to define and dimensionalize the self concept. In a theoretical approach similar to the debates on the meaning of intelligence, this study attempted to determine whether the self concept is a general factor which explains more specific selves, whether it connotes a hierarchical structure, or whether it is…

This study examined the perceptions of and expectations for the role of paid aides in the Cupertino, California Differentiated Staffing Project. The study focused on a) the expectations of the roles played by 69 aides, 64 teachers, and 6 administrators; b) the ability of each group to perceive the role expectations of another group; and c) each…

TO DETERMINE HOW COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS ABOUT RULES OF BEHAVIOR AFFECT THE POSITION AND ROLE OF TEACHERS, INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS GAINED THROUGH USE OF ROLE NORM INVENTORIES ADMINISTERED TO 367 TEACHERS, 22 PRINCIPALS, 7 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, 603 CITIZENS, 56 COMMUNITY LEADERS,…

Identity is the complex way a person identifies with, and is identified by, his environment. Multiple identities result from the many ways a person has been successfully identified. Identities coexist; sometimes the dominance of one over others becomes evident, and a vertical structure of identities arises. (CS)