The significance of multiple group membership in disaster.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JAN 1952Description: 7p., 11 refsReport number: Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: Multiple group membership is recognized as a salient feature of modern social life, creating psychological problems for the individual and affecting social organization. In a study of four community disasters it was found that the resulting crises made apparent the latent conflict between ordinarily non-conflicting group loyalties, creating dilemmas for individuals and affecting the re-organization of the communities. Conflicts were found to arise between the family and secondary groups; heroic roles and prosaic occupational roles; the company and fellow workers; and the community and extra-community groups
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 302.4 KIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005265229 |
Reprinted from The American Journal of Sociology; 1952; Vol 57; No 4; pp308-314
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Multiple group membership is recognized as a salient feature of modern social life, creating psychological problems for the individual and affecting social organization. In a study of four community disasters it was found that the resulting crises made apparent the latent conflict between ordinarily non-conflicting group loyalties, creating dilemmas for individuals and affecting the re-organization of the communities. Conflicts were found to arise between the family and secondary groups; heroic roles and prosaic occupational roles; the company and fellow workers; and the community and extra-community groups
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