Emotions in Command: Biology, Bureaucracy, and Cultural Evolution

ISBN-13: 9781138522770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 570 str.

Frank K. Salter

Opis

Reviews the social science literature showing the place of ethological methods and concepts, and aspects of the evolution and physiology of dominance and affiliation. This book introduces the emotional underpinnings of dominance and affiliation, and applies these concepts in a summary of the literature on interpersonal signaling.

Spis treści

An introduction to organizational ethology and some simple hypotheses of command; The analysis of command and power in the social sciences: the roles of dominance and affiliation; Aspects of the evolution and physiology of human dominance and affiliation; Interpersonal signals of dominance and affiliation; Gestalt methods: naturalistic, observational, and qualitative; The military parade ground command as initial specimen; The inefficiency and agonism of commands issued by nightclub doormen; Artistic directors’ commands in rehearsals; Courtroom commands; Chairmen’s command of meeting procedure: the challenge of aggression; Command in government agencies: towards a reductive analysis of bureaucracy; Summary and implications

O autorze

Frank K. Salter