Purpose, meaning, and action [Texte imprimé] : control systems theories in sociology / edited by Kent A. McClelland and Thomas J. Fararo

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Introduction : Control systems thinking in sociological theory / Thomas J. Fararo and Kent A. McClelland -- Understanding collective control processes / Kent A. McClelland -- Purposive collective action / Clark McPhail, David S. Schweingruber, and Alin Ceobanu -- The why, what and how of selling door-to-door : levels of purpose and perception in a sales company / David S. Schweingruber -- Institutionalized social action : control at the program level / Thomas J. Fararo and John Skvoretz -- Introduction to affect control theory / Clare Anne Francis -- Control theories of identity, action and emotion : in search of testable differences between affect control theory and identity control theory / Lynn Smith-Lovin and Dawn T. Robinson -- Sentiment formation in social interaction / David R. Heise -- Guilty Americans and shameful Japanese? An affect control test of Benedict's thesis / Herman W. Smith and Yap MiowLin -- The affect control theory of emotions : the case of depression / Neil J. MacKinnon and Michelle M. Goulbourne -- Perceptions of leadership in groups : an empirical test of identity control theory / Peter J. Burke -- The moral identity : a principle level identity / Jan E. Stets and Michael J. Carter.