- Author
- Dynes, R. R.
- Title
- Concept of Role in Disaster Research.
- Book or Conf
- Sociology of Disasters: Contribution of Sociology to Disaster Research, Franco Angeli Libris s.r.l., Milano, Italy, Dynes, R. R.; DeMarchi, B.; Pelanda, C., Editors, 71-102 p., 1987
- Keywords
- disasters | sociology | psychological effects | social learning theory | emergencies | human behavior | impact
- Identifiers
- sociological approaches to disaster; differing sociological and methodological approaches to roles; disaster context and its implication for role theory; articullition of family role systems with emergency roles -- the issue of role conflict; subsequent empirical studies on role conflict; role behavior of personnel in emergency organizations by locationat time of impact and by disaster agent; new tasks and the development of new roles; adaptation of organizational roles