The Sailor Aboard Ship: A Study of Role Behavior in a Total Institution
Social ForcesPublished 1 March 1965
Louis A. Zürcher
Citations112
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.57
SNIP1.85
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Abstract
The Naval vessel at sea is described as a total institution of the type that justifies itself on instrumental grounds. The structure and function of the formal and informal shipboard organizations, and the expectations therein of the role of the sailor, are discussed. Special attention is given to the processes by which the individual is assimilated into the shipboard society, and to his behavioral modifications of the expected role.
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Social SciencesEngineering
Social ForcesThe Military Academy as an Assimilating Institution
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