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Social information processing theory, also known as SIP, is a psychological and sociological theory originally developed by Salancik and Pfeffer in 1978. [1] This theory explores how individuals make decisions and form attitudes in a social context, often focusing on the workplace. It suggests that people rely heavily on the social information ...
Gerald R. (Jerry) Salancik (29 January 1943 - 24 July 1996) [1] was an American organizational theorist, and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is best known for his work with Jeffrey Pfeffer on "organizational decision making" [ 2 ] and "the external control of organizations."
The procurement of external resources is an important tenet of both the strategic and tactical management of any company. Nevertheless, a theory of the consequences of this importance was not formalized until the 1970s, with the publication of The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective (Pfeffer and Salancik 1978 ...
Academic. Employer. Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jeffrey Pfeffer (born July 23, 1946, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American business theorist and the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, and is considered one of today's most influential management thinkers. [1][2]
The theory of resource dependence suggests, firm behavior is profoundly affected by the government because of its control over critical external resources (Pfeffer and Salancik, 1978). Moreover, based on the principle of reciprocity in social exchange theory (Gouldner, 1960; Blau, 1964), governments and businesses may embark on resource ...
A local elections meeting in an Atlanta suburb came to an abrupt end Monday night after an unidentified attendee shouted “Heil Hitler” during the public comment period. The Cobb County Board ...
Clayton Alderfer. Clayton Paul Alderfer (September 1, 1940 - October 30, 2015) [1] was an American psychologist and consultant known for developing Abraham Maslow 's hierarchy of needs into a framework of three essential categories: existence, relatedness, and growth.
Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, having been convicted for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former police reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch killed during a burglary ...