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DEVIANT [5 records]

Record 1 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Terme figurant aussi au Glossaire des Pêches et des Océans, 1991.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
OBS

to digress: to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing ...

OBS

digressive: tending to digress; departing from the main subject.

OBS

"Digressive member": by analogy with "silent member", "talkative member", "quiet member", etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

Le déviant. Il s'agit du participant qui, peu ou prou enfermé dans un système, insiste opiniâtrement pour entraîner le groupe sur un problème plus ou moins hors-sujet.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

One who is willing to go contrary to the mores of those surrounding him.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

psychologie sociale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
OBS

déviationnisme conduite déviationniste déviation (DYGR p. 31); mai 1971.

Spanish

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