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INNER-DIRECTED [4 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Management Theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Théories de la gestion

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology of Communication
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

Dr. Riesman in his study of the basic changes taking place in the American character...(i. e., from inner-directed to other-directed) found that our growing preoccupation with acts of consumption reflected the change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie de la communication
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

David Riesman distingue [...] la société de déclin démographique, caractérisé par une nouvelle forme de stabilité [...] où les individus sont extro-déterminés [...] : leurs comportements sont déterminés par des influences extérieures.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-04-23

English

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

the viewpoint in which processes of technological change are interpreted as self-generating or "inner-directed"(as contrasted with the teleological view.

French

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

Point de vue selon lequel les processus de changement technologique sont interprétés comme étant autogénérateurs ou "orientés de l'intérieur" (par opposition à l'opinion téléologique).

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Urban Sociology
OBS

-- a society which "develops in its typical members a social character whose conformity is insured by their tendency to acquire early in life an internalized set of goals".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Sociologie urbaine
OBS

une --, c'est-à-dire que la personne oriente sa conduite d'après des principes et des buts généraux qui lui ont été inculqués très tôt et qui sont censés la guider durant toute sa vie.

Spanish

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