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Obedience To Orders

Obedience to Orders is a legal and moral concept denoting the principle whereby individuals, particularly within military or hierarchical organizations, comply with directives issued by authorized superiors, often invoked in the context of attributing responsibility for actions performed under command.

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37

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21

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2017–2026

6

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Publications

26

Obedience to authority: current perspectives on the Milgram paradigm

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 293 citations

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In Their Own Words: Explaining Obedience to Authority Through an Examination of Participants' Comments

Jerry M. Burger, Zackary M. Girgis, Caroline C. Manning · Social Psychological and Personality Science · 2011 · 130 citations

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Civilian Cooperation and Non-Cooperation with Non-State Armed Groups: The Centrality of Obedience and Resistance

Ana Arjona · Small Wars and Insurgencies · 2017 · 127 citations

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The Defence of ‘Obedience to Superior Orders’ in International Law

Ian Brownlie · International Affairs · 1966 · 123 citations

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Administrative Obedience: Carrying Out Orders to use Psychological‐Administrative Violence

Wim Meeus, Quinten A. W. Raaijmakers · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1986 · 115 citations

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Authors

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  1. KA
    Khawla A. Yahya

    California State University, Fresno, United States

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  2. ME
    Mitri E. Shanab

    California State University, Fresno, United States

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  3. SG
    Stephen Gibson

    York St John University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. IB
    Ian Brownlie

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 123 citations

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  5. EJ
    Elizabeth Johnstone

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. York St John University

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

  2. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    230 citations

  3. Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan)

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. John Brown University

    Siloam Springs, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    95 citations

  5. Santa Clara University

    Santa Clara, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    390 citations

  6. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    127 citations

  7. East–West Center

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  2. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 2 publications · 145 citations

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  3. Organization Studies

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Social Psychological and Personality Science

    SPPS · 1 publications · 130 citations

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  5. Analyse & Kritik

    1 publications · 49 citations

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