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Role Distance

Role Distance is a sociological construct within symbolic interactionism that denotes the degree of detachment or divergence an individual maintains from the expectations and behaviors associated with a particular social role, reflecting the subjective separation between the self and the role being performed.

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33

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2017–2026

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Cracking Jokes and Crafting Selves: Sensemaking and Identity Management Among Human Service Workers

Sarah J. Tracy, Karen K. Myers · Communication Monographs · 2006 · 192 citations

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Role Distance, Sociological Ambivalence, and Transitional Status Systems

Rose Laub Coser · American Journal of Sociology · 1966 · 170 citations

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The Classroom as a Negotiated Social Setting: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Faculty Members' Behavior on Students' Participation

Carol J. Auster, Mindy MacRone · Teaching Sociology · 1994 · 124 citations

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The Invisible Technologies of Goffman's Sociology From the Merry-Go-Round to the Internet

Trevor Pinch · Technology and Culture · 2010 · 114 citations

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Handling the stigma of handling the dead: Morticians and funeral directors

William E. Thompson · Deviant Behavior · 1991 · 89 citations

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Authors

52

  1. RS
    Ronald S. Burt

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 83 citations

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  2. RA
    Robert A. Stebbins

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  3. MM
    Mindy MacRone

    1 publications · 124 citations

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  4. SC
    Stewart Collins

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. SB
    Steven Box

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    213 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  3. Centre de Recherche Magellan

    Lyon, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  4. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar

    Gandhinagar, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  5. École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales

    Cergy, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  6. Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Cairo University

    Giza, Egypt

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    192 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 2 publications · 186 citations

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  2. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. Deviant Behavior

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  4. Social Forces

    SF · 2 publications · 83 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 83 citations

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