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David
Wagner's Research Projects
Daring Modesty: The Generation,
Analysis and Development of Sociological
Ideas.
- This is a comprehensive, book-length consideration
of four basic questions regarding the construction
of sociological theories:
- What is the purpose of theorizing?
- From what sources do sociological theories
come?
- How can we tell whether our theories
are "good" or "bad?"
- How do we go about making our good theories
better?
The Attribution of Instrumental
and Expressive Task Roles
- This work involves a series of experiments
testing whether patterns of behavioral interaction
(rather than gender differences, as is traditionally
assumed) predict the attribution of instrumental
and expressive roles in task groups.
Characteristics, Objects, and
Information: An Integrated View of Instrumental
Task Behavior
- This work involves the extension of status
characteristics theory and the performance
of several experiments to account for the
effects of group members' differential possession
of task-relevant objects, abilities or information
on task performance.
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