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ERIC Number: EJ264272
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Disintegrating Social Sciences.
Perrow, Charles
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n10 p684-88 Jun 1982
Argues that social scientists convey the impression of rational behavior by means of self-serving research techniques. Concludes that their artificially constructed order masks the disorder of everyday existence and that they should have tolerance for human frailties. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Information Processing, Organizational Objectives, Problem Solving, Research Problems, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: False Impressions; Loose Coupling Theory; Rationality; Reality