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A '''role set''' is a situation where a single status may have more than one role attached to it. This multiplicity of roles is what [[sociologist]]s termed it as such{{Clarify|date=January 2011}}. Consider a [[student]] for instance, involves one role as a [[pupil]], another as a user of [[university library]], and another as a member of a [[Faculty (university)|faculty]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Principles of Scientific Sociology|author=Walter L. Wallace|year= 1983|publisher=Aldine Transaction|isbn=0-202-30304-7}}</ref>
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A '''role set''' is a situation where a single status may have more than one role attached to it. This multiplicity of roles is what [[sociologist]]s termed it as such. Consider a [[student]] for instance, involves one role as a [[pupil]], another as a user of [[university library]], and another as a member of a [[Faculty (university)|faculty]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Principles of Scientific Sociology|author=Walter L. Wallace|year= 1983|publisher=Aldine Transaction|isbn=0-202-30304-7}}</ref>
   
 
The term "role set" was coined by [[Robert K. Merton]] in 1957. He made a clear distinction between a "role set" and a "[[status set]]".<ref>Robert K. Merton "On social structure and science" ISBN 0-226-52071-4, page 113</ref>
  
The term "role set" was coined by [[Robert K. Merton]] in 1957. He made a clear distinction between a "role set" and a "[[status set]]".<ref>Robert K. Merton "On social structure and science" ISBN 0-226-52071-4, page 113</ref>

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A role set is a situation where a single status may have more than one role attached to it. This multiplicity of roles is what sociologists termed it as such. Consider a student for instance, involves one role as a pupil, another as a user of university library, and another as a member of a faculty.[1]

The term "role set" was coined by Robert K. Merton in 1957. He made a clear distinction between a "role set" and a "status set".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Walter L. Wallace (1983). Principles of Scientific Sociology, Aldine Transaction.
  2. ↑ Robert K. Merton "On social structure and science" ISBN 0-226-52071-4, page 113


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