【作者】塞尔兹尼克,P.

【内容提要】

Cooptation reflects a state of tension be- tween formal authority and social power. The former is embodied in a particular struc- ture and leadership, but the latter has to do with subjective and objective factors which control the loyalties and potential manipulability of the community. Where the formal authority is an expression of social power, its stability is assured. On the other hand, when it becomes divorced from the sources of social power its continued exist- ence is threatened. This threat may arise from the sheer alienation of sentiment or from the fact that other leaderships have control over the sources of social power.

【关键词】Organizational behavior; Social structure; Structural-functional analysis