COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ROLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
Abstract
The paper reports progress on computer simulations of role conflict using HOMUNCULUS, an operating computer model based on George Homans' theory of elementary social behavior. The role conflict data selected for simulation come from the senior author's questionnaire study of the impact of personal preference and referencegroup pressures on decisions concerning role performance. Simulations of three role conflict situations are described, and computer-generated data are compared with actual responses of survey participants. The results demonstrate that through computer simulation it is possible to represent and to test alternative theoretical formulations and to choose the one producing data best approximating findings from living subjects. Since the simulated responses follow as direct consequences of the information-processing routines that operationally express the hypotheses, these data involve no extraneous, implicit influences. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 09, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0624941
Entities
People
- Jeanne E. Gullahorn
- John T. Gullahorn
Organizations
- System Development Corporation