Thesis References

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Scott, W. Richard (1992) Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems 3rd Ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall

Shibutani Tamotsu (1961) Society and Personality: An interactionist Approach to Social Psychology New Jersey: Prentice-Hall

Silver, Ira (1996) "Role Transitions, Objects and Identity" Symbolic Interaction 19(1): 1-20

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Turner, Victor (1964) The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual Ithica: Cornell University Press.

Topic: Social Construction of Reality

This is a post where I will be posting links to google-docs concerning any reference to the topic of "The Social Construction of Reality".

Berger & Luckman "The Social Construction of Reality" 1967