Role Transitions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Role Theoretical Perspective on Transitional Processes

      • Vernon L. Allen, Evert van de Vliert

      Pages 3-18

3. Theoretical Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-20

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   2. Role Transition as Social Drama

      • Theodore R. Sarbin

      Pages 21-37

   3. Role Transitions and Social Networks: Social Support for Multiple Roles

      • Barton J. Hirsch, E. Ann Jolly

      Pages 39-51

   4. Self-Identity Change and the Role Transition Process

      • Ehor O. Boyanowsky

      Pages 53-61

   5. Role Transition as Interrole Conflict

      • Evert van de Vliert

      Pages 63-79

   6. Career Transitions and Life Event Adaptation: Integrating Alternative Perspectives on Role Transition

      • Marc Sokol, Meryl Reis Louis

      Pages 81-94

4. Cultural Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-96

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   2. Immigration as Role Transition: A Cognitive Analysis of Its Impact on Health

      • Marita Rosch, Martin Irle

      Pages 97-107

   3. Transitions in Commitments to Roles and Self-Concept Change: Relocation as a Paradigm

      • Stefan E. Hormuth

      Pages 109-124

   4. Status Inconsistency Through Role Transitions: Toward a Systematic Attempt to Explain Causes and Patterns of Individual Reactions

      • Hermann Strasser

      Pages 125-136

   5. Societal Change and Role Transitions into Adulthood

      • David L. Featherman, Annemette Sørensen

      Pages 137-149

5. Multiple Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-152

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   2. From Society into Prison and from Prison into Society

      • Martin Moerings

      Pages 153-168

   3. Entry and Re-entry Strain in Undercover Agents

      • Michel Girodo

      Pages 169-179

   4. Role Transitions in Small Groups

      • Richard L. Moreland, John M. Levine

      Pages 181-195

   5. Transition to the Leader’s Role in Small Groups

      • Christel G. Rutte, Henk A. M. Wilke

      Pages 197-209

6. Work-Related Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-213

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The concept of role transition refers to a wide range of experiences found in life: job change, unemployment, divorce, entering or leaving prison, retirement, immi­ gration, "Gastarbeiten," becoming a parent, and so on. Such transitions often produce strain and hence a variety of problems for the transiting individual, occu­ pants of complementary social positions, and other members of one's social group and community. In spite of the diversity of role transitions that occur, however, it is important also to realize that many basic psychological processes can be discerned in ostensibly different instances. Research on role transitions has been dispersed across many different subdisci­ of the social sciences; the problem can be investigated from several points of plines view and levels of analysis. As modern societies become ever more complex, role transitions can be expected to increase in number and diversity, with a concomitant increase in detrimental consequences for the individual and society. Hence, for rea­ sons of both theory and practice, improved conceptual models and new empirical data are needed. The chapters in this book are the outcome of a N.A.T.O. symposium convened for the purpose of discussing aspects of role transitions from international and inter­ disciplinary perspectives. The meeting was designed to be a working conference to facilitate as much intellectual exchange and debate among participants as possible.

• Design
• Nation
• children
• identity
• migration
• organization
• unemployment

• Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

  Vernon L. Allen

• Department of Social Psychology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Evert Vliert

• Roelofarendsveen, The Netherlands

  Evert Vliert

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