Traditionally, group research has focused more on the motivations that make people
conform than on the motivations and conditions underpinning deviance and dissent. This …

The term “positive deviance” has become increasingly popular in recent years, resulting in
the co-existence of multiple definitions and applications scattered among diverse sources of …

Scholarship establishes a new field of study in the organizational sciences. Just as positive
psychology focuses on exploring optimal individual psychological states rather than …

The purpose of this paper is to develop a working definition of positive deviance and use the
definition in an analysis of behavior among athletes. It is argued that much deviance among …

In this article, the authors develop a definition of positive deviance, a foundational construct
in positive organizational scholarship. They offer a normative definition of positive deviance …

The new 2022 edition of the most widely taught deviance text brings us into a changing
political era. A new chapter on political deviance includes a section that defines political …

Монография посвящена актуальной и мало исследованной теме: как непривычные
особенности современного общества постмодерна, далеко не всегда осознаваемые …

The concept of positive deviance is marginalized in deviance literature by the focus on
negative deviance and the absence of comprehensive conceptions of deviance. Current …

Positive deviance describes behavior that deviates from salient norms, yet is positive in its
intention or effect. It has received considerable attention in the sociology literature, and is …

Once considered low class or dangerous symbols, tattoos began to be defined as hip,
trendy, and glamorous in the 1990s. Using the increasing popularity of tattoos among …