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The history and ideas of sociological functionalism: Talcott Parsons, modern sociological theory, and the relevance for OR

Richard OrmerodUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1873-1899 | Received 14 Jun 2018, Accepted 29 Jun 2019, Published online: 09 Sep 2019

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