- In sociology,
deviance describes an
action or
behavior that
violates social norms,
including a
formally enacted rule (e.g., crime), as well as informal...
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Deviance may
refer to:
Deviance (sociology),
actions or
behaviors that
violate social norms Deviance (statistics), a
quality of fit
statistic for a model...
- In statistics,
deviance is a goodness-of-fit
statistic for a
statistical model; it is
often used for
statistical hypothesis testing. It is a generalization...
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Workplace deviance, in
group psychology, may be
described as the
deliberate (or intentional)
desire to
cause harm to an
organization – more specifically...
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Normalization of
deviance is a term used by the
American sociologist Diane Vaughan to
describe the
process in
which deviance from
correct or
proper behavior...
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Positive deviance (PD) is an
approach to
behavioral and
social change based on the
observation that in any
community there are
people whose uncommon but...
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Communication deviance (CD)
occurs when a
speaker fails to
effectively communicate meaning to
their listener with
confusing speech patterns or illogical...
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sociological perspective,
deviance is
defined as the
violation or
drift from the
accepted social norms.
Secondary deviance is a
stage in a
theory of deviant...
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types of organizations, organi-cultural
deviance was
found to be present. In
engaging in organi-cultural
deviance,
these organizations leverage four resources:...