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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="issn">2408-932X</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Research Result. Social Studies and Humanities</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2408-932X</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18413/2408-932X2020-6-3-0-6</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2142</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>RESEARCHES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>&lt;strong&gt;Catastrophe catalyst or rational subordinate? How sociology of management explains manager&amp;rsquo;s &amp;laquo;absurdity&amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>&lt;strong&gt;Catastrophe catalyst or rational subordinate? How sociology of management explains manager&amp;rsquo;s &amp;laquo;absurdity&amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Starikov</surname><given-names>Nikita V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Starikov</surname><given-names>Nikita V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>nikitastarikov@mail.ru</email></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>0</fpage><lpage>0</lpage><self-uri content-type="pdf" xlink:href="/media/humanities/2020/3/06_Т.6_3_2020.pdf" /><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The paper is aimed at studying research optics, with the help of which sociologists are able to capture and interpret managers&amp;rsquo; actions. It is concluded that structural functionalism and theoretical management are limited in tools of unsimplified scientific interpretation of that manager&amp;rsquo;s actions who is in a state of inter-role conflict between divergent boss and a subordinate roles. We assume that in such situations the manager&amp;rsquo;s actions are explained by the performance of the second role rather than the first.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The paper is aimed at studying research optics, with the help of which sociologists are able to capture and interpret managers&amp;rsquo; actions. It is concluded that structural functionalism and theoretical management are limited in tools of unsimplified scientific interpretation of that manager&amp;rsquo;s actions who is in a state of inter-role conflict between divergent boss and a subordinate roles. We assume that in such situations the manager&amp;rsquo;s actions are explained by the performance of the second role rather than the first.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>obedience</kwd><kwd>disobedience</kwd><kwd>submission</kwd><kwd>compliance</kwd><kwd>agentic shift</kwd><kwd>sociology of power</kwd><kwd>scientific management</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>obedience</kwd><kwd>disobedience</kwd><kwd>submission</kwd><kwd>compliance</kwd><kwd>agentic shift</kwd><kwd>sociology of power</kwd><kwd>scientific management</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>Список литературы</title><ref id="B1"><mixed-citation>Arendt,&amp;nbsp;H. (2003), Responsibility and Judgment, Schocken, NY.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><mixed-citation>Fromm,&amp;nbsp;E. (1984), The fear of freedom, Routledge, London, GB.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><mixed-citation>Taylor,&amp;nbsp;F.&amp;nbsp;W. 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