Each role is a set of rights, duties, expectations, norms, and behaviors that a person has to face and fulfill.
Although the word role (or roll) has existed in European languages for centuries, as a sociological concept, the term has only been around since the 1920s and 1930s.
In contrast, dramaturgical role theory defines life as a never-ending play, in which we are all actors.
The second part is the self-authorized mind, this mindset breaks loose of others thoughts and makes their own decisions.
They are pulled in different ways as they strive to hold various types of societal standards and statuses.
[d] Sociologist Howard S. Becker similarly claims that the label given and the definition used in a social context can change actions and behaviors.
We live in a society where people know how they should act, which is a result of learned behaviors stemming from social norms.
For example, the feminist movement initiated a change in male and female roles in Western societies.
[11] Social differentiation received a lot of attention due to the development of different job roles.
The foreman has to avoid corruption; he should satisfy his reference groups (e.g. team members and supervisors); and he can be sympathetic.
Gender became a way to categorize men and women and divide them into their societal roles.
As the industry grew, men used their strength to find power and as a result they proceeded to obtain the majority of jobs.
Through the distinct roles of male and female, women developed communal traits that were needed for caring and nurturing those around them.
Males developed agentic traits that allowed for roles in leadership, hunting, and labor.
The sex segregation between women and men has decreased as time has matured and evolved away from traditional gender roles in society.
[13] Role theory is a perspective that considers everyday activity to be acting out socially defined categories.
[14] Organizational role is defined as "recurring actions of an individual, appropriately interrelated with the repetitive activities of others so as to yield a predictable outcome."
Within an organization there are three main topologies:[15] Despite variations in the terms used, the central component of all of the formulations is incompatibility.
By comparing the extent of agreement or disagreement among the ranks, a measure of role conflict was obtained.