1. CAPLOW'S MODEL: A REFORMULATION.
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Morrison, Richard J.
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DECISION making , *PROBABILITY theory , *COALITIONS , *ORGANIZATIONAL structure , *CHOICE (Psychology) , *SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
This paper examines Caplow's model of coalitions in the triad and identifies several shortcomings. Retaining the basic structure of Caplow's arguments, it recasts the problem as one of interdependent rational decision making. The reformulation allows increased generality in several directions, including a more general notion of strength, relaxation of the additivity assumption about strength, and the adoption of probabilistic choice to allow predictions about the relative frequencies of the various coalitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1974
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