Doprinos teorije društvene kontrole Donalda Bleka razumevanju sukoba na radu

Abstract

One of the assumptions of the Donald Black's general theory of the social control is that individuals or social groups have the need to control the behavior of others which they perceived as deviant. Since that law, as (a formal) type of social control, is unequally distributed in social space, certain social actors have to seek for informal types of social control. This paper presents the theory, which has occurred in the framework of pure sociology approach, and which tries to explain informal types of social control in organizations. The significance of this theory is reflected in the fact that, unlike most of the theories in sociology, it examines both horizontal and vertical conflict management and recognizes, in addition to social control from above, the type of control practiced from below, from subordinates to superiors. Therefore, it can be particularly interesting for understanding tensions and conflicts in the organizations of a transitional Serbian society.