Concordance Theory Research Articles

Correlazione e omof ilia parziale secondo la teoria della concordanza di Gini: una rivisitazione

In a series of records that have been published in the 1914-1916 period, Corrado Gini has laid the foundations of the discussion on a methodology for studying the statistical relations concerning the association of two characters. Gini's theory of concordance, which makes a distinction between the notion of absolute and relative maximum, allowed the definition of a multiplicity of correlation indexes and homophilia which are to be connected to the various cognitive applications that are to be found in the substantial research context. Gini's theory, at the same time, has performed a critical deepening which permitted to obtain a complete framework together with a reinterpretation of already known indexes such as Bravais-Pearson's correlation coefficient and Spearman's rank correlation. In our work, by extending Gini's concordance theory to multiple statistical distribu-tions and in the light of the simplest algebraic language, some partial correlation indexes, which have been previously defined by means of the geometric instrumenta-tion of tensorial calculus, are here reconsidered, and, therefore, the partial homophilia indexes are introduced.

Concordance Theory: A Response to Recent Criticism

Concordance Theory: A Response to Recent Criticism

Civil-Military Relations Reconsidered: A Theory of Concordance

This article offers a new theory for examining civil-military relations. The current theory assumes that the military should remain separate from civilian political institutions in order to prevent domestic military intervention. By contrast, concordance theory, proposed in this article, argues that three partners-the military, the political elites, and the citizenry should aim for a cooperative relationship that may or may not entail the separation of political and military institutions. As a descriptive and prescriptive theory, concordance does not limit itself to one civil-military scenario, and it explains the institutional and cultural conditions that affect the distinctive relationships among the three partners. Furthermore, if these partners agree on four indicators-the social composition of the officer corps, the political decision-making process, recruitment method and military style-do-mestic military intervention is less likely to occur.

Pinching and concordance theory

Pinching and concordance theory

Status Concordance, Coordination, and Success in Interdisciplinary Research Terms

The dynamics of status concordance theory are explored in a heterogeneous sample of 67 ongoing interdisciplinary research teams in universities. This theory implies positive relationships between concordance and coordination, coordination and success, and a positive but spurious correlation between concordance and success. Our findings show coordination posi-tively related to success at all stages of team development; concordance positively related to coordination only during early phases of team develop-ment; concordance positively related to success for young teams, unrelated for middle-aged teams, and negatively related for older teams. These patterns remain with coordination statistically controlled. We conclude that status concordance can depress as well as elevate a team's overall success, and that external status criteria play a decreasingly important role in the co-ordination of interdisciplinary teams.