Having the Authority to Know: Decision-Making on Student Film Crews

This paper examines how people gain authority over areas of expert knowledge and use this authority to claim the right to make decisions in small group situations. Students who enter film crews are ranked and typed as members both of a school and of a crew. They claim decision-making authority based...

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Published in:Sociology of Work and Occupations 1976-02, Vol.3 (1), p.63-87
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