Legitimacy of authority: AO3

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Cards (2)

  • Strength: Explains cultural differences
    What? Useful account of cultural differences in obedience
    Who? Kilham and Mann VS Mantell - Australians less likely to obey then Germans
    Why? Authority is more likely to be accepted as legitimate in some cultures
  • Limitation: Cannot explain all (dis)obedience
    What? Cannot explain disobedience in a hierarchy where legitimacy of authority is accepted
    Who? Rank and Jacobson - Nurses disobedient despite being in hierarchal authority structure
    Why? Some more/less obedient than others - innate tendencies