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jfer
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jfer asked in Social ScienceSociology · 1 decade ago

What does agentic mean from a social science perspective?

It comes up again and again when studying the gender differences of leadership and group control, but I have yet to find a satisfactory definition for it. Thanks!

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    I think I might be off here but doesnt agentic mean that you you relinquish responsibility for something by allowing those in control to take control and command of a syiuation and then allow them to take the fall when things go wrong?? Isnt that that Agentic Effect???

    Source(s): My memory-might be wrong!!
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