people
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: George Homans

microbehaviorist theory
type: Concept
narrower: George Homans

key people in social theory
type: Concept
narrower: George Homans

George Homans
type: Concept
definition: American social theorist of the twentieth century, George Homans (1910–1989) was the founder of behavioral sociology, the first and arguably the most prominent sociological exchange theorist, and the architect of a highly controversial approach to theory construction in sociology. Homans was the first sociologist to outline the sociological implications of psychologists’work on learning or behavioral theory, particularly the operant conditioning paradigm of B. F. Skinner. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Homans, George]
broader: microbehaviorist theory
broader: key people in social theory
broader: American social theory

American social theory
type: Concept
narrower: George Homans