Concept information
Preferred term
latent functions
Definition
- Latent functions are unintended and unrecognized consequences of intended, recognized manifest functions. Robert K. Merton contributed the original sociological explication of latent functions in his Social Theory and Social Structure of 1957. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Latent Functions]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/latent_functions
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