Anne.S 2020. 11. 3. 16:37
People engage in typical patterns of interaction based on the relationship between their roles and the roles of others.
Employers are expected to interact with employees in a certain way, as are doctors with patients.
In each case, actions are restricted by the role responsibilities and obligations associated with individuals’ positions within society.
For instance, parents and children are linked by certain rights, privileges, and obligations.
Parents are responsible for providing their children with the basic necessities of life―food, clothing, shelter, and so forth. These expectations are so powerful that not meeting them may make the parents vulnerable to charges of negligence or abuse.
Children, in turn, are expected to do as their parents say.
Thus, interactions within a relationship are functions not only of the individual personalities of the people involved but also of the role requirements associated with the statuses they have.