Social norms are patterns of behavior that are self-enforcing within a group: Everyone
conforms, everyone is expected to conform, and everyone wants to conform when they …

This analysis synthesizes existing research to discuss how teachers' practice and student
learning are affected by perceptions of collective efficacy. Social cognitive theory is …

This article adopts a complexity theory framework to review the literature on teachers'
professional development practices, the generative systems of these practices, and the …

Pourquoi les projets de développement, les interventions des ONG ou les politiques
publiques nationales sont-ils tous soumis à d'importants écarts entre ce qui était prévu et ce …

In this paper, the concept of social capital is introduced and illustrated, its forms are
described, the social structural conditions under which it arises are examined, and it is used …

An informational cascade occurs when it is optimal for an individual, having observed the
actions of those ahead of him, to follow the behavior of the preceding individual without …

In the 1990s the concept of social capital—defined here as the norms and networks that
enable people to act collectively—enjoyed a remarkable rise to prominence across all the …

Extensive empirical evidence and theoretical developments in multiple disciplines stimulate
a need to expand the range of rational choice models to be used as a foundation for the …

This article is a theoretical and empirical analysis of the construct of collective teacher
efficacy. First, a model of collective efficacy was elaborated for use in schools. Then, an …

The institutional grammar introduced here is based on a view that institutions are enduring
regularities of human action in situations structured by rules, norms, and shared strategies …