...oneself. Such mutual shaping underscores once again the fundamental tenet of social psychology: ". . . if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" (Thomas & Thomas, 1928, p. 567). Culture and social structure impinge on individuals through their subjective interpretation....

...This is a case of a self-fulfilling prophesy. Such cases bring out the truth of WIThomas's dictum, 'If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences' (Thomas 1928:586); Thomas, of course, had social situations in mind. But this slogan has only a limited range...

...participant anticipates and takes action to influence strategic thinking on the basis of these anticipations. 'If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences' (Thomas and Thomas, 1928). The communication about strategy can then become dominated by each participant seeking...

...a consciousness which can be neither true nor false is identity. ldentity claims are tautological. "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences." (Thomas & Thomas 1938; Merton 1995). ln the nineteenth century Europe people were divided into christians and pagans....

...therefore impact performance (Kaufman, 1986; Thomas & Thomas, 1928). "If men deem their situations as real they are real in their consequences" (Thomas & Thomas, 1928, p. 72). Needs assessment produces another source of needs data that is often viewed as more solid and...

...social-psychological parallel, the "self-fulfilling" prophecy, is certainly apt: "If [people] define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" (Thomas & Thomas, 1928, p. 572). At this time, the on-line-learning movement is far more powerful and persuasive than its critics, and...

...like to become something, Sauvy: 1 Thomas, WI Thomas, WI, and Thomas, Dorothy Swaine Thomas Theorem: if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences, Thomas and Thomas: 2 Thomas, WI, and Znanieckl, Florian Thompson, EP Thompson, William Thoreau, Henry David:...

...Zusammenhang gesprochen werden. Damit baut diese Studie auf dem Thomas-Theorem auf- dieses lautet: »If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences« (Thomas 1951:81). Eine der zu beantwortenden Fragen lautet somit, handelt es sich beim Prozeß der Globalisierung...

...Sozialpsychologen benannte Theorem besagt, daß subjektive Entscheidungen soziale Realität bestimmen: „If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" (THOMAS 1966 zitiert in BROSIUS/ESSER 1995: 30; vgl. auch MERTEN 1990: 81) 43 LUHMANN (1975: 13) unterteilt...

...Yin, 1994). This will be commented on further in the next section. 3.1.2 An Interpretive Case Study If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences. (Thomas and Thomas, 1928, p. 572) Case studies can be categorized according to their underlying epistemology....