Self-Management in Public Settings: Part //
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Self-Management in Public Settings: Part // SAGE Publications, Inc.1972DOI: 10.1177/089124167200100205 Lyn H. Lofland University of California, Davis University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Francisco L YN H. LOFLAND's major research interests are in the social psychology of urban life. An Assistant Professor of Sociology at she taught previously at and earned her Ph.D. at THE PERIOD OF APPROACH is a very brief one. While it is in process, the individual is primarily concerned with projecting himself only as someone who can successfully execute this maneuver. There is time for little else. It is not until after he has reached a position and is faced with a prolonged stay in the midst of strangers that it becomes important-or even possible-for him to assume his more individualistic and complex management style. His overriding concern continues to be that of projecting a favorable and confirmable image, but with more timc now at his disposal, this projection will involve a grcater range of behavior and will reflect more individual differences than was possible during the approach. AUTHOR'S NOTE: For a more detailed discussion of these and other matters, see my new book, A World of Strangers: Order and Action in