Social production function
The social production function is a sociological concept by the sociologist Siegwart Lindenberg .
The aim is to provide an explanation for the nature of people's preferences . Action is defined as the production of benefit, whereby Lindenberg assumes that humans have three primary basic needs:
- social appreciation ,
- physical well-being and
- Avoidance of loss.
These must be continually satisfied. However, the basic needs can only be satisfied through so-called primary intermediate goods. A social status is a primary intermediate good , which in turn can be produced via other indirect intermediate goods, such as knowledge or wealth. Hence the term "social production factors". Thus, specific goals and goods, such as B. high social status linked via production factors such as income with social production functions such as social appreciation. The social production functions differ in different social positions, groups or time periods and are culture-dependent.
See also
literature
- Ormel, Johan / Lindenberg, Siegwart M. / Steverink, Nardi / Verbrugge, Lois M. (1999): Subjective Well-Being and Social Production Functions, in: Social Indicators Research 46, 61-90.