Nufuzi ijtimoi, bakho va tavadjuhest, ki dar shuuri jamiyati ba jabhahoi mukhtalifi faoliyati odamon va guruhhoi ijtimoi nisbat doda meshavad. Mavzui Nufuzi ijtimoi aksaran maqomoti ijtimoi (masalan, kasb, mavqe dar tashkilot), faoliyati odamon (masalan, dar sohai hayoti jamiyati va maishi), sifathoi psikhologi (tashabbus, jasorat, matonat, zakovat, zeboi va gayra), faoliyati guruhi odamoni alohida, guruhhoi ijtimoi va muassisaho ba shumor meravad.
Nufuzi ijtimoi bo obru, etibor, nufuzi shakhsi barin zuhuroti jamiyat aloqamand ast. Muvofiqi nazariyai marksisti baho dodan ba nufuzu etibor dar voqeiyati ijtimoi asoshoi obektivi dorand. Masalan, mashguliyati yakkhelai muayyan dar davrahoi mukhtalifi tarikhi Nufuzi ijtimoii gunogun doshta metavonad. Nufuzi ijtimoi bo vujudi az omilhoi obektivi vobasta budanash ba darajai muayyane istiqloli nisbi dorad. Dar jamiyatkhoi antagonisti odamoni kasbi yakkhela az rui mavqei sinfi doroi nufuzi mukhtalif va hatto ba ham zidand.
Ideologiyai hukmroni jamiyati mazkur nufuzi sarvatu molikiyati shakhsii doroyonro vasf mekunad. Dar bayni mehnatkashon boshad nufuzi odamone ziyod ast, ki istedod, mahorati kasbi va khislathoi mekhnatdusti dorand va baroi adolati idtimoi muboriza mebarand. Dar jamiyati sotsialisti niz tafovuti muayyanii Nufuzi ijtimoi joy dorad. Vale bo ham nazdik shudani sinfhoyu guruhhoi ijtimoi boisi barobarii Nufuzi ijtimoi hamai azoyoni jamiyat megardad. Dar zamoni sotsializm mavqei shakhsro asosan mehnat muayyan mekunad. Az in ru, Mehnati samaranok va ejodkorona chun omili muhimmi faoliyati kasbii bevositai mehnatkashon dar jamiyati sotsialnsti nufuzi kalon dorad.