Role Reference
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254045
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Role Reference
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Adds a (CCK) field type for referencing user roles as a field in (CCK) content types. Also has Views, Content Migrate, and Field Extract Values integration.
Fortunately, Drupal 8 is not needed. It is possible to build references to the role using core fields.
You can read how to do this here - http://zanzarra.com/blog/referencing-roles-drupal-7-8-entities#howto