Modelling multiples identity types through agency: Part 3 – mindsets and the Trump election

Fatta, Davide Di; Yolles, Maurice

doi:10.1108/k-03-2017-0112

“…Communication creates a capacity for agreement through strategic norms that determine how the agency should act, though an identitybased agreement is a significant attribute of this. Hence, collective action may be problematic when an agency suffers from identity conflicts, either due to: (a) an identity schism creating multiple identities [189] that may lead to agency sociopathic and narcissistic disorders [33,190]; or (b) to interactive agency contradictions that inhibit collective action. In the case of identity schism, political positioning may result in behaviour that may be seen by others as pathological and paradoxical.…”

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Culture, Mindset and Functionality in Regional Organisations – A Study on ASEAN and the European Union

Rautakivi¹,

Yolles²

2023

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Regional organisations (ROs) are important in that they can enable states in their regions to pros-per and develop for improvement. Interest here lies in the European Union (EU) and the Associa-tion of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Their political development involves complex process-es for collective actions involving ingroup member RO states. To explore development, we firstly examine the rise of both the EU and ASEAN. The literature gives some attention to the behaviour-alist political approach to explain developmental differences using social organisation theory, often in terms of the Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft paradigm of Tönnies. However, here we adopt a social psychology approach that distinguishes between operative structure (which directly determines behaviour), and substructure (housing normative personality deemed to be responsible for behav-ioural imperatives). This enables a relationship to be made between the Tönnies paradigm and the Collectivism-Individualism paradigm of Triandis. The theoretical approach adopted involves a complex adaptive systems model deriving from metacybernetics, and this also delivers Mindset Agency Theory as a qualitative methodology. Consistent with the general view, it is shown that the EU is more or less a coherent rational organisation, while ASEAN is more idealistic delivering pragmatic paradox. In particular, ASEAN is frequently descried as an organisation with contra-dictions, and for this reason its pathologies are explored in some detail

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“…Communication creates a capacity for agreement through strategic norms that determine how the agency should act, though an identitybased agreement is a significant attribute of this. Hence, collective action may be problematic when an agency suffers from identity conflicts, either due to: (a) an identity schism creating multiple identities [188] that may lead to agency sociopathic and narcissistic disorders [33,189]; or (b) to interactive agency contradictions that inhibit collective action. In the case of identity schism, political positioning may result in behaviour that may be seen by others as pathological and paradoxical.…”

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confidence: 99%

Culture, Mindset and Functionality in Regional Organisations – A Study on ASEAN and the European Union.

Rautakivi¹,

Yolles²

2023

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Regional organisations (ROs) are important in that they can enable states in their regions to pros-per and develop for improvement. Interest here lies in the European Union (EU) and the Associa-tion of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Their political development involves complex process-es for collective actions involving ingroup member RO states. To explore development, we firstly examine the rise of both the EU and ASEAN. The literature gives some attention to the behaviour-alist political approach to explain developmental differences using social organisation theory, often in terms of the Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft paradigm of Tönnies. However, here we adopt a social psychology approach that distinguishes between operative structure (which directly determines behaviour), and substructure (housing normative personality deemed to be responsible for behav-ioural imperatives). This enables a relationship to be made between the Tönnies paradigm and the Collectivism-Individualism paradigm of Triandis. The theoretical approach adopted involves a complex adaptive systems model deriving from metacybernetics, and this also delivers Mindset Agency Theory as a qualitative methodology. Consistent with the general view, it is shown that the EU is more or less a coherent rational organisation, while ASEAN is more idealistic delivering pragmatic paradox. In particular, ASEAN is frequently descried as an organisation with contra-dictions, and for this reason its pathologies are explored in some detail

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“…Di Fatta and Yolles [32,91] applied the above identity theory to Donald Trump, the US president during the period 2017 to 2021. It uncovered an identity conflict that would be consistent with a narcissistic personality disorder.…”

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Diagnosing Complex Organisations with Diverse Cultures—Part 1: Agency Theory

Yolles,

Rautakivi

2023

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Complex organisations require coherence to achieve adaptive goals through agency. This paper introduces Mindset Agency Theory (MAT), a metatheoretical framework designed for modelling and diagnosing agency within culturally diverse populations. MAT, a cybernetic multi-ontology framework, delineates five formative traits defining agency character. Its cognitive style trait (with bipolar values of Patterning–Dramatising) elucidates how agencies acquire information. Examining diverse agencies requires an appreciation of the social relationships that exist there, but MAT is currently devoid of this capability. Using the configuration approach to enable the integration of Tönnies’ social organisation theory into MAT, social relationships can be suitably explored, thus enhancing its capacity to investigate agency coherence. Tönnies’ theory of social organisation (with bipolar values of Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft) that frames inter-agent interactions is configured within MAT. This integration births a new formative trait, pairing cognitive style with social organisation, and is thus capable of indicating the likelihood of operative coherence. Configuration is applied by relating propositional attributes of a holding metatheory framework such as MAT, with an entry theory such as Tönnies’ social organisation theory as determined from the literature. The elaborated MAT serves as a diagnostic tool, linking trait instabilities with agency pathologies that deliver dysfunction. A subsequent paper will apply this framework to ASEAN, a regional intergovernmental organisation addressing cultural diversity issues. The study aims to evaluate ASEAN’s mindset and diagnose its pathologies, such as narcissism and paradoxical behaviour.

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Modelling multiples identity types through agency: Part 3 – mindsets and the Trump election

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Culture, Mindset and Functionality in Regional Organisations – A Study on ASEAN and the European Union

Culture, Mindset and Functionality in Regional Organisations – A Study on ASEAN and the European Union

Culture, Mindset and Functionality in Regional Organisations – A Study on ASEAN and the European Union.

Diagnosing Complex Organisations with Diverse Cultures—Part 1: Agency Theory

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