A configuration approach to mindset agency theory : a formative trait psychology with affect, cognition and behaviour / Maurice Yolles, Gerhard Fink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yolles, Maurice, author.

Fink, Gerhard, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality--Social aspects.

Personality.

Organizational behavior.

Organizational change--Psychological aspects.

Organizational change.

Cybernetics.

Affect (Psychology).

Personality and cognition.

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 707 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This book explains psychological, sociopolitical and organisational change in multidisciplinary settings. It shows how advanced techniques of contextual analysis can be applied to complex situations and offers a new cybernetic agency paradigm based on living systems theory. It models, diagnoses, and analyses complex, realworld situations to anticipate patterns of behaviour.

Contents:

Mindset agency theory, an underview

An exercise in configuration

Mindscapes

Normative personality

Understanding formative traits and behaviour

Cognition agency

Cognition personality

Affect types and mindset types

Affect and cognition

Identity as a component of personality

Modelling identity types : the case of Donald Trump

Agency, personality and multiple identity : the case of Theresa May

Introduction to introduction to psychohistory and formalism

Illustrating psychohistory.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jul 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-97566-6

1-108-97649-2

1-108-97402-3

OCLC:

1226911409