Advisory Board Decision Making as Collective Identity Exploration
| Autor: | Garner, Joanna K., Hathcock, Stephanie, Vasinda, Sheri Vasinda, Brienen, Rebecca Brienen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| DOI: | 10.26262/ijce.v2i2.9473 |
| Popis: | Whereas models of consensus decision making emphasize a linear multi-phase process, situated perspectives highlight the dynamic relations between individuals, contexts, and identities. We examine the role of identity components and processes to understand consensus decision making in a community advisory board. By viewing the process as one of collective identity exploration that embodies principles of complex dynamic systems, we explore how a focal dilemma of generating a theme for a community Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) challenge elicited iterative cycles of identity discovery, prioritization, and negotiation. While exploring the identity of the group and the community at-large, board members’ deliberations included incremental and transformational dialogue that led to the spontaneous, abrupt emergence of a final decision. The study connects situated perspectives on identity with principles of complex systems and finds that the social context acts as a control parameter to shape the salience and alignment of various identity components. Keywords: complex systems, advisory boards, decision making, identity, STEM education. International Journal of Complexity in Education, Vol 2, No 2 (2021) |
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