scholarly journals Ontological Insecurity and Decision-Making during Black Swan and Dragon King Events, and COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Susan Smith Nash
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Black Swan ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Divided Self ◽  
Driving Mechanisms ◽  
Profound Implication ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Johari Window

The tremendously disruptive global pandemic of COVID-19 has had a destabilizing effect on individuals and groups as it triggered a profound uncertainty about the ability of nations, organizations, and individuals to survive. Under such conditions, decision-making was affected in a number of ways which has a profound implication for leaders and policymakers. This paper presents new theoretical lenses that incorporate literary and cultural narratives to consider the various potential classifications of COVID-19 as a “Black Swan” or “Dragon King” event, and how the disruption has precipitated psychological distress. Further, the paper discusses the notion that Dragon King extreme events may be precursors to catastrophic transition. In this analysis, we look at concepts such as R. D. Laing’s The Divided Self, and the psychological concept of ontological insecurity.  While the concept is a psychological one, it has been applied to the analysis of literature, with very illuminating results.  Likewise, the concept could be applied to the factors going into thinking about reality, one’s relationships with others, and then, decision-making. When combined with techniques to develop self-awareness, such as the Johari window, even more insight is achievable. The overall purpose of the paper is to analyze the relatively hidden or unacknowledged literary narratives that constitute driving mechanisms in decision-making in psychological and ontologically destabilizing Black Swan and Dragon King events.

scholarly journals Maternal psychological distress and child decision-making

2017 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eirini Flouri ◽  
Sofia Ioakeimidi ◽  
Emily Midouhas ◽  
George B. Ploubidis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Maternal Psychological Distress

Counselling Culturally Different Clients in Careers

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Decision Making Model

Career counsellors and advisers in a variety of workplace settings often experience a degree of discomfort when counselling culturally different clients from non-English-speaking backgrounds. This may be due to a lack of cultural awareness, background knowledge and counselling skills that are necessary in meeting the needs of many in this client group. Using the Career Decision Making Model as a guide, this paper highlights the special needs of culturally different clients at each stage of the model: self awareness, opportunity awareness, decision-making, and implementation and transition. It aims at heightening career counsellors' sensitivity to and knowledge of cultural issues affecting the career decision-making process for culturally different clients, with an emphasis on people from Asia. It also presents intervention strategies to enable the reduction of communication barriers that may exist between counsellor and client.

scholarly journals Trait self-awareness predicts perceptions of choice meaningfulness in a decision-making task

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Dishon ◽  
Julian A. Oldmeadow ◽  
Jordy Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Awareness

Luxury in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Luxury Brands ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Luxury Consumption ◽  
Major Market ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Impact

Luxury brands embody strong cultural narratives to express their authentic value and to make them more desirable. With globalisation and the democratisation of luxury, the nature of luxury consumption is changing. Emerging economies such as China have become not only the major market but a source of design inspiration for luxury brands. This chapter provides a systematic review of luxury brands in China in three distinct stages, followed by an in-depth analysis of the nature of luxury consumption in China and the transportation mechanism of brand narratives to different cultures. It concludes with several important findings and indicates that good storytelling provides an anchor for a brand’s esteem both at home and abroad. Instead of merely communicating the cultural narratives of their Western origin, luxury brands need to identify with Chinese culture in all elements of their business, from product design to brand communication. Finally, this chapter explores the impact of the global pandemic on luxury brands in China.

Trauma

2019 ◽  
pp. 235-258
Author(s):  
Vicki Ann McGinley ◽  
Olatomiwa O. Salako ◽  
Jena Dubov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Behavior Interventions ◽  
Relationship Skills ◽  
Traumatized Children ◽  
The Impact

Experiencing trauma will impact a child's development, specifically physically, psychologically (mentally), and emotionally. There is much research on how trauma affects child development, and more information is being addressed on interventions to ameliorate the impact of the symptoms of trauma children experience. Schools play an important role in working with traumatized children and their families. It is through effective collaboration, communication, cognitive behavior interventions, mindfulness techniques to teach self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills where schools and families may best support the child's growth and development.

Research-Based Leadership for Next-Generation Leaders

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Peggy M. Delmas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Emerging Leadership ◽  
Organizational Needs

This chapter uses a leadership typology to review categories of traditional and emerging leadership theories and styles. Those theories and styles that have particular application or extensive research in the areas of education, change, problem solving, decision making, and organizational culture are emphasized. Strategies for increasing leader self-awareness, matching leadership styles and organizational needs, and improving problem solving and decision making are provided. The aim of this chapter is to give a clear and comprehensive overview of the array of leadership styles and theories grounded in research. The intent is to help practitioners working in education be more effective leaders by providing a comprehensive theory base to guide their actions, and to help them utilize the leadership style(s) most appropriate for their organization.

Conflict Resolution and Ethical Decision-Making for Engineering Professionals in Global Organizations

2015 ◽  
pp. 204-227
Author(s):  
Charles R. Feldhaus ◽  
Julie Little ◽  
Brandon Sorge
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Unethical Practices ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
And Mathematics

As an introduction to recognizing individual and organizational conflict as well as ethical issues within global firms, the goals of this chapter are to equip Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals, especially those in engineering, with solid decision-making tools, including self-awareness, ethical perspectives and theories, ethical decision-making models, and various conflict resolution approaches. Given the current challenges in business and industry that have often led to unethical practices, and ultimately conflict, it is critical that both organizational leaders and followers possess the necessary tools and perspectives to create an ethical climate that deals appropriately with various types of conflict. This chapter examines new trends in conflict coaching and the delivery of ethics training in an effort to provide the aforementioned tools and perspectives.

Investor Biases in Financial Decisions

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-169
Author(s):  
Shalini Kalra Sahi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Rational Decision ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Investment Decision Making ◽  
Making Choices

Financial Decisions involve making choices between various investment alternatives, with the aim of increasing the individual's net worth. The investor today is exposed to various investment options, but does not have the knowledge and capability of evaluating all the options and making a rational decision. Due to the limitation in the information processing capacities of the individuals, their beliefs and preferences, the investment decision-making process, gets biased. This chapter highlights ten such biases and throws light on how they impact investment behaviour, both positively and negatively. This understanding of investor psychology will generate insights that will benefit the financial advisory relationship. Further for Individuals, recognizing how the biases impact their financial decisions, can help create self-awareness and an understanding that would help them in better financial management, in case these tendencies are leading them to make unsatisfactory investments.

Research E-Journaling to Enhance Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research

2015 ◽  
pp. 673-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalin Hai-Jew
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Research Journal

In qualitative and mixed methods research, the researcher and/or research team are critical elements in the research. Given perceptual, cognitive, and memory limitations, human researchers can often bring these shortcomings to their research and decision-making. To combat such tendencies, researcher reflection, self-awareness, and self-critique are seen as some research controls, as are various standardizations in research to control for bias and to provide for multiple points-of-view. One tool that has long been used for researcher reflection to promote research quality has been the research journal. Research journals are field texts created by the researcher or a research team to make sense of the research work; these are professional forms of narrative analyses or narrative inquiries to enhance researcher self-consciousness of their work, their reasoning, their decision-making, and their conclusions. A contemporaneous electronic version of the qualitative or mixed methods research journal is multimedia-based (including visuals, audio, and video) and may be built in data management software programs, shared cloud-based work sites, or simple folders or digital objects. Guided research e-journals may be structured for the elicitation and capture of specific information to ensure researcher attentiveness, awareness, mindfulness, and thoroughness. Guided electronic journaling (used prior to, during, and post-research) may be used to enhance research quality. This chapter proposes a partial typology of guided structures for research journaling and suggests channels for publishing and distributing research e-journals.

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