Sometimes it seems that adaptability or innovativeness is a merely psychological phenomena, but in reality the socio-economical environment also matters to develop or follow these features.
What is Your opinion about adaptability or innovativeness as a subject? In addition - how is it related to such social sciences as political science or public administration?
Of course it will depend on the area you wish to base your theoretical framework on.
In Discipline and Punish (1975), Foucault argued that "The disciplines characterize, classify, specialize; they distribute along a scale, around a norm, hierarchize individuals in relation to one another and, if necessary, disqualify and invalidate" (p. 223). Unlike the formal and (to a lesser degree) the natural sciences, it is not likely that the social sciences, which focus on human behavior and societies, will ever shed pure light on cause and effect, hence the so-called replication crisis. And so, the binary choice that this query presents will not necessarily help: adaptability and innovativeness are not a psychological or a socio-economic phenomenon but both; the (many) components of adaptability and innovation systems are interrelated and interact dynamically and, for that reason, are best approached from the perspective of systems thinking.
Good question as it made me think about my current situation I have been dealing with the intelligence community. I have had to adapt psychologically in order to deal with their constant abuses on a daily basis. Yet, socio-economically I am driven to get out of the situation for a better life, whether higher quality of life or mere freedom. Therefore, I use political science to voice my human rights, whether through public administration entities I have created or that already exist.
it's primarily a socio-economic phenomenon on the basis of my so far understanding.
I wonder why do you only distinguish between psychology and social economy. There are much more aspects to consider if you analyze adaptability and innovativeness such as cultural or communicative.
The realization of these traits is an example of how the personality qualities inherent in the individual are shown in his/her economic activity. Therefore, in terms of psychology, they are more psychological, but also are more economical from the economics point of view. These are different angles of assessment. In general, the same can be said about the relation with political science or public administration.
Both individual and collective. Previously this has been studied at individual, group and cultural level (both organizational and societal) using different theoretical lenses.
Dear Alexander,
Yes, dear Alexander, I agree with You, cultural context, of course, matters - at least because of adaptability's or innovativeness' belonging to a certain culture. Communicative reason, I think, belongs to the same psychological attribute.
Psychological. But I am not sure what you precisely mean by "Socio-economical" - it sounds like you are comparing a pool with a swimmer.
Being innovative and adapt is described in psychology as "openness". This trait is often the opposite trait of "conventional" or "rule following". Mostly talked about as a growth mindset or a fixed mindset.
Innovativeness is also considered to be one of the adaptive behaviour of people who purse mastery or learning goals (for e.g., Ames & Archer, 1988; Dweck & Elliot, 1983; Dweck & Leggett, 1988; Nicholls, 1984). Their conception of goal orientation is grounded in social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986).
References
Ames, C., & Archer, J. (1988). Achievement goals in the classroom: Students’ learning strategies and motivation processes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80(3), 260–267.
Bandura, A. (1986). Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Dweck, C.S., & Elliot, E. (1983). Achievement Motivation. In E. M. Heatherington (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Socialization, personality, and social development (Vol. 4, pp. 643–691). Wiley.
Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95(2), 256-273.
Nicholls, J. G. (1984). Achievement motivation: Conceptions of ability, subjective experience, task choice, and performance. Psychological Review, 91(3), 328-346.
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