Thriving in Ambiguity – A Dispositive of Self-Optimisation

On the Frenkel-Brunswik Theorem in Current Human Resource Development

Authors

  • Grit Claudia Heinrich Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/serendipities.v7i1-2.131726

Keywords:

authoritarian personality, entrepreneurial self, Frenkel-Brunswik-Theorem, tolerance of ambiguity, VUCA paradigm

Abstract

This paper explores a discrepancy between research and application in the operationalisation of ambiguity tolerance. Observational results from the practice of human resource development raised the question: How does the umbrella term ambiguity tolerance relate to the Frenkel-Brunswik theorem, and has this possibly become a dispositive of self-optimisation? Methodologically, the article follows a literature-based approach. Tracing three shifts in the reception of the term, the trend around tolerance of ambiguity is linked to its theoretical construct. While by no means exhaustive, by recontextualising the Frenkel-Brunswik theorem in this way and bringing it into focus, the article aims to open up further discussion.

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2023-01-10

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Heinrich, G. C. (2023) “Thriving in Ambiguity – A Dispositive of Self-Optimisation: On the Frenkel-Brunswik Theorem in Current Human Resource Development”, Serendipities. Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences, 7(1-2), pp. 134–147. doi: 10.7146/serendipities.v7i1-2.131726.

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