Network Hubs and Opportunity for Complex Thinking Among Young British Muslims.
This study examines whether individuals in a network esteem peers who think in integratively complex ways about religious issues in the context of a small-group educational course comprised of young British Muslims. Integrative complexity (IC) measures the degree to which an individual's information...
| Published in: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 573 - 596 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=90081738&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 90081738 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00218294 NRNN jtl: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) issn: 00218294 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2013 vid: 52 iid: 3 pid: 52269 pub: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. artinfo: ui: 90081738 10.1111/jssr.12050 ppf: 573 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 379KB tig: atl: Network Hubs and Opportunity for Complex Thinking Among Young British Muslims. aug: au: Williams, Ryan J. affil: Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge su: Social networks School environment research Leadership Islam Muslims sug: subj: Social networks School environment research Leadership Islam Muslims keyword: integrative complexity open ‐ mindedness open-mindedness small group leadership Social Field Generator social network analysis ab: This study examines whether individuals in a network esteem peers who think in integratively complex ways about religious issues in the context of a small-group educational course comprised of young British Muslims. Integrative complexity (IC) measures the degree to which an individual's information processing is characterized by (a) rigid, black-and-white thinking or (b) ability to recognize the validity of, and integrate, multiple perspectives. A novel measurement procedure was developed for this research called the Social Field Generator. Results from seven groups ( n = 55) showed that (a) participants with levels of IC were described by their peers with more positive sentiment than their low-IC counterparts; (b) the higher the IC scores of participants, the closer peers felt toward them; and (c) the highest IC individuals were consistently selected as sources of advice, whereas the lowest IC individuals were not viewed as sources of advice. This research shows that within an educational environment aimed at promoting complex thinking, group processes and grassroots religious leadership can encourage higher levels of IC as a group norm. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) holder: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. dt: @attributes: year: 2013 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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