A Review of the Double Bind Theory

Watzlawick, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1963.00132.x

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“…In some cases the whole system is controlled by a regime of unwritten rules that suggest refraining from self-reflection (Scott-Morgan, 1994). Communication research has revealed that such closing behavior is often caused by paradoxical interactions, such as a double bind (Hennestad, 1990;Watzlawick, 1963), basically maintained and fixed by self-reinforcing behavioral patterns. So-called systemic approaches (Campbell, Coldicott, & Kinsella, 1994;Selvini-Palazzoli, 1986) react to exactly this wellknown denial.…”

Section: Deliberately Breaking Organizational Pathsmentioning

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Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box.

Sydow¹,

Schreyögg²,

Koch³

2009

Academy of Management Review

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969

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To enable a better understanding of the underlying logic of path dependence, we set forth a theoretical framework explaining how organizations become path dependent. At its core are the dynamics of self-reinforcing mechanisms, which are likely to lead an organization into a lock-in. By drawing on studies of technological paths, we conceptualize the emergent process of path dependence along three distinct stages. We also use the model to explore breakouts from organizational path dependence and discuss implications for managing and researching organizational paths.

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Section: Deliberately Breaking Organizational Pathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box.

Sydow¹,

Schreyögg²,

Koch³

2009

Academy of Management Review

795

969

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“…In 1953 he assembled a research group, initially consisting of Jay Haley, John Weakland, William Fry, and Don Jackson, which marked the beginning of the "Palo Alto school" in psychiatry and psychotherapy (Haley, 1976;Lipset, 1980). This group further developed the concept of double bind, which finally led to a conceptualization of a communication pattern with the following four characteristics (Bateson, Jackson, Haley, & Weakland, 1956Sluzki & Veron, 1971;Watzlawick, 1963;Weakland, 1977):…”

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Gregory Bateson on deutero‐learning and double bind: A brief conceptual history

Visser

2003

J History Behavioral Science

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The concepts of deutero-learning and double bind have acquired an increasingly important status in various fields of social and behavioral science, particularly in psychiatry, psychotherapy, organization, and policy science. With this proliferation, however, their original meaning and significance has become increasingly muted. In this article it is argued that both concepts are important ingredients of a behavioral theory of (organizational) learning. To support this argument, the development of both concepts is traced to the work of Gregory Bateson. In Bateson's thinking, the two concepts have a firm base in dyadic behavior and interaction.

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“…In this case, people could express gratitude in a different form, not only as a positive emotion but also as an asymmetric sentiment (see the examples above of gratitude of duty, acquiescence and convenience). These kinds of situation could represent a sort of 'double bind' (Watzlawick 1963), where the benefactor is also the person who compels us to express gratitude because it is 'the right thing' to do, not because we actually feel a deep sentiment of gratitude towards him. Let us imagine a scenario that could happen on a work place.…”

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The Asymmetry in Gratitude

Luccarelli

2018

Hu Arenas

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The relational dimension of gratitude requires social psychology to (re)think theoretical and methodological constructs, in order to express the complexity of gratitude's new features. I have tried to present an unexplored feature of gratitude: the asymmetry. In particular, I discussed whether or not gratitude can be characterized by an asymmetrical relation. Relationships are based on 'power plays', in which the expression of gratitude could be an 'asymmetric sentiment' that goes just in one direction. The presence of 'gratitude of duty', 'gratitude of acquiescence' and 'gratitude of convenience' was supposed to explain the bond between a low-power and high-power actor. In the second part, it is developed a model of gratitude as a triadic system of relationships. This theoretical reflection should be the starting point for a future research that will focus on developing new methods of data collection, able to capture the complexity of the 'asymmetric sentiment' of gratitude.

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A Review of the Double Bind Theory

Cited by 72 publications

References 68 publications

Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box.

Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box.

Gregory Bateson on deutero‐learning and double bind: A brief conceptual history

The Asymmetry in Gratitude

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