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What is Self

Chapter 23
Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
Meaning making system of the person.
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Assessment Methods for Self-Development Goals of Executives
Käthe Schneider (Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany)
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-068-2.ch023
Abstract
There is a complex relationship between self-development and self-awareness. The individual needs to develop an awareness of herself and her self-development goals before being able to identify circumstances consistent with these goals and to make decisions that will bring about personal development. There are different approaches and methods for assessing these goals. The types of self-development goals range from images of the self to personal projects. This article examines methods for exploring the self-development goals of executives, because this is of particular relevance today. The findings suggest an instrument for exploring self-development goals for executives.
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Occupational Health and Well-Being in Higher Education Institutions in Mexico: Self-Care During Pandemic-Induced Remote Work
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Advancing Personal Learning and Transdisciplinarity for Developing Identity and Community
Self with a capital S represents your highest future potential that you can develop based on the research of the Presencing Institute.
Published in Chapter: Advancing Personal Learning and Transdisciplinarity for Developing Identity and Community; From: Recent Advances in Applying Identity and Society Awareness to Virtual Learning
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Triple Selves at Work: Immigrant Muslim Women Navigating Careers in America
The central aspect of individuals involving a pattern of beliefs, thoughts, emotional states, attitudes, and behaviors distinguishing them from others.
Published in Chapter: Triple Selves at Work: Immigrant Muslim Women Navigating Careers in America; From: Examining the Career Development Practices and Experiences of Immigrants
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Artificial Immune Systems for Anomaly Detection
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The Tangible Lure of the Technoself in the Age of Reality Television
A reflexive, continuous interpretive process whereby concrete and contextual identities are produce for each social situation.
Published in Chapter: The Tangible Lure of the Technoself in the Age of Reality Television; From: Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society
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The Odd Science Teacher: Introduction to Intrapersonal Communication
An individual’s essence of existence in relation to others, as conceived by the mind of this particular individual, and/or as defined by others vis-à-vis that individual’s unique characteristics.
Published in Chapter: The Odd Science Teacher: Introduction to Intrapersonal Communication; From: A Social-Scientific Examination of the Dynamics of Communication, Thought, and Selves
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The Collective Unconscious and the Media Sphere: An Esoteric Analysis of the Disinformation Crisis Facing Western Civilisation
Jung’s term for the unconscious center of psyche, around which the ego and the rest of the psyche revolve. Projected outwards, it appears in religions and myths as figures such as Christ or Buddha (Jung, 1969b), or as political savior figures. Not to be confused with the one universal Consciousness ( Paramatman ) in Advaita Vedanta philosophy, also called the Self.
Published in Chapter: The Collective Unconscious and the Media Sphere: An Esoteric Analysis of the Disinformation Crisis Facing Western Civilisation; From: Handbook of Research on Global Media’s Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity, Culture, and Government
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