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What is Enneagram of Personality Theory

Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences
The points of the enneagram figure indicate a number of ways in which nine principal ego-archetypal forms or types of human personality (“Enneatypes”) are psychologically connected.
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Enneagram through Chaos Theory
Ben Tran (Alliant International University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch013
Abstract
Chaos Theory, which is the study of nonlinear dynamic systems, correlates to organizational systems. Organizations are not physical systems, and when they reach the bifurcation point, also known as the edge of chaos, they start to gain and produce unexpected results. In the past, how this actually happens remains mysterious, primarily because organizations are made up of individuals, and how the edge of chaos concept relates to the individual psyche is unclear. The available evidence suggests that individuals and groups find new energy to create and innovate when their organization is in this state. The available evidence, is known as the Enneagram of Personality, is making it presence known in the social science of organizational behavior within the organizational side of business. The main focus of this chapter is on the innovative strategy of utilizing the Enneagram of Personality as it applies to social sciences through chaos theory.
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