- Title
- Psychobiographical perspectives on the development and manifestation of extraordinary human achievements
- Creator
- Van Niekerk, Roelf
- Subject
- Psychology -- Biographical methods
- Subject
- Social psychology
- Subject
- f-sa
- Type
- text
- Type
- Lectures
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/53211
- Identifier
- vital:45050
- Description
- Psychobiographical research has several characteristic features. Firstly, it is an interdisciplinary approach that uses contributions and perspectives from several scientific disciplines (for example, business science, economics, psychology, political science) and the humanities (for example, history, philosophy, sociology, and religion/spirituality). Secondly, it typically approaches life stories from a longitudinal perspective. Thirdly, psychobiographical research comprises in-depth studies of extraordinary individuals in the contexts in which they made their contributions. Fourthly, psychobiographical research does not afford anonymity or 2 | P a g e confidentiality to participants. Instead, it requires that profiled leaders be identified by name. Fifthly, psychobiographical profiling employs indirect methods to analyse the development or characteristics of individuals. Usually, extensive use is made of biographical material available in the public domain and originally compiled by biographers, journalists, or researchers. This material is not collected primarily to solve a scientific problem, but rather to answer questions and describe phenomena that are inherently important, particularly from psychological and historical perspectives. Lastly, psychobiographical research often focuses on completed lives (Van Niekerk, 2007).
- Format
- 28 pages
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Inaugural lectures
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | Prof R van Niekerk 21 Oct 2021 Psychobiographical Perspectives on the Development and Manifestation of Extraordinary Human Achievements.pdf | 396 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |