Occupation and Social Complexity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12644656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron Eakman (0000-0002-4294-5286, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 82-91 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Occupational Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1442-7591 • E-ISSN: 2158-1576 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14427591.2007.9686588 |
| OpenAlex | W1993587996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 39 |
Applications of complexity science, including dynamic systems and chaos theories, have become ever‐present in the social sciences. Diverse academic fields have begun to explore their central constructs from a complexity perspective. Occupational science has also begun to discover complexity science as an explanatory framework to aid in the study of occupation. Theoretical models, principles and empirical findings from a number of scholars of occupation suggest that the tenets of complexity may serve an important role in explicating the nature of occupation. However, applications of complexity science in the field of occupational science have almost exclusively focused on the system level of the human as a dynamic or chaotic system. In this article, I propose that the study of occupation should also be informed by adopting a social complexity perspective. This shift in analytic levels, in part, situates the study of occupation at the nexus of human‐to‐human interaction. Though a social level of analysis may restrict the attention given to any one individual, the resultant understanding of the manner by which individuals mutually influence each other via occupation would likely extend our views of the form, function and meaning of human occupation
Complexity science · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Function (biology · Management science · Meaning (existential · Nexus (standard · Occupational science · Perspective (graphical · Social complexity · Social science · Social system · Sociology · Systems science · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Occupational Therapy
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From complexity theory to transactionalism
Assemblage theory, occupational science, and the complexity of human agency
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The Embodied Sensory Experiences of Latino Migrants to Smalltown, North Carolina
Life irrupted
Using Occupation to Navigate Cultural Spaces
The systems view of life
One body, three hands and two minds
Unpacking occupational participation in the context of romantic partnerships
Occupation to Maintain the Family as Ideology and Practice in a Greek Town
Hidden order
Chaos, complexity, and sociology
Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
Communities of Practice
The Promise of Dynamic Systems Approaches for an Integrated Account of Human Development
Consensus Building and Complex Adaptive Systems
A Dictionary of Philosophy
Introducing Social Networks
Model of Processes Transforming Occupations
Retirement
Doing for others
Meaningfulness of Occupations as an Occupational-Life-Trajectory Attractor
Divisions of household work, routines, and child care occupations in families
Systems Theory and Family Therapy
Invisible Lives
Complexity Theories, Social Theory, and the Question of Social Complexity
New Directions in Systems Theory
Situational and Social Factors in Leisure Decisions
Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
Challenging images of knowing
Situated Learning
Complexity, Science and the Public
Complex Adaptive Systems
Knowledge, Consequences, and Experience
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |