Personal or social identity in reforming education: corruption or innovation

Objective: to develop a model mechanism of choosing a personal or social identity, and on its basis to analyze the psychological prerequisites of corruption on the example of educational reform. Methods: the provisions of probabilistic philosophy by V. V. Nalimov; provisions of synergy on self-organizing systems; authors’ method of psychosocial dissonance, the model of interaction mechanism. Results: basing on the developed model mechanism of choosing the personal or social identity, it is shown that corruption is associated with the personal identity of the official whose private interests prevail over the public ones (and often are opposite to them), despite the fact that their public position implies social identity and social (public) consciousness. Scientific novelty: basing on the author's methods and models, which have scientific novelty, the article for the first time investigated the role of personal and social identity as a prerequisite for the corruption occurrence. Practical significance: the main points and conclusions of the article can be used in scientific and pedagogical (educational) activities in addressing the issues of corruption and society development, and in corruption crimes prevention.

personal identity, social identity, reform, corruption, corruption crime, psychosocial dissonance, preparedness for reform, social relations in society, the form of self-determination, bribery

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