Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach

Amir Ebrahimi Fard; Rijk Mercuur; Virginia Dignum; Catholijn M. Jonker; Bartel van de Walle

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_13

Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach

Amir Ebrahimi Fard^*, Rijk Mercuur, Virginia Dignum, Catholijn M. Jonker, Bartel van de Walle

^*Corresponding author for this work

Delft University of Technology

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Abstract

Rumour is a collective emergent phenomenon with a potential for provoking a crisis. Modelling approaches have been deployed since five decades ago; however, the focus was mostly on epidemic behaviour of the rumours which does not take into account the differences between agents. We use social practice theory to model agent decision-making in organizational rumourmongering. Such an approach provides us with an opportunity to model rumourmongering agents with a layer of cognitive realism and study the impacts of various intervention strategies for prevention and control of rumours in organizations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Social Simulation - Looking in the Mirror, 2018
Editors	Harko Verhagen, Melania Borit, Giangiacomo Bravo, Nanda Wijermans
Publisher	Springer
Pages	141-153
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783030341268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_13
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th Social Simulation Conference, 2018 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 20 Aug 2018 → 24 Aug 2018

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Conference	14th Social Simulation Conference, 2018
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	20/08/18 → 24/08/18

Keywords

Agent-based model
Organization
Rumour
Social practice theory

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Fard, AE, Mercuur, R, Dignum, V, Jonker, CM & van de Walle, B 2020, Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach. in H Verhagen, M Borit, G Bravo & N Wijermans (eds), Advances in Social Simulation - Looking in the Mirror, 2018. Springer, pp. 141-153, 14th Social Simulation Conference, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, 20/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_13

Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach. / Fard, Amir Ebrahimi; Mercuur, Rijk; Dignum, Virginia et al.
Advances in Social Simulation - Looking in the Mirror, 2018. ed. / Harko Verhagen; Melania Borit; Giangiacomo Bravo; Nanda Wijermans. Springer, 2020. p. 141-153.

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