Role of Reflexive Characteristics of Agents in the Level of Consistency of Goals in the Group

Abstract

The paper presented the test of the hypothesis about the importance of the role of reflexive characteristics in determining the level of consistency of the goals of agents in the group. Based on theoretical analysis, five main reflexive components of the decision-making process were established: awareness of agents regarding the area of decision; competence of agents; the authority (reputation) of the agent; propensity to imitate; intentional orientation of agents. The applied part of the study is based on a survey of 4 groups of agents. The results of the survey showed that the duration of the joint activities of the groups does not provide an increase in the quality of goal setting, the effectiveness of their implementation and the overall consistency of personal and group goals of agents. It was found that the reflexive components impact to achievement of personal goals. The higher the awareness of the goals of classmates and the competence of the agents, the higher the level of interest of each of the agents in the group for their own and group goals. As result there is the higher the probability of their achievement. Also a close relationship between the agents’ reflexive characteristics and the level of consistency of goals in the group was established. Therefore, the hypothesis of essential role of reflexive characteristics in consistency of goals within a group of agents should be considered confirmed. In these conditions, for the agent, a winning strategy (from the standpoint of achieving personal goals) is the desire to coordinate their activities with the goals of the group and its individual members, as well as to participate in achieving the goals of other members of the group.