2.7.1 Fatalism
Functionality
Fatalism as a mode of surrendering to circumstances is dysfunctional for managing change. In this mode, a person or a group has high external locus of control (believing that control of the outcome of action lies outside in nature or significant persons). However, this orientation makes a group more realistic and helps it to hibernate and survive. In some societies an absence of this mode of externality may lead to frustration and dysfunctional conflicts. It helps persons to perceive constraints about which nothing can be done.
Dysfunctionality
Fatalism is obviously dysfunctional, making individuals and groups passive, reactive, and unrealistically tolerant of conditions that need to be changed. It lowers self-confidence ...
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