Modelling identity types through agency: part 1 defragmenting identity theory

Maurice Yolles is an emeritus Professor in Management Systems at Liverpool John Moores University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at both Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand and University of Science and Technology Beijing. He received a Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Economics at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania. He is the lead for the Centre for the Creation of Coherent Change and Knowledge which has been involved in a number of international research and development projects in Europe and Asia and runs cross cultural international training courses. He has published more than 200 papers and he also is editor for Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change.

Davide Di Fatta, PhD in Economics and Management at the University of Messina (Italy), collaborates with the SEAS Department at the Polytechnic School of the University of Palermo (Italy). His main research fields are, on the one hand, business system, system thinking and social networks and, on the other hand, digital marketing e-commerce and social media. He is also a Junior Member Referent of the Business System Laboratory (BS Lab) and an Associate Editor for International Journal of Market and Business Systems (IJMABS) and International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Research (IJEMR).