Are randomness of behavior and information flow important to opinion forming in organization?

TL;DR

This paper investigates how randomness in individual behavior and the flow of information among agents influence the process of opinion formation, clustering, and stability within organizations.

Contribution

It introduces a model analyzing the combined effects of information flow and behavioral randomness on opinion dynamics in organizational settings.

Findings

Opinion clustering is affected by information flow outside close neighbors.

Randomness in opinion adoption influences opinion stability.

Both information flow and randomness significantly impact opinion formation.

Abstract

We examine how the randomness of behavior and the flow of information between agents affect the formation of opinions. Our main research involves the process of opinion evolution, opinion clusters formation and studying the probability of sustaining opinion. The results show that opinion formation (clustering of opinion) is influenced by both flow of information between agents (interactions outside the closest neighbors) and randomness in adopting opinions.