CHAPTER SIX
Evidence of Circumstance
How Outsourcing the Dreamliner Became Boeing’s Nightmare
IF YOU ARE AN ADULT who was born in North America, there is about an 80 percent chance that you have one or more siblings. In considering the issues of family dynamics, few get as much attention as birth order. Firstborn children are perceived as serious, conscientious keepers of tradition, while later-born children have a more go-with-the-flow, adventurous attitude. And everybody knows that the youngest child gets away with everything. Birth order is clearly important within families.
In his 1996 book, Born to Rebel, Frank Sulloway extended birthorder dynamics into a sweeping new theory, arguing that birth order plays an important role in shaping personality. ...
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