Managing People During Stressful Times The Psychologically Defensive Workplace

Name: Managing People During Stressful Times The Psychologically Defensive Workplace
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ISBN: 9781567200829

ISBN-10: 1567200826

ISBN-13: 9781567200829

Edition: 1997

Authors: Seth Allcorn, Michael A. Diamond

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Allcorn and Diamond argue that the workplace has become ever more threatening to employees, and that they respond by creating psychological defenses that make the workplace ever more dysfunctional. To keep organizations competitive and sustain the value of their stock, management demands constant improvements in their employees' performance, but often the result is just the opposite of what management wants. Allcorn and Diamond explore this process in depth, and introduce a comprehensive and internally consistent, psychologically informed model of human development and behavior, one that explains for the first time the nature of the psychologically defensive workplace. In doing so, they…

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List price: $128.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 2/28/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Michael A. Diamondis Professor of Public Affairs, Associate Director for Academic Programs, and Director of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri. He is a founding member and past-president of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. nbsp; Seth Allcornis Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of New England. He is a founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.



Illustrations


Foreword


Preface


Introduction


The Psychologically Defensive Workplace


The Psychological Origins of Personal Responsibility


The Psychologically Defensive Side of People at Work


The Psychologically Defensive Side of the Interpersonal World at Work: Managing People and Roles


The Psychologically Defensive Side of Group Dynamics: The Mob Within


The Psychologically Defensive Side of Organizational Dynamics


The Larger Context: The Workplace and Society Leading and Managing Change During Stressful Times Consulting to Change in Organizations


The Psychologically Defensive Workplace: Its Implications for Organizations, Research and Daily Living