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An exploration of psychological issues that arise in modern corporations

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Author:   Larry Hirschorn
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781566390217

ISBN 10:   1566390214
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 March 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Person and the Organization 1. The Managerial Couple: Superior-Subordinate Relationships as a Unit of Analysis - James Krantz 2. Mourning, Potency, and Power in Management - Laurent Lapierre 3. Organizational Politics Against Organizational Culture: A Psychoanalytic Perspective - Howell S. Baum 4. Contemporary Perspectives on Personal and Organization Authority: The Self in a System of Work Relationships - Laurence J. Gould Part II: Case Studies 5. Professionals, Authority, and Group Life: A Case Study of a Law Firm - Larry Hirschhorn 6. How Organizational Culture Can Affect Innovation - Steven P. Feldman 7. Group Self-Esteem and Group Performance - Glenn Swogger, Jr. 8. The Psychodynamics of a Cultural Change: Learnings from a Factory - Larry Hirschhorn and Thomas N. Gilmore 9. The Psychodynamics of Safety: A Case Study of an Oil Refinery - Larry Hirschhorn and Donald R. Young 10. The Assumptions of Ordinariness as a Denial Mechanism: Innovation and Conflict in a Coal Mine - Eric L. Trist Part III: Culture, Politics, and Race: Organizational Psychodynamics in Context 11. The Mythological Structure of Organizations and Its Impact - Abraham Zaleznik 12. Mentoring and Irrationality: The Role of Racial Taboos - David A. Thomas 13. Alexithymia in Organizational Life: The Organization Man Revisited - Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries 14. Bureaucracy as Externalized Self-System: A View from the Psychological Interior - Michael A. Diamond 15. On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Totalitarianism - Howard S. Schwartz About the Contributors Index

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Larry Hirschhorn is Principal of the Center for Applied Research, Inc., a faculty member at the William Alanson White Institute's Program on Organizational Development and Consultation, and the author of several books, including The Workplace Within.

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