Managing people during stressful times : the psychologically defensive workplace

Authors:Seth Allcorn, Michael A. Diamond

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 1997

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Publisher: Greenwood Pub. Group, Westport, CT, 1997

Physical Description:pages

ISBN:

9781567200829, 1567200826

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1037544732

Subjects:

Defensiveness (Psychology)

Défense (Psychologie)

Personnel Direction Aspect psychologique

Personnel management Psychological aspects

Psychologie du travail

Psychology, Industrial

Stress

Stress (Psychology)

Contents:

IllustrationsForewordPrefaceIntroductionThe Psychologically Defensive WorkplaceThe Psychological Origins of Personal ResponsibilityThe Psychologically Defensive Side of People at WorkThe Psychologically Defensive Side of the Interpersonal World at Work: Managing People and RolesThe Psychologically Defensive Side of Group Dynamics: The Mob WithinThe Psychologically Defensive Side of Organizational DynamicsThe Larger Context: The Workplace and SocietyLeading and Managing Change During Stressful TimesConsulting to Change in OrganizationsThe Psychologically Defensive Workplace: Its Implications for Organizations, Research and Daily Living