Managing People During Stressful Times


Seth. Allcorn
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 1997.
Omfang
1 online resource (185 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE WORKPLACE; 2 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY; 3 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE SIDE OF PEOPLE AT WORK; 4 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE INTERPERSONAL WORLD AT WORK Managing People and Roles; 5 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE SIDE OF GROUP DYNAMICS The Mob Within; 6 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS; 7 THE LARGER CONTEXT The Workplace and Society; 8 LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE DURING STRESSFUL TIMES. - 9 CONSULTING TO CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS10 THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEFENSIVE WORKPLACE Its Implications for Organizations, Research, and Daily Living; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEX. - 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 expla
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Sjanger
Dewey
158
ISBN
1567200826

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