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The Workplace Within: Psychodynamics of Organizational Life
By
Larry A Hirschhorn
Larry A Hirschhorn
Larry Hirschhorn is principal and senior research manager at the Wharton Center for Applied Research.
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ISBN electronic:
9780262275446
Publication date:
1988
In this revealing study, Larry Hirschhorn examines the rituals, or social defenses, organizations develop to cope with change. Using extended ease studies from offices, factories, and social services, he describes why these often irrational practices that fragment and injure individuals within the workplace exist, how they operate, and how they can be reshaped to enhance people's work experience.
The Workplace Within: Psychodynamics of Organizational Life
By: Larry A Hirschhorn
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/7306.001.0001
ISBN (electronic): 9780262275446
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 1988
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Table of Contents
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I: The Social Defenses
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II: The Social Defenses: Two Case Studies
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III: The Breakdown of the Social Defenses and the Postindustrial Milieu
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IV: Beyond the Social Defenses
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