The Unconscious at work : individual and organizational stress in the human services /

The Unconscious at work : individual and organizational stress in the human services / Unconscious at work : Individual and organisational stress in the human services by the members of the Tavistock Clinic "Consulting to Institutions" Workshop ; edited by Anton Obholzer and Vega Zagier Roberts. - xviii, 224 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.

Introduction: The Institutional Roots of Consulting to Institutions / Conceptual Framework -- Some Unconscious Aspects of Organizational Life: Contributions from Psychoanalysis / The Unconscious at Work in Groups and Teams: Contributions from the Work of Wilfred Bion / The Organization of Work: Contributions from Open Systems Theory / Authority, Power and Leadership: Contributions from Group Relations / Working with People in Pain -- The Dangers of Contagion: Projective Identification Processes in Institutions / Attending to Emotional Issues on a Special Care Baby Unit / Containing Anxiety in Work with Damaged Children / Till Death Us Do Part: Caring and Uncaring in Work with the Elderly / Fragmentation and Integration in a School for Physically Handicapped Children / Working with Dying People: On Being Good Enough / Where Angels Fear to Tread: Idealism, Despondency and Inhibition of Thought in Hospital Nursing / The Self-assigned Impossible Task / Institutions in Crisis -- Institutional Chaos and Personal Stress / The Troublesome Individual and the Troubled Institution / Facing an Uncertain Future / Finding a Voice: Differentiation, Representation and Empowerment in Organizations under Threat / Asking for Help: Staff Support and Sensitivity Groups Re-viewed / Towards Healthier Organizations -- Managing Social Anxieties in Public Sector Organizations / Balancing Care and Control: The Supervisory Relationship as a Focus for Promoting Organizational Health / Conflict and Collaborations: Managing Intergroup Relations / Evaluation: Organizations Learning from Experience / Afterword / J. Mosse -- W. Halton -- J. Stokes -- V. Zagier Roberts -- A. Obholzer -- D. Moylan -- N. Cohn -- C. Mawson -- V. Zagier Roberts -- A. Obholzer -- P. Speck -- A. Dartington -- V. Zagier Roberts -- J. Stokes -- A. Obholzer, V. Zagier Roberts -- F. Cardona -- J. Mosse, V. Zagier Roberts -- W. Bolton, V. Zagier Roberts -- A. Obholzer -- C. Clulow -- V. Zagier Roberts -- R. Leiper -- A. Obholzer. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.

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Human services personnel--Job stress
Human services personnel--Psychology
System theory
Group relations training

HV40.35. / U53 1994

361.3019

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