Search results

1 – 5 of 5
Per page
102050
Citations:
Loading...
Access Restricted. View access options
Article
Publication date: 1 August 2005

Anton Obholzer

Workers in institutions that deal with loss and bereavement need to be aware of factors that can negatively influence their capability to work effectively. This paper aims to…

721

Abstract

Purpose

Workers in institutions that deal with loss and bereavement need to be aware of factors that can negatively influence their capability to work effectively. This paper aims to outline the risk factors and details some approaches to remedying the situation.

Design/methodology/approach

Institutional problems are analysed from a psychoanalytic and systemic perspective. This is followed by a management approach that builds on the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork and the implementation of a regular staff support system.

Findings

It is proposed that implementation of these ideas and systems would create the most effective and efficient working model to cope with matters of loss and bereavement in organisations.

Originality/value

Stresses the value of multidisciplinary teamwork.

Details

Journal of Health Organization and Management, vol. 19 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7266

Keywords

Access Restricted. View access options
Article
Publication date: 1 November 1996

Anton Obholzer

Provides a review of the psychoanalytic contributions to authority and leadership issues. Notes how the personality of the leader can affect the responses of his/her followers…

3263

Abstract

Provides a review of the psychoanalytic contributions to authority and leadership issues. Notes how the personality of the leader can affect the responses of his/her followers. Considers the risks involved in this process.

Details

Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol. 17 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-7739

Keywords

Access Restricted. View access options
Article
Publication date: 1 June 2006

Vega Roberts

The ‘corruption ceiling’ refers in the first instance to a gender dynamic in public sector organisations whereby women may locate corruption at more senior levels, which then…

163

Abstract

The ‘corruption ceiling’ refers in the first instance to a gender dynamic in public sector organisations whereby women may locate corruption at more senior levels, which then prevents their applying for executive posts. A similar dynamic can operate between public service practitioners and senior managers irrespective of gender, inhibiting not only the effective exercise of leadership but also of ‘followership’, contributing to alienation and disengagement at all levels. This dynamic can also be seen in society, affecting the capacity for engaged citizenship.

Details

International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1747-9886

Keywords

Access Restricted. View access options
Article
Publication date: 1 August 2005

Annabelle Mark

To introduce the articles in this special issue, discussing emotion in the in health‐care organisations.

3200

Abstract

Purpose

To introduce the articles in this special issue, discussing emotion in the in health‐care organisations.

Design/methodology/approach

Discusses such topics as what makes health care different, editorial perspectives, how health care has explored emotion so far, and the impact of emotion on patients and the consequences for staff.

Findings

Health care provides a setting that juxtaposes emotion and rationality, the individual and the body corporate, the formal and the deeply personal, the public and the private, all of which must be understood better if changes in expectations and delivery are to remain coherent.

Originality/value

The papers indicate a shared international desire to understand meaning in emotion that is now spreading across organizational process and into all professional roles within health care.

Details

Journal of Health Organization and Management, vol. 19 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7266

Keywords

Access Restricted. View access options
Article
Publication date: 27 July 2022

Robert Douglas Hinshelwood and Gary Winship

A one-day conference organised by the University of Essex and the Consortium of Therapeutic Communities, 10 December, 2021 with the theme, “The Unconscious and Organisations”…

61

Abstract

Purpose

A one-day conference organised by the University of Essex and the Consortium of Therapeutic Communities, 10 December, 2021 with the theme, “The Unconscious and Organisations”. Presentations and discussions throughout the conference had the aim of generating ideas and sharing knowledge about the unconscious and how this can inform practitioners working in therapeutic communities and other organisations meeting the challenge of emotional distress.

Design/methodology/approach

Interview with Professor Robert (Bob) Hinshelwood (RH), now 83 years old, who has been involved in therapeutic communities (TCs) since 1969, part of the initial founding of the Association of Therapeutic Communities in 1974, is presented. He qualified as a psychoanalyst in 1976. In 1980 he instigated the founding of the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities along with Nick Manning, David Kennard, Jeff Roberts and Barry Shenkar. In 1984 he founded the British Journal of Psychotherapy, and edited it for 10 years. He was Director of the Cassel Hospital 1993–1997. In 1999 he founded the journal Psychoanalysis and History. He was part of the Free Associations Group (founded by Bob Young and others) which ran the journal Free Associations, and with Mike Rustin and the University of East London, the “Psychoanalysis and Public Sphere” conferences in the 1990s. He has written a great deal about the dynamics of organisational cultures in complex settings. He is Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Professor Emeritus of the University of Essex. The interviewer was conducted by Dr Gary Winship (GW) is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham where he leads the MA in Trauma Informed Practice, visiting professor Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, and also visiting professor at the Russian State Humanities University, editor of the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities.

Findings

Hinshelwood reflects on the question of the unconscious and the impact of destructive tendencies on organisational process. He shares his personal experience being a young evacuee during the Second World War and considers the impact of trauma, losing his religion and his subsequent career choices in medicine, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He discusses his experience of supervision with Isabel Menzies Lyth and reflects on the different groups in the Institute of Psychoanalysis. He turns to the question tribalism in TCs and regrets that there had not been more bridge building and collaboration. He talks about his own prolific writing and publishing career which he describes as obsessional rather than passionate, and finally candidly reflects on the prospect of facing death.

Originality/value

The interview was transcribed.

Details

Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, vol. 43 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0964-1866

Keywords

1 – 5 of 5
Per page
102050