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Organizational Change and the Analytic Third: Locating and Attending to Unconscious Organizational Psychodynamics
(Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 2007)
This article examines the concept of the analytic third in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically informed organizational change. The analytic third is often defined as the psychological(triangular) space between self and other, subject and object...
A study of internal change communication practices : message, media, channel and approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
and approaches - that minimize employee uncertainty, increase employee support and reduce employee resistance to the organizational change. The results of the study add to the public relations literature by understanding how communications contributes...
Organizational Immersion and Diagnosis: The Work of Harry Levinson
(Karnac Books Ltd., 2003)
Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois. Finally, I provide a listing of his books and articles,which include published works not reviewed here. My intent is to offer readers a perspective on his impact on the psychoanalytic study of organizations....
Organizational attachment of newspaper reporters: how professional sentiments come into play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
with the organization that leads employees to embrace and behave according to organizational values and interests. Drawing from Borden's (1997) work, this study developed measurements for journalism and business values of the individual as well as journalism...
A leadership approach to using technology to enhance organizational learning and the creation of a knowledge-centered culture in this school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This project used two cycles of an action research design (Coghlan & Brannick) to examine how the integration of technology may contribute to organizational learning and a knowledge-centered culture in school organizations. This study should provide...
The role of culture in police behavior literature, 1953-2006
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
or the occupational culture of police. This indicates that the overwhelming majority of scholars who studied the behavior of police during this period found these areas of cultural influence to be most salient. This may also be an indication that the organizational...
The role of middle leaders in fostering organizational learning in a state cooperative extension service
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This qualitative study explored the nature of organizational learning and the role of regional directors (RDs) and program directors (PDs) as mid-level leaders in fostering organizational learning in one cooperative extension organization. In...
Sensemaking and identity management amidst major organizational change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Organizational change is inevitable and its impacts will affect all members, albeit to different degrees. These changes also bring about uncertainty, especially as it pertains to one's organization-based identities. However, when studying change...
The estimation of a corporate crisis communication based on perceived CEO's leadership, perceived severity of threats, and preceived opposing public's size
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Based on the contingency theory (Cancel, Mitrook, & Cameron, 1999), this study examined whether the perception of leadership as a powerful inner organizational factor influences the outside latent public's assessment of an organization's crisis...
Values concerning disadvantaged pupils in differing organizational climates
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1970)
." Recognizing that it is possible to identify and categorize each elementary school independently within a system with respect to the kind of Organizational Climate which it displays, it is then possible to study the other factors or variables operating within a...
Technology use, cooperation, and organizational learning in patient safety reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Technology use, cooperation, and organizational learning are complex constructs that were often oversimplified and resulted in inconsistent findings in past studies. This study employed an innovative approach to building new knowledge about the use...
Instructional Practices Inventory: Using a Student Learning Assessment to Foster Organizational Learning
(2007-12)
This manuscript describes the IPI data collection categories, the use of those categories to support school-wide instructional change, and data findings from schools of various types that have used the IPI....
Moral Violence in Organizations: Hierarchic Dominance and the Absence of Potential Space
(Karnac Books Ltd., 2004)
The authors introduce the concept of moral violence in organizations, by which they refer to emotionally and psychologically abusive and harmful workplace cultures. These narcissistic, organizational cultures, are, hierarchically, governed...
The role of teamwork in public child welfare caseworkers' intentions to leave
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
in care. Turnover also creates additional public costs to replace and retrain lost workers. Research has focused on the reasons behind the caseworkers' stated intentions to leave (a surrogate for turnover) leading to many suggested remedies. Studies have...
Revisiting fund-raising encroachment of public relations in light of the theory of donor relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This qualitative study of public relations and fund-raising practitioners in charitable organizations found fund-raising encroachment of public relations occurring at a rate roughly comparable to levels documented in the first studies...
Frameworks for Continuous School Improvement: A Synthesis of Essential Concepts
(2001-10)
To develop and maintain a school improvement process that promotes success for each student, principals and teachers must understand and implement two unique but interrelated “frameworks” for improvement. The frameworks ...
Surfacing Perversions of Democracy in the Workplace: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Project
(Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 2006)
In this paper, we explore the psychodynamics of democracy in the workplace with a particular focus on unconscious and collusive forms of perverting democratic processes at work. We suggest that interpersonally and collectively ...
High school principal communication and organizational knwoledge [sic] creation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to determine what impact, if any, does effective communication by high school principals have on the knowledge creation capacity of the school. A mixed research design was utilized. Quantitative data were gathered using...