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Inner and outer life at work: the roots and horizon of psychoanalytically informed work life research
'Innen-' und 'Außenleben' in der Arbeitswelt: Ursprünge und Potenziale einer psychoanalytisch informierten Arbeitsweltforschung
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Abstract "The modern labour market has increasingly put the inner working life on the agenda. This stems from a number of societal changes: the knowledge society and its need of personalised competences and work Investments in welfare services, the transformation from subject-object relationships to subject-... view more
"The modern labour market has increasingly put the inner working life on the agenda. This stems from a number of societal changes: the knowledge society and its need of personalised competences and work Investments in welfare services, the transformation from subject-object relationships to subject-subject relationships and the emergence of the 'learning organisations' and reflexive leadership. All of this has been the subject of critical analyses tracing modern work life identities, conflicts, organisational and societal structuration. Against this background the accounts and conceptualisations of work life involving people to people interactions offered by psychodynamic theories and methods take up a pivotal position. Psychoanalytic organisational and work life research explores how work, organisations and individuals are affected by psychic dynamics, the influence of the unconscious in the forms of human development and interaction situated in a societal context. Based on this substantial work the authoress draws upon two influential psychoanalytical positions - the British Tavistock position and German psychoanalytic social psychology in order to situate and identify how to understand the inner and outer life at work - in a generic display of concepts, methods and epistemoloqy." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
labor market; image of society; social consciousness; research approach; research topic; knowledge; epistemology; psychoanalysis; subjectivity; socialization; occupational integration; occupational socialization; psychodynamics; perception; world of work
Classification
Social Psychology
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Method
descriptive study; empirical; qualitative empirical; theory application
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 124-139
Journal
Historical Social Research, 38 (2013) 2
Issue topic
Cultural analysis and in-depth hermeneutics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.2.124-139
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed