Organizational Cultures as Holding Environments: A Psychodynamic Look at Organizational Symbolism |
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| Authors: | William Van Buskirk Dennis McGrath |
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| Affiliation: | (1) La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;(2) Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;(3) Present address: La Salle University, 19141, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | The traditional formulation of symbols as bundles of meaning has supported manyfine-grained analyses of organizational culture.However, it tends to obscure deeper psychodynamicelements that are essential to shaping how culture forms,develops, and dies. This paper adapts the idea ofholding environment from Winnicott, Kegan,and others to sketch the potential contribution of such a psychodynamic perspective. An illustrativecase is presented to support the argument. |
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| Keywords: | organizational culture organizational symbolism psychodynamics holding environment |
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