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Leadership is a Matter of Life and Death

The Psychodynamics of Eros and Thanatos Working in Organisations

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  1. Adrian N. Carr
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  2. Cheryl A. Lapp
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Contemplating Death

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Death Instinct and Destruction: Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 19-55

  4. Expanding on the Death Instinct: Sabina Spielrein and Destructive Reconstruction

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 56-89

  5. Moving Graveyards: Herbert Marcuse and the Death Instinct

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 90-112

  6. Turning into One Another: The Death Instinct in Group Study

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 113-161

  7. Leadership Is a Matter of Organisational Life and Death

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 162-204

  8. Conclusions

    • Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp
    Pages 205-210

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 211-244
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About this book

This work offers a psychodynamic insight into Thanatic behaviours and considers the implications for organizational studies. To further inform organizational leadership theory and praxis there is a requirement to uncover the origins of these destructive behaviours, which the authors believe reside in the realm of the unconscious.

About the authors

ADRIAN N. CARR is Principal Research Fellow in the School of Social, Community and Organizational Studies at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His main research interest is the application of insights from Psychology and Sociology in order to provide a critical understanding of human behaviour in formal organizations.

CHERYL A. LAPP has a Masters of Education in Adult and Higher Education degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is also a Canadian Certified Human Resource Professional who has been an instructor, researcher and practitioner of organizational leadership, followership, management and change for more than 20 years in universities and the telecommunications industry. As President and Principal Consultant for Labyrinth Consulting, she has co-researched and co-authored numerous manuscripts published and presented around the world.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leadership is a Matter of Life and Death

  • Book Subtitle: The Psychodynamics of Eros and Thanatos Working in Organisations

  • Authors: Adrian N. Carr, Cheryl A. Lapp

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230207875

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9163-8Published: 27 April 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54300-7Published: 27 April 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-20787-5Published: 27 April 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 244

  • Topics: Organization, Management, Psychotherapy and Counseling

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