The cornerstone of psychoanalytic organizational analysis: Psychological reality, transference and counter-transference in the workplace

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-514

  Diamond, Michael ^a   Allcorn, Seth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter transference; Object relations theory; Psychoanalytic organizational analysis; Psychological reality; Transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037391362     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726703056004005     Document Type: Article

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