Perceiving the Leadership and Organizational Identity under the Contemplation of Understanding of Psychoanalytical Approach (original) (raw)
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The main intent of the psychoanalytical approach on organizations is to comprehend what happens to individuals who work in groups and organizations and also to understand the effect of organizations on individuals. Understanding the dynamics of organized groups without putting individuality in the background can bring new perspectives to the research and implementations in the area of organizational behavior, management and leadership. This disparate approach can help organizations and individuals within organization to maintain togetherness, and enhance the effectiveness of organizational work which will lead to high performance and success. This paper aims to shed light on leadership, relationship among leaders and followers, and understanding of discursive nature of organizational identity from the perspectives of Psychoanalytical Approach based on works of Freud, Lacan, Bion, etc. In up to date literature, studies on organizational behavior have mostly been carried with humanistic or cognitive and behavioral approach focusing on organizations but the main shortcoming of those studies is that they have not owned in depth investigations and excluded the individuality from their understanding. It is very important to deepen our knowledge on new understandings and practices in the fields of organizational behavior, management, and contribute to the dynamic structure of the modernizing world; future research using psychoanalytical approach can bring new perspectives to the field. ©CIKD Publishing Psychoanalysis is the discipline which examines the different processes, cases, aspects and layers of the psyche, as an efficient cure technique for psychological problems, disorders, and questions. But the clinical practice is not the only area of psychoanalytical theory. The use of psychoanalytical
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