Group Relations Reader

Colman, Arthur D.; Bexton, W. Harold

doi:10.1097/00005053-197711000-00013

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“…The paranoid-schizoid position manifests in a young or immature system. Paranoid refers to badness being experienced as coming from outside the self, and schizoid refers to splitting off (Colman & Bexton, 1975;Colman & Geller, 1985;Cytrynbaum & Noumair, 2004). Schizoid splitting refers to the splitting off and projecting outwards of those parts of the self perceived as bad, thereby creating external figures who are both hated and feared.…”

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Employment equity practices in three South African information technology organisations: A systems psychodynamic perspective

Cilliers

Stone

2005

SA j ind psychol

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This research explored the systems psychodynamic behaviour manifesting in the context of employment equity practices within three South African information technology organisations. In-depth interviews with the human resources practitioners involved, elicited seven themes around fantasies of power/opportunities, splits and defences, projective identification, paranoia, idealisation/competence, envy/guilt and coping styles. It was hypothesised that the experience around employment equity in these organisations got stuck in the paranoid-schizoid position, that the system was unconsciously colluding to keep the status quo, and that idealisation was projected on the white subgroup while denigration was projected on previously disadvantages employees and candidates. Recommendations for more optimal coping with these behaviours were formulated. <p><strong>Opsomming</strong> <br>Hierdie navorsing het die sistemies psigodinamiese gedrag ondersoek wat gemanifesteer het in die konteks van gelyke indiensneming in drie Suid-Afrikaanse inligtingstegnologie organisasies. Indiepte onderhoude met die betrokke menslike hulpbron praktisyns het sewe temas na vore gebring wat insluit fantasieë oor mag/geleenthede, spleet en verdedigings, projektiewe identifikasie, paranoia, idealisering/kompetensie, afguns/skuld en coping style. Die hipotese is geformuleer dat die ervaring rondom gelyke indiensneming in hierdie organisasies vasgehak het in die paranoïde-skisoïde posisie, dat die stelsel onbewustelik saamsweer om die status quo te handhaaf, en dat idealisering geprojekteer word op die wit subgroep terwyl swartsmeerdery geprojekteer word op die voorheen benadeelde werknemers en kandidate. Aanbevelings oor meer optimale coping met hierdie gedrag is geformuleer

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Employment equity practices in three South African information technology organisations: A systems psychodynamic perspective

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Stone

2005

SA j ind psychol

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“…The participative dimension of action research is also inherently linked to the dynamics of the group as it develops and takes on a life of its own. Therefore, we use group relations theory (Bennis & Shepard, 1974;Bion, 1961;Colman & Bexton, 1975;Klein, 1985Klein, [1959Miller, 1965;Rioch, 1975;Wells, 1990) to suggest that doing action research democratically means going step-by-step through a process of negotiating authority, clarifying tasks and roles, and setting boundaries among the group members. In this process, nothing and no one can be taken for granted.…”

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“…Finally, we use role to describe the different ways in which individuals within a group take up the work of the group. When roles are not clearly defined a group may become stuck on its primary task, and it may also be difficult to achieve genuine engagement (Colman & Bexton, 1975).…”

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Documentation component of LCW -lead by a research team from the Wagner School -during the initial implementation phases of the research. This component formed an inquiry group consisting of both academic researchers and social change practitioners to collaboratively explore and discover the ways in which communities doing social change engage in the work of leadership. We used group relations theory to understand a series of critical dilemmas and contradictions experienced by the coresearchers. This paper identifies four such paradoxes that center around issues of democracy and authority.

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“…Seeing the group as an organism with boundaries and a self is an idea many group theorists have explored (e.g., Bion, 1959;Colman & Bexton, 1975;Yalom, 1970). To the extent that the group itself can remain cohesive and flexible in response to the vicissitudes of comings and goings, vacations, illnesses, bad interactions, questioning and arguments, the individual patient can experience a "good enough" holding environment (Winnicott, 1965) in which to flourish.…”

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Self psychology and group therapy

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Employment equity practices in three South African information technology organisations: A systems psychodynamic perspective

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