On the use of psychoanalytic concepts in organizational social science

Lisl Klein | The Bayswater Institute

There is growing interest in the relevance of psychoanalytic concepts to our understanding of and work with organizations. A non-analyst here describes how some of these concepts have become part of the equipment of a social scientist — notably splitting, transference and counter-transference, the use of the self and transitional dynamics. Conversely, there is a need for psychoanalysts who work with organizations to take on board some elements of organizational social science: the role of evidence, the distinction between the individual and the collective, and the relevance of context.

Published online: 01 October 2001
https://doi.org/10.1075/cat.6.1.04kle

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