Distinguished Guest, Duarte Rolo, PhD joins us to talk about key ideas within the psychodynamics of work, their application in organizational studies, and their broader implications for social dynamics. This interactive session is a feature of our fall/winter study group, The Psychopathology of Work.
Learn more and RSVPThe symbiotic lure permeates the practice of organizational management and change facilitation. It can also be observed by researchers when they cross the boundary of an organization and as they 'open up' the organization in the research process. Diamond (1988) uses the symbiotic lure as a metaphor for understanding psychological regression in organizations. It is a reaction to anxiety in which members of a group or organization “[deny] their individual differences and psychologically [merge] with each other”, often against an "other". Leaders, when enacting effective containment, play a key role in managing the symbiotic lure to prevent its potentially devastating consequences in organizations and society.