Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance

The aim of this research was to explore the dynamic nature of leader and team behaviour during organizational change, using five different organisational constellations or neurotic personality styles, namely the paranoid, schizoid, depressive, compulsive and histrionic styles. Qualitative research w...

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Main Author: Frans Cilliers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2006-10-01
Series:SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
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Online Access:https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/224
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description The aim of this research was to explore the dynamic nature of leader and team behaviour during organizational change, using five different organisational constellations or neurotic personality styles, namely the paranoid, schizoid, depressive, compulsive and histrionic styles. Qualitative research was conducted, comprising of two focus groups with eight psychologists consulting regularly to organisational change. The data was content analysed and interpreted from the systems psychodynamic stance. Each style’s leader and team behavioural manifestations are discussed. The findings and recommendations can be used by consulting psychologists towards understanding and implementing organisational change dynamics. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om die dinamiese aard van leier- en spangedrag tydens organisasieverandering te eksploreer, deur gebruik te maak van vyf verskillende organisasie konstelasies of neurotiese persoonlikheids style, naamlik die paranoide, skisoide, depressiewe, kompulsiewe en histrioniese style. Kwalitatiewe navorsing is uitgevoer, bestaande uit twee fokusgroepe met agt sielkundiges wat gereeld konsulteer in die veld van organisasieverandering. Die data is aan inhoudsanalise onderwerp en geinterpreteer vanuit die sisteem-psigodinamiese benadering. Elke styl se leier en span gedrag word bespreek. Die bevindinge en aanbevelings kan gebruik word deur sielkundiges in konsultasies ten einde organisasieveranderingsdinamika te verstaan en te implementeer.
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spelling doaj.art-c85d948eacea44d28b79d91d71e13b182022-12-22T02:04:37ZengAOSISSA Journal of Industrial Psychology0258-52002071-07632006-10-0132110.4102/sajip.v32i1.224221Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stanceFrans Cilliers0UNISAThe aim of this research was to explore the dynamic nature of leader and team behaviour during organizational change, using five different organisational constellations or neurotic personality styles, namely the paranoid, schizoid, depressive, compulsive and histrionic styles. Qualitative research was conducted, comprising of two focus groups with eight psychologists consulting regularly to organisational change. The data was content analysed and interpreted from the systems psychodynamic stance. Each style’s leader and team behavioural manifestations are discussed. The findings and recommendations can be used by consulting psychologists towards understanding and implementing organisational change dynamics. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om die dinamiese aard van leier- en spangedrag tydens organisasieverandering te eksploreer, deur gebruik te maak van vyf verskillende organisasie konstelasies of neurotiese persoonlikheids style, naamlik die paranoide, skisoide, depressiewe, kompulsiewe en histrioniese style. Kwalitatiewe navorsing is uitgevoer, bestaande uit twee fokusgroepe met agt sielkundiges wat gereeld konsulteer in die veld van organisasieverandering. Die data is aan inhoudsanalise onderwerp en geinterpreteer vanuit die sisteem-psigodinamiese benadering. Elke styl se leier en span gedrag word bespreek. Die bevindinge en aanbevelings kan gebruik word deur sielkundiges in konsultasies ten einde organisasieveranderingsdinamika te verstaan en te implementeer.https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/224Leader behaviourTeam behaviourOrganisational change
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Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
Leader behaviour
Team behaviour
Organisational change
title Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
title_full Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
title_fullStr Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
title_full_unstemmed Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
title_short Leader and team behaviour during organisational change: A systems psychodynamic stance
title_sort leader and team behaviour during organisational change a systems psychodynamic stance
topic Leader behaviour
Team behaviour
Organisational change
url https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/224
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