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RESISTANCE TO CHANGE: A PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITIQUE OF ARGYRIS AND SCHON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATION THEORY AND INTERVENTION
Author(s) -
Diamond Michael A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1986.tb00436.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , resistance (ecology) , intervention (counseling) , sociology , psychology , organizational theory , epistemology , psychoanalysis , organizational change , social psychology , management , philosophy , public relations , political science , ecology , psychiatry , biology , economics
The purpose of this essay is to examine psychoanalytically Argyris and Schon's contributions to organization theory and intervention. The author focuses his attention on the problem of individual and organizational resistance to change in the light of Argyris and Schon's cognitive psychological assumptions about learning, reasoning, and effectiveness.