Reconceptualising Social Defences for the Purpose of Organisational Change: Causes, Consequences and the Contribution of Cultural Theory

Chapter 6: The theory of social defences has changed little since Menzies Lyth’s development of Jaques’ initial hypothesis. Yet despite its utility, the problem of bringing about organisation-level change in the contexts in which its use was originally intended has remained. Arguably this is because it prioritises the psychological dimension over the social causation and…

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