McQuaid, Noel (2024) An exploration of the uncanny and mystical influences developing leadership thinking, in the context of rising technological complexity and declining organisational certainty. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Abstract

This thesis is based on a research study conducted into understanding the uncanny and mystical influences developing leadership thinking. Using biographical interviews, the study examines how leaders use such alternative perspectives during periods of rupture and uncertainty in their professional careers. I will also consider how personal and professional biography is convergent in participants' understanding of the need for irrational thinking in response to the increasing logic of work. The thesis will go on to explore how the formation of superordinate objects may provide containment when other complex systems appear unable to do so.

Item Type:	Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Additional Information:	A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Essex in collaboration with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust for the Professional Doctorate in Consultation and the Organisation
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Professional Doctorate in Consultation and the Organisation, D10D, Key words: Uncanny, Mystical, Death Instinct, Establishment, Superordinate object, Containment, Mourning
Subjects:	Schools of Psychology > Biography Groups & Organisations > Groups/Institutions/Organisations Management & Economics > Leadership - Social Behaviour Management & Economics > Social Psychology of Work
Department/People:	Adult and Forensic Services Research
URI:	https://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/id/eprint/2896

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