Identity, Theory, and Practice in Group Relations presents a range of perspectives on group relations, capturing both a social scientific and psychoanalytic perspective.
Each chapter explores themes of identity, theory, and practice, where the process of looking at others and oneself is amplified, and the task of exploring the space we occupy is changed. Identity, Theory and Practice in Group Relations includes discussion of critical race theory, corruption, Black leadership and sibling relations, the role of technology and how it has been adopted and adapted by group relations practitioners, as well as specific perspectives on group relations in Italy and China and reflections on group relations through the COVID-19 pandemic.
This book will be an invaluable resource for practitioners, academics and scholars of Group Relations, as well as managers and organisational members wanting to learn more about how Groups Relations methods can contribute to their organisational success.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors
Foreword by Mannie Sher
Introduction to the book
Section I: International Perspectives
Chapter 1. For now we see through a glass, darkly…“: What PCCA Means for the Global Group Relations Community – and How Group Relations Is in the Heart of PCCA’s Work
Dorothee Von Tippelskirch-Eissing
Chapter 2. Group Relations in China: Portraits (Selfies) of Cross-cultural Study of Organizational Development 2014 – 2021 Seth Harkins, Nick Bartlett, Yu-Kuang Kevin Hsu, Ming-Hui Daniel Hsu
Seth Harkins, EdD, Nicholas Bartlett, PhD, Yu-Kuang Kevin Hsu, PhD, Xiaohua Lu, PhD, Jeffrey Roth, MD, Xumei Wang, MD, PhD
Chapter 3. “The Italian Position”
Claudio Cassardo, Maria Pia Conte, Luca Mingarelli, Antonio Sama, Franca Fubini, Rossella Torretta, Louisa Diana Brunner, Daniela Cabibbe, Giorgia Micene, Erica Gay, Chiara Ghetti, Elio Vera, Francesco Noseda, Pietro Catania, Manuela Martelli
Section II: Locating Directorship and Leadership
Chapter 4. Too Black to Lead: When Authority Trumps Race?
Mary Fullerton, Urban Hudlin
Chapter 5. The Director’s experience of postponing a conference
Louisa Diana Brunner
Chapter 6. Spotlighting Corruption through the Group Relations Lens – a selfie
Mira Erlich-Ginor, Shmuel Erlich, Yael Shenhav Sharoni, Joseph Triest
Section III: Post-conference reflections
Chapter 7. Behind the Curtain of Belgirate VII: Reflections from the Tech Team
Elyce Cole, Matthew Gieve
Chapter 8. Our digital footprint: Reflections on presence and absence
Sivanie Shiran
Chapter 9. Accepted and Un-Accepted
Robert C Hsiung, Joseph E Wise, and Jeffrey D Roth
Chapter 10. Spotlighting Corruption through the Group Relations Lens - A Selfie
Shmuel Erlich, Yael Shenhav Sharoni, Mira Erlich-Ginor, and Joseph (Yossi) Triest
Index
