The Ecosystem of Group Relations

Culture, Gender and Identity in Groups and Organizations

Coreene Archer, Rachel Kelly, Gordon Strauss, Joseph Triest, Coreene Archer, Rachel Kelly, Gordon Strauss, Joseph Triest

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000831702
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychoanalysis
• Index: Psychology

The unconscious dynamics that surface in groups when authority is exercised are of paramount importance in Group Relations Conferences; this volume addresses these considerations through research findings and speculation on the future of Group Relations both within conferences and outside of them.

This is the sixth instalment in a series of books based on Tavistock Group Relations Conferences and contains a collection of papers presented at the sixth Belgirate conference. Combining chapters on theory and practice, this volume delivers a meditation on the relationships between the physical spaces we inhabit or co-create, the psychic, inner or spiritual space and the liminal space in-between. Group Relations provides a window of understanding into why inequity and intergroup hostilities pervade the modern world alongside a method that illuminates how people consciously and unconsciously contribute to these tensions, whether personally, in groups or in organisations.

This 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 Group Relations methods can contribute to their organisational success.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Endorsements Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Belgirate Conference: A Memory
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Section 1: The Psychoanalytic – Systemic Approach
• Section 2: Social, Political and Spiritual Issues in Group Relations
• Section 3: Issues of Practice and Methodology in Group Relations
• Section 4: Post-Meeting Reflections
• Index