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Analysing power and control in work organizations: Assimilating a critical socio-psychodynamic perspective

İş organizasyonlarında güç ve kontrolün analiz edilmesi: Kritik bir sosyo-psikodinamik perspektifin asimile edilmesi

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255–371
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2022-10-11
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It is argued that societal subsumption andsubjugation reproduce psychodynamic subjectification (submission, sublimation) at the individuallevel, mediated by the subordinating and socializing forces inherent in organizational control systems.Discussed are implications for the dynamics of power and control in contemporary societies,organizations, and individuals under hegemonic governance of neoliberal ideology.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This conceptual article draws on critical traditions from several social science disciplines, notably,social, political, and systems theory, sociology, psychology, and management studies, as it seeks toexplore, assemble, and integrate some constitutive components of a socio- and psychodynamicperspective on power and control in work organizations.
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Key Findings & Data:These taxonomies are integrated with concepts from the depth anddynamic psychology and traced across economic (meta-system interests), societal (macro-politicalideologies), organizational (meso-social institutions), and individual (micro-psychodynamicidentities) levels revealing patterns of self-similarity.
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Conclusion & Impact:It is argued that societal subsumption andsubjugation reproduce psychodynamic subjectification (submission, sublimation) at the individuallevel, mediated by the subordinating and socializing forces inherent in organizational control systems.Discussed are implications for the dynamics of power and control in contemporary societies,organizations, and individuals under hegemonic governance of neoliberal ideology.
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This conceptual article draws on critical traditions from several social science disciplines, notably,social, political, and systems theory, sociology, psychology, and management studies, as it seeks toexplore, assemble, and integrate some constitutive components of a socio- and psychodynamicperspective on power and control in work organizations. At its core is an archetypal taxonomy offormal (economic), real (technocratic), normative (ideological), and formative (biopolitical) modes ofpower and managerial control through various means and combinations of commodification(contracts, compensation, competition), coercion (commands, constraints, compliance), cooptation(culture, consent, commitment), and creation (corrosion, conception, coevolution). Other integralelements are domains or foci of inquiry, specifically, interests, ideologies, institutions, and identities.These domains are linked to meta-, macro-, meso-, and micro-levels of analysis, resembling economy,society, organization, and individual. Accordingly, behavioural control and psychological governanceprocesses are reinforced by a pervasive economic system logic, cascading into political, social, andpsychodynamic sublogics. These taxonomies are integrated with concepts from the depth anddynamic psychology and traced across economic (meta-system interests), societal (macro-politicalideologies), organizational (meso-social institutions), and individual (micro-psychodynamicidentities) levels revealing patterns of self-similarity. It is argued that societal subsumption andsubjugation reproduce psychodynamic subjectification (submission, sublimation) at the individuallevel, mediated by the subordinating and socializing forces inherent in organizational control systems.Discussed are implications for the dynamics of power and control in contemporary societies,organizations, and individuals under hegemonic governance of neoliberal ideology.

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Özellikle sosyal, politik ve sistem teorisi, sosyoloji, psikoloji ve yönetim çalışmaları gibi çeşitli sosyal bilim disiplinlerinden gelen eleştirel geleneklerden yola çıkarak, bu kavramsal makale, sosyo ve psikodinamik bir perspektifin bazı bileşen bileşenlerini keşfetmeyi, birleştirmeyi ve entegre etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. iş organizasyonlarında güç ve kontrol. Özünde resmi (ekonomik), gerçek (teknokratik), normatif (ideolojik) ve biçimlendirici (biyopolitik) güç ve yönetim kontrol biçimlerinin çeşitli metalaşma yolları ve kombinasyonları (sözleşmeler, tazminat, rekabet), baskı (komutlar, kısıtlamalar, uyumluluk), işbirliği (kültür, rıza, bağlılık) Diğer ayrılmaz unsurlar, özellikle ilgi alanları, ideolojiler, kurumlar ve kimlikler olmak üzere alan adları veya soruşturma odaklarıdır. Bu alanlar ekonomi, toplum, organizasyon ve bireye benzeyen meta, makro, mezo ve mikro analiz seviyelerine bağlıdır. Buna göre, davranışsal kontrol ve psikolojik yönetişim süreçleri, politik, sosyal ve psikodinamik alt lojiklere basamaklı yaygın bir ekonomik sistem mantığı ile güçlendirilir. Bu taksonomiler, derinlik ve dinamik psikolojiden kavramlarla bütünleşir ve ekonomik (meta sistem çıkarları), toplumsal (makro-politik ideolojiler), örgütsel (mezo-sosyal kurumlar) ve bireysel (mikropsikodinamik kimlikler) düzeyleri arasında izlenir. benzerlik kalıpları. Toplumsal subsumption ve subjugasyonun, örgütsel kontrol sistemlerinin doğasında bulunan alt ve sosyalleşme güçlerinin aracılık ettiği, bireysel düzeyde psikodinamik subjektifleştirme (boyun eğdirme, süblimleştirme) ürettiği iddia edilmektedir. Neoliberal ideolojinin hegemonik yönetimi altındaki çağdaş toplumlarda, örgütlerde ve bireylerde güç ve kontrol dinamikleri için etkiler tartışılmaktadır.

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HORNUNG, S., HÖGE, T. (2022). Analysing power and control in work organizations: Assimilating a critical socio-psychodynamic perspective. Business and Management Studies: An International Journal, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 1, 255–371. https://ajindex.com/articles/470357

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