The Dark Side of Groups
运用精神分析视角,提出“工作中的帮派”和“组织内帮派动力学”概念,以安然公司案例说明群体阴暗面,并指出类似现象可能存在于雷曼兄弟等信贷危机核心组织中。
The purpose of this article is to develop our understanding of the gang aspects of work organizations. By applying a psychoanalytic lens, we formulate the ideas of the “gang at work” and “intraorganizational ganging dynamics,” thereby initiating a research stream on the “dark side of groups.” We illustrate our conceptual development by drawing on the Enron case thereby contributing unique group-level insights that complement other analyses of the phenomenon. We conclude by identifying areas for further research and arguing that gang phenomena may also have been present among many of the key organizations at the centre of the credit crisis, such as Lehman Brothers.