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| Titre : |
The management of meaning to the test |
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| Numéro : |
43 |
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| Année : |
2011 |
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| Volume : |
XVII |
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| Auteur(s) : |
Philippe BRODIER |
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| Résumé : |
Only over the past ten years has committing suicide in one’s workplace made the headlines. As a consequence of such a tragic trend, various public figures of all stripes have voiced their opinion about it and attempted to interpret it either out of self-interest or by mere ideological stances, which has led to a very biased understanding of the scope of the situation. With a view to shaking ourselves free of prejudices, this study aims at throwing light on the gap between suicide and corporate management by explaining their links and dependencies through various analytical tools and concepts. The metapsychology of nervous breakdowns together with a narcissistic inclination can account for committing suicide. Thus, committing suicide in one’s workplace does not turn out to be the result of unbearable and heavy stress nor is it the tragic outcome of capitalism-bred constraints. Beyond the commonly-used analytical concepts, they are often fostered by tragic events such as those that happened in major companies like Renault or France Télécom while attempting to find out why those acts of despair took place in those very companies and not in others? In our liberal society and age of mass individualism in which every man and woman is free to provide some meaning to their life and in which work is devoid of meaning, it is sometimes difficult not to find a way of getting away from it. |
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| Pages : |
173 - 182 |
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| Type : |
Research paper |
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| Keywords : |
narcissism, narcissism, psychoanalysis, psychoanalysis, stress, suicide, suicide at work, workplace suicide, management |
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| APA : |
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| Citations : |
3 |
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| CAIRN : |
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychosociologie-2011-43-page-173.htm |
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