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Scitus Academics LLC A Guide to Discursive Organizational Psychology by Shana Ansel
Industrial psychology is the scientific study of human behavior in the
workplace and applies psychological theories and principles to
organizations. The intersections of work and non-work fuel
Discourses that beget biases, inequalities, and complications.
Discourses of balance and entrepreneurialism are particularly laden
with inequalities and contribute to both structural inequalities and
biases that inform the everyday practices of individuals. This monograph
explores the ways men in technical occupations invoke these
Discourses when making decisions about when and whether to take
leaves of absence. Technical occupations are well known to be particularly
widespread with inequities and simultaneously face a shortage
of workers. As such, increasing equality in these occupations
would both improve the lives of those working in technical jobs and
would allow technical organizations to recruit and retain more workers.
A Guide to Discursive Organizational Psychology presents an illustration
of the dynamic relationship between discourse and organizational
psychology. The text include both theoretical and practical
implications, including expanding connections between the
Discourse of entrepreneurialism and work-life "choices" and implicating
occupational identities as particularly relevant for understanding
work-life policies and practices. Moreover, the tensions at the
intersections of the Discourses and everyday practice result in a
unique form gender inequality where men are linked to their work,
unable to take leaves of absence.
This interesting Guide will a valuable guide for students or researchers
as well as practitioners in the fields of psychology, organization
and management studies, and provide new outlook to anyone pursuing
to enhance their theoretical and operational understanding of
these disciplines.