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Unleashing the power of the creative unconscious within organizations: A case of craft, graft and disputed premises

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2007
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dc.abstract.plFrom 'the learning organization', through creating cultures of fun and play, to commissioning beautifully designed office spaces, many contemporary organizations are trying to tap into the aesthetic sensibilities of their employees by building an organizational 'experience' that is conducive to aesthetic expression in order to unleash the power of their collective, creative, artistic, unconscious. Drawing on psychoanalytical theory and primary, qualitative data, we offer a counter argument, highlighting the contested nature of the unconscious; therefore calling into question precisely what is being 'unleashed' during these processes of creativity. Additionally, we will postulate that the role of skill, ability and craft expertise is at least as important as aesthetic expression. Finally, adopting an object relations perspective, we will argue that the enactment of creative expression is frequently suffused with anxiety - either necessitating the existence of a facilitating environment which assists the individual or group to operate from the depressive position (often the location of creative, synergistic space).
dc.contributor.affiliationDept. of Human Resource and Marketing Management University of Portsmouth Business School
dc.contributor.affiliationDept. of Human Resource and Marketing Management University of Portsmouth Business School
dc.contributor.authorSarah Gilmore
dc.contributor.authorSamantha Warren
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T16:46:45Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T16:46:45Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.published2007
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical106-122
dc.description.volume6
dc.identifier.issn1532-5555
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/3057
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofTamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry
dc.relation.pages106-122
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subtypeOriginal
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Unleashing the power of the creative unconscious within organizations: A case of craft, graft and disputed premises

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