Group Relations Work : Exploring the Impact and Relevance Within and Beyond Its Network.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Reflecting on the Theory of Group Relations and Its Relevance to Contemporary Phenomena -- Chapter One The Oedipus complex, creativity, and the legacies of group relations' intellectual parents -- Chapter Two Virtual teams and group relations in the WEB 2.0 era: insights from an MBA experiential distance-learning course -- Chapter Three Group relations work in contexts of complexity and transition -- Chapter Four Embedding diversity in local government: experiences of establishing an ethnic advisory panel, Auckland, New Zealand -- Chapter Five The Rothschild 117 Project: dreaming in the boulevard -- Part II Studying the Relationship Between Group Relations Work and Its Impact in Its Cultural and Geographical Setting -- Chapter Six Exploring group relations work in China: challenges, risks, and impact -- Chapter Seven Developing a group relations institution in Lithuania -- Chapter Eight Uneasy on the boundary: reflections on the culture and effectiveness of group relations conference work in the USA, 1965-2012 -- Part III Exploring Variations in Theme and/or Design of Group Relations Conferences -- Chapter Nine Energy, creative collaboration, and wellbeing -- Chapter Ten The experiences of co-directorship in group relations conferences -- Chapter Eleven Group relations and twelve-step recovery: mixing oil and water? -- Part IV Post-Conference Reflections -- Chapter Twelve Oral envy and networks -- Chapter Thirteen Intergroup process at an international level: reflections from Belgirate -- Chapter Fourteen Cobblers' children or creative flux? -- Chapter Fifteen What happened to authority? A reflective dialogue -- Index.

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