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Refugia: islands of social awareness in disrupted earth systems 避难所：被破坏的地球系统中的社会意识孤岛

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.110

F. Owen

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“The ticking clock thing”: a systems psychodynamic study of UK organisations that engage the public on climate change “滴答作响的时钟”：一项针对英国气候变化公众参与组织的系统心理动力学研究

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.15

Rebecca Nestor

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From mother earth to earth community: a perceptual shift in our relationship with the earth 从地球母亲到地球共同体：我们与地球关系的感性转变

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.93

Margo Lockhart

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Victims of our own propaganda: cradle life, mother herd, and the pleasure principle 我们自己的宣传的受害者:摇篮生活，母亲羊群，和快乐原则

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.70

M. Miller

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Imagining our way in the Anthropocene 想象我们在人类世的道路

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v23n1.2023.1

P. Hoggett

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Implicit organisational trauma and a dis-membered congregation: a psychoanalytic exploration 内隐的组织创伤和解体的集会:精神分析的探索

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v22n2.2022.156

Bryan McNutt, Joseph F. Duggan

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Psychoanalytic reflections on the war in Ukraine 精神分析对乌克兰战争的反思

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v22n2.2022.226

H. Brunning, Sheila White, C. Nagel

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The resilience of potential space 潜在空间的弹性

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v22n2.2022.173

P. Mnguni

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Ranging across Tavistock approaches to consulting with teams and organisations: a history, an inventory of key concepts, and links to key organisations 跨Tavistock方法与团队和组织进行咨询：历史、关键概念清单以及与关键组织的链接

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v22n2.2022.187

R. Morgan-Jones

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The "authentizotic" organisation: creating best places to work “真实”的组织:创造最佳工作场所

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Organisational and Social Dynamics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.33212/osd.v22n2.2022.220

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, C. Rook

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