Critique and Critical Theory in Industrial Psychology : What Is It ? Where Is It ?

Tasnim Bibi Kazi; Vartikka Indermun

doi:10.12816/0011585

Article Details

Critique and Critical Theory in Industrial Psychology : What Is It ? Where Is It ?

Authors:

Tasnim Bibi Kazi | Vartikka Indermun

Publisher:

Al-Hikmah University

Main Topics:

Management | Psychology

Journal:

Nigerian Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.88-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

64689

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23158638

DOI:

10.12816/0011585

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Keywords:

Abstract:

 Despite the growing popularity in closely-related disciplines such as Organisational Science (OS), a critical or post-structuralist viewpoint of Industrial Psychology (IP) has largely been ignored. Mainstream or traditional IP is generally concerned with maximising performance and increasing profits in organisations, taking a managerial bias, and inclining towards those who hold positions of power. However, while they have been preoccupied with this, a ‘dark side’ of organisational existence has emerged. This ‘dark side’ can be described as one that “stifles the individual, frustrates the attainment of certain desired social ends and threatens to distort many core values of democratic societies”. Before addressing mainstream IP, issues that lends itself to a more critical rather than mainstream approach, and how there may be a shift to or creation of a more critical IP, it may be useful to briefly examine some central ideas of critical and post-structuralist theory for a more inclusive understanding.

Article Details

Critique and Critical Theory in Industrial Psychology : What Is It ? Where Is It ?

Authors:

Tasnim Bibi Kazi | Vartikka Indermun

Publisher:

Al-Hikmah University

Main Topics:

Management | Psychology

Journal:

Nigerian Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.88-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

64689

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23158638

DOI:

10.12816/0011585

Descriptors:

MONETARY THEORY

INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING

PROFITS

ORGANIZATIONS

Critical Theory

Industrial Psychology

Mainstream

Traditional

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Tasnim Bibi Kazi | Vartikka Indermun

Publisher: Al-Hikmah University

Main Topics: Management | Psychology

Journal: Nigerian Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.88-94

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2014

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 64689

Frequency: Monthly

pISSN: 23158638

DOI: 10.12816/0011585

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Tasnim Bibi Kazi | Vartikka Indermun

Publisher:

Al-Hikmah University

Main Topics:

Management | Psychology

Journal:

Nigerian Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 2014 Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.88-94

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

64689

Frequency:

Monthly

pISSN:

23158638

DOI:

10.12816/0011585