@misc{Eloquin_Xavier_The_2016, author={Eloquin, Xavier}, identifier={DOI: 10.15611/mf.2016.3.06}, year={2016}, rights={Pewne prawa zastrzeżone na rzecz Autorów i Wydawcy}, publisher={Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu}, description={Management Forum, 2016, vol. 4, no. 3, s. 41-51}, language={eng}, abstract={This paper is an extended single case study exploring worker behaviour in a post-totalitarian organisation – a large secondary school. It uses theoretical contributions from political science exploring totalitarian regimes and from systems-psychodynamics; specifically ideas of narcissism and the concept of the-organisation-in-the-mind; as well as the concepts of role; task and boundary. It proposes that due to narcissistic needs; a tyrannical leader over-identified with his/her organisation to the extent that his/her own ego needs were merged with organisational needs. This was then taken in by the followers as their version of the organisation-in-the-mind; but with a specific addition: because the tyrant and the organisation are synonymous; they took in an organisational manifestation of the tyrant – the tyrant in the mind. This became the unconscious predicate shaping subsequent organisational behaviour; leading to increased conflict and ineffectiveness. Implications for leaders entering a post-totalitarian organisation and the nature of interventions are discussed; as are further lines of enquiry}, title={The tyrant-in-the-mind: influences on worker behaviour in a post-totalitarian organization}, type={artykuł}, keywords={organisational totalitarianism, organisational ideal, narcissism, the organisation-in-the-mind, systems psychodynamics, totalitaryzm organizacyjny, ideał organizacyjny, narcyzm, organizacja w umyśle, systemy psychodynamiczne}, }