Psychological Centrality of Work
• Psychoanalysis

References for Theme: Psychoanalysis

• Crepaldi, Gianluca
• "On revoking the subject of work: Psychoanalytic interpretations of the American television series The Office" (2020)

• Magala, Slawomir; Arnaud, Gilles; Vanheule, Stijn
• "The division of the subject and the organization: A Lacanian approach to subjectivity at work" (2007)

  (p.363) In our discussion on the division of the subject, we stressed that the dimension of thelack, and the dissatisfaction it entails, need to be thought of as structural andinsatiable. As we now apply these ideas to issues of human work and organizationalchange, this idea remains crucial. From the Lacanian point of view, we claim that theactivity of work (as a typical human occupation) is also structurally non-satisfying.This means that it is structurally impotent in providing specific satisfactions to those who engage in work. The idea that work could provide the subject with fulfilling added value is an illusory product of...

• "The division of the subject and the organization: A Lacanian approach to subjectivity at work" (2007)