Dyckman and Cutler offer a survival guide for people on all sides of the scapegoating problem.
JOHN M. DYCKMAN is a psychotherapist at a large Health
Maintenance Organization. He has been a professor of psychology,
has conducted research and has run a private clinical practice for
the past 25 years.
JOSEPH A. CUTLER is a psychotherapist at a large Health Maintenance
Organization and in private practice. He has taught university
classes in marriage and family counseling and has worked as an
Employee Assistance Counselor.
"Clear writing and clear thinking make this an unusually useful
book for anyone working with other people. The authors take us step
by step through an understanding of scapegoating and on to
strategies to oppose it. Their psychological sharpness unfolds in a
textured sense of the social world--the place we all really live
and struggle."-Eric Greenleaf, Ph.D. author of "The Problem of
Evil"
"Offers an understanding of how and why we blame and creates the
challenge to change our values to produce a far better environment
to operate in and be successful....This is a must read for all HR
Professionals that would like to participate in a successful
performance-based organization."-Bob Redlo, Director, Human
Resources Department Kaiser Medical Center
"The sound research, convincing evidence and real life examples
reported in the book will give you the tools to avoid becoming a
target...I wish this book had been available years ago: it would
have saved countless individuals and organizations a lot of
needless pain and wasted time."-Isabella Conti, Ph.D., management
consultant and co-author of "From Power to Partnership"
"This book addresses an all-too-common yet rarely discussed
workplace phenomenon--scapegoating. Based on their work with
casualties of this painful experience, Dyckman and Cutler offer a
lucid, engaging, and practical guide through the unfamiliar and
treacherous terrain of office politics and power dynamics.
Scapegoats at Work can save your job and your sanity."-Thomas
Herington, MD. Kaiser Permanente Occupational Health Services
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