Publications

James Krantz

(Partial List of James Krantz’s Publications)

“The Myth that Binds ” H. Brunning & M. Perini (ed.) Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World London: Karnac 2010.

“Social Defences and 21st Century Organizations: A Tribute to the Contribution of Isabel Menzies Lyth”British Journal of Psychotherapy 26.2, May 2010 pp.

Review of The Meaning of Work: Papers on Work Organization and the Design of Jobs Klein, L. London: Karnac, 2008. In Organisational and Social Dynamics Volume 9, No. 3, 2010 pp.

“The Evolution of Basic Assumptions In Twenty-first Century Organizations” Socio-Analysis Volume 11, Dec. 2009, pp. 1-15.

“Sources of Hope in Contemporary Organizations” in A. Ahlers-Niemann, B. Sievers, R. Redding Mersky & U. Bremer (ed.) The Normal Madness in Organizations: Socio-analytic thoughts and interventions. Dusseldorf: EHP-Verlag Andreas Kohlhage.

“Bricks Without Mortar: The Decline of Sentience in Global Organizations,” with Gould, L. presented at the OPUS Conference, 2005

“Fundamentalism and the Search for Mature Hope” E.J. Miller Memorial Lecture, OPUS, London. Journal of Organisational and Social Dynamics. Vol. 6, no. 2, 2006. pp. 258-272
“Fundamentalism and the Search for Mature Hope” E.J. Miller Memorial Lecture, OPUS, London. Journal of Organisational and Social Dynamics. Vol. 6, no. 2, 2006. pp. 258-272

“Leadership, Betrayal and Adaptation.” Human Relations Vol. 59(2), 2006 pp. 221-240

“Dilemmas of Organizational Change: A Systems Perspective.” in L. Gould, M. Stein & L. Stapley (ed.) The Systems Psychodynamics or Organizations. London: Karnac Books, 2001

“Anxiety & The New Order.” In E. Klein, F. Gabelnick and P. Herr (ed.) Leadership in the 21st Century Madison, CT: International Universities Press, 1998.

“A Framework for Consulting to Organizational Role” with M. Maltz Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research Spring, 1997, volume 49, no. 2 pp. 137-151.

“Parallel Processes as Scaffolding: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ad Hoc Processes” with T. Gilmore. In Alan A. Altschuler & Robert D. Behn Innovations in American Government: Opportunities, Challenges and Dilemmas. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1997

“Forward” in Obholzer, A. and Roberts V. The Unconscious at Work London: Routledge, 1994

“Innovation in the Public Sector: Managing the Tension between Protection and Encapsulation” with T. Gilmore. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 1992.

“Listening with the Third Ear in Organizational Consulting: Projective Identification in the Consulting Relationship” in M. Kets de Vries (ed.) Organizations on the Couch: Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Management. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991

“Lessons from the Field: An Essay on the Crisis of Leadership in Contemporary Organizations.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science Vol. 26, No. 1, 1990 pp. 49-64

“The Splitting of Leadership and Management as a Social Defense” with T. Gilmore. Human Relations Vol. 43, No. 2, 1990. pp. 183-204. Reprinted in: Psychoanalytic Studies of Organizations London: Karnac, 2009.

“Group Relations in Context” in J. Gillette & M. McCollom (ed.) Groups In Context: A New Perspective on Group Dynamics. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1990.

“The Managerial Couple: The Superior-Subordinate Relationship as a Unit of Analysis.” Journal of Human Resource Management Vol. 28, No. 2, 1989. pp. 161-175. Reprinted in The Dynamics of Organizations L. Hirschhorn and C. Barnett (ed). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1993.

Irrationality in Social and Organizational Life (ed.). Washington, D.C.: The A.K. Rice Institute, 1987.

“Group Process under Conditions of Organizational Decline” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 21, No. 1, February 1985. Reprinted in Readings in Organizational Decline K. Cameron, R. Sutton and D. Whetten (ed.) Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Pubs., Co., 1987

“Projective Identification in the Consulting Relationship: Exploring the Unconscious Dimensions of a Client System,” with T. Gilmore. Human Relations Vol. 38, No.12, 1985 pp 1159-1177. Reprinted in Freie AssoziationProjektive Identifizierung in der Organisationsberatung.” 6.Jahrgang, Heft 2/2003 pp 53-72. Reprinted in Sievers, B. Psychodynamik von Organisationen Beisen: Psychosozial-Verlag, 2008 pp 267-289