The Psychology of Fear in Organizations

How to Transform Anxiety into Well-Being, Productivity and Innovation

By: Sheila M. Keegan

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

In the context of global economic recession, fear has become institutionalized in many organizations, both in the private and public sectors. Board directors are under pressure from shareholders, senior executives are attempting to maintain sales in a nervous market and many people are concerned about job security and maintaining their living standards. The Psychology of Fear in Organizations shows how fear manifests itself in large organizations, how it impacts on the workforce and how by reducing our willingness to take risks and to innovate, it can inhibit economic growth and innovation, at both an individual and corporate level.

The Psychology of Fear in Organizations examines the psychological barriers to innovation and presents initiatives to loosen the paralysis caused by the economic downturn. It presents psychological theory in an accessible way to provide a better understanding of the needs and fears of people and how they can be supported to improve productivity and innovation.

©2018 Sheila Keegan (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. The quotation on page 39 from Leadership and the New Science by Margaret J. Wheatley is reprinted with permission of the publisher, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA. © 1999 Margaret J. Wheatley. All rights reserved. The quotation on page 209 is reprinted by arrangement with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr, c/o Writers House as agent for the proprietor New York, NY. © 1963 Dr Martin Luther King Jr; © renewed 1991 Coretta Scott King