Protecting the Self: Defense Mechanisms in Action

By N. Szajnberg. 2008

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“I Identify with Her,” “I Identify with Him”: Unpacking the Dynamics of Personal Identification in Organizations (2016, background): “Indeed, psychologists have argued that identification with others, such as parents and heroes, is a primary avenue through which individuals develop a sense of self and aspire to cultivate attributes they admire (Berenson,Crawford,Cohen,& Brook, 2005;Cramer, 2006; Josselson, 1992).”
Seven Pillars of Defense Mechanism Theory (2008, background): “Again, a full description of these methods and research results may be found in Cramer (2006).”
Getting Explicit About the Implicit (2012, background): “In theory, responses on such tasks reflect the operation of psychological defense mechanisms (Cramer, 2000, 2006).”
The dark side of personality at work (2014, background): “As such, we are seeing progress toward a better understanding of unconscious processes and motives (cf. Cramer, 2006; De Houwer, Teige-Mocigemba, Spruyt, & Moors, 2009; Epstein, 1994; Fazio & Olson, 2003; James & LeBreton, 2012; Kihlstrom, 1999; Wilson & Brekke, 1994).”
Ambivalence in Organizations: A Multilevel Approach (2014, background): “This is the primary focus of Freudian theories of defense mechanisms, where actors struggle nonconsciously to keep intense but socially undesirable thoughts and feelings from breaking into consciousness (Baumeister et al. 1998, Cramer 2006).”