IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Embracing Organizational Trauma: Positive Effects of Death Experiences on Organizational Culture – Three Short Case Studies

Embracing Organizational Trauma: Positive Effects of Death Experiences on Organizational Culture – Three Short Case Studies
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Mike Szymanski (University of Victoria, Canada)and Erik Schindler (University of Victoria, Canada)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 17
Source title: Organizational Culture and Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch072

Purchase


Abstract

Organizational trauma is traditionally associated with negative effects on organizational behavior and performance. In this chapter the authors seek to answer the question how organizational trauma, and in particular near-death experiences, can positively influence organizational culture in the long term. In doing so, the authors briefly review the recent literature on organizational trauma and near death experiences, and discuss how these negative traumatic experiences can turn into prosocial organizational behaviour. The authors then present three case studies to illustrate how an organization can manage to incorporate near death experiences into its organizational culture in a positive way.

Related Content

. © 2023. 12 pages.
. © 2023. 24 pages.
. © 2023. 16 pages.
. © 2023. 17 pages.
. © 2023. 15 pages.
. © 2023. 12 pages.
. © 2023. 19 pages.
Body Bottom