A Culture of Indignity and the Failure of Leadership

Donna Hicks ()
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Donna Hicks: Harvard University

Humanistic Management Journal, 2016, vol. 1, issue 1, No 8, 113-126

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses a dignity lens to examine the collapse of a major US corporation. The company was experiencing a significant breakdown in its relationships with its unions, creating hostility, unrest and mistrust among its employees. The paper describes the assessement and dignity intervention that was used to repair the broken relationships between management and its unions and to heal the “culture of indignity” that was fueling the conflicts.

Keywords: Dignity; Culture of indignity; Leadership failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s41463-016-0006-2

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