Product Description

In this thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition of William L. White's classic Incest in the Organizational Family, the author takes a close, hard look inside today's workplace. He offers a brilliant and powerful indictment of the debilitating consequences of business-as-usual, revealing the incestuous dynamic in which organizational members, isolated from the outside world, increasingly meet their personal, professional, social, and even sexual needs inside the boundary of the organizational "family." White then offers bold and innovative strategies designed to restore the health and vitality of organizations and employees. The Incestuous Workplace works both as an operations guide for sustaining organizational health within environments that are increasingly turbulent and threatening and as a personal survival manual for those who find themselves in destructive work environments. "I strongly recommend this text for all administrators, managers, and supervisors.... I encourage you to read and implement the concepts developed within this book. They are challenging, and they will work for you." Donald J. Mockenhaupt, L.I.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., Director, Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Division, Ramsey County Human Services Department, St. Paul, Minnesota "This down-to-earth treatise on toxic work environments sounds the alarm to balance the demands of business with the limits of the human condition before more casualties mount." Marilyn R. Peterson, M.S., Author of At Personal Risk: Boundary Violations in Professional-Client Relationships "Bill White is America's foremost thinker in the area of incest dynamics found in the workplace, and also the source of the most creative solutions to this problem." Gary Schoener, Author and organizational consultant, Executive Director, Walk-In Counseling Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2128629 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.13 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

About the Author
William L. White, M.A., is a Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health Systems/Lighthouse Institute. He has a Master's degree in Addiction Studies and more than 30 years of experience in the addictions field as a clinician, clinical director, administrator, researcher and well-traveled trainer and consultant. He has provided training and consultation services in more than 35 states to local, state, and federal agencies, as well as private industry. He has authored more than 70 articles and monographs, and seven books. His latest book, Slaying the Dragon - The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America, recently received the 1999 McGovern Family Foundation Award for the best book on addiction recovery. Bill was also featured in the Bill Moyers' PBS special "Close To Home: Addiction in America" and Showtime's documentary "Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century."