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- Title
Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory: Bowen Theory and the Workplace -- a Personal Application.
- Authors
Chambers, Megan F.
- Abstract
Bowen Family Systems Theory is most commonly used to understand and predict family process. It is also applied to other potentially intense relationship systems, especially the workplace. It has been used by workplace consultants and by individuals to understand, and to manage, their own workplace functioning. This paper will draw from several key Bowen concepts to analyse common workplace dilemmas and to suggest responses that may assist the functioning of the individual and the system. The author's own experience as a manager in a child and adolescent mental health programme will be used as the case study to illustrate the theory's application.
- Subjects
FAMILY studies; WORK environment; FAMILY health; CHILDREN'S health; TRIANGLES (Interpersonal relations); NON-monogamous relationships; DEVELOPMENTAL psychology; DIFFERENTIAL psychology; DIFFERENTIATION (Developmental psychology)
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 2009, Vol 30, Issue 4, p235
- ISSN
0814-723X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1375/anft.30.4.235