The role of leader as a bearer of power and authority in a group/team: a psychoanalytic view

PSYCHOANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP

  • Ekaterina Viktorovna Shapovalova
  • Anna Vladimirovna Baizarova
Keywords: leader, leadership, power, authority, psychoanalysis of organizations, leadership concepts, leader and followers relationship, taking authority, succession

Abstract

This article is about the role of leader and power from psychoanalytic theory perspectives. The interrelation between leader, leadership, power, authority and how it can be manifested in modern organizations are considered in details. The conclusions that were made in this article formed the basis for the study of a specific organization, and can also be used in the future for organizational cases' investigations. The article also reveals the internal connections and anxieties that arise in a leader at the moment of gaining power and in the process of retaining it, when he acts as its bearer.

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Author Biographies

Ekaterina Viktorovna Shapovalova

Shapovalova Ekaterina Viktorovna, MSc Management (LUBS, Leeds, UK), MA Psychology (HSE, Moscow). Psychodynamic coach and business consultant, working with private clients and organisations, psychodynamic psychotherapist. Managing partner at Subcon Business Solutions, Senior lecturer on the Master’s Program "Psychoanalysis and Business Consulting" at Higher School of Economics, Member of ISPSO, Board member and Certified Professional Business Coach of Association of Psychoanalytic Coaching and Business Consulting (APCBC).

Anna Vladimirovna Baizarova

Baizarova Anna Vladimirovna, MA Psychology (HSE, Moscow), HR-expert with over 12 years experience in international companies and consulting with expertise in working with middle and top-management, cross-cultural and international teams. Member of International Society for Psychoanalytic Studies of Organisations (ISPSO), member of Association of Psychoanalytic Coaching and Business Consulting (APCBC).

Published
2021-10-28
How to Cite
ShapovalovaE. V., & BaizarovaA. V. (2021). The role of leader as a bearer of power and authority in a group/team: a psychoanalytic view. Journal of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, 2(3), 103-123. Retrieved from https://psychoanalysis-journal.hse.ru/article/view/13299
Issue
Vol 2 No 3 (2021): Journal of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis
Section
APPLIED PSYCHOANALYSIS