The purpose of this research is to explore individual behaviour towards authority.
The psychodynamic and phenomenological paradigms are used.
Unstructured interviews, conducted on five female consultants, produced themes
that provide possible insight into individual behaviour towards authority. These
themes were; 'daddy and mommy's little girl', need for attention, approval, to not
disappoint and sibling rivalry; anxiety and the use of defense mechanisms;
conditions for acceptance and/or comfort; dependency for support; clear and/or
rigid boundaries; split in experience towards authority; fear of authority; power
struggle; and counterdependency. These themes suggest that individual's project
and transfer feelings, fantasies, expectations and wishes of their experiences
with their parents, their earliest authority figures, onto other authority figures, for
example, their managers. The hypothesis generated was "past experiences with
authority figures influences individual experiences and hence behaviour towards
present authority figures". / Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17207 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Levy, Kathryn Anne |
| Contributors | Cilliers, F. van N. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 319 leaves) |
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