Books
2009: Diamond, M.A., and Allcorn, S. Private Selves in Public Organizations: The Psychodynamics of Organizational Diagnosis and Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
1997: Allcorn, S., and Diamond, M.A. Managing People During Stressful Times: The Psychologically Defensive Workplace, Quorum Books, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT.
1996: Allcorn, S., Baum, H.S., Diamond, M.A. Stein, H. The Human Costs of Downsizing: A Management Failure at General Hospital, Quorum Books, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT.
1993: Diamond, M.A. The Unconscious Life of Organizations: Interpreting Organizational Identity, 1993, Quorum Books, The Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Connecticut.
Articles
2008: Diamond, M.A. "Telling Them What They Know: Organizational Change, Defensive Resistance, and the Unthought Known.” The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 44.
2007: Diamond, M.A., "Organizational Change and the Analytic Third: Locating and Attending to Unconscious Organizational Psychodynamics," Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society July 2007, Vol. 12 (2), pp. 142–164.
2006: Diamond, M.A. and S. Allcorn, "Surfacing Perversions of Democracy in the Workplace: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Project," Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society April 2006, Vol. 11 (1), pp. 54-73. (Link to full-text article)
2004: Diamond, M.A., and S. Allcorn, "Moral Violence in Organizations: Hierarchic Dominance and the Absence of Potential Space," Organisational and Social Dynamics, Vol. 4, Summer. (Link to Publisher)
2004: Diamond, M.A., Allcorn, S., Stein, H. "The Surface of Organizational Boundaries: A View from Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theory," Human Relations, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Full text: PDF, 151K)
2003: Diamond, M.A. "Organizational Immersion and Diagnosis: The Work of Harry Levinson," Organisational and Social Dynamics, Vol. 3, No. 2. (Link to Publisher)
2003: Diamond, M.A. and S. Allcorn, "The Cornerstone of Psychoanalytic Organizational Analysis," Human Relations, Vol. 56, No. 4. (Full text: PDF, 149K)
2002: Diamond, M.A., Stein, H.F., and S. Allcorn, "Organizational Silos: Horizontal Organizational Fragmentation," Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Vol. 7, No. 2: 280-296. (Link to Publisher)
2002: Diamond, M.A., "The Group Psychology of Terrorism," Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
2001: Diamond, M.A., "Adapting to Chaos and Complexity: Organizing the Potential Space," Rethinking Administrative Theory, Praeger, The Greenwood Publishing Group.
1999: Diamond, M.A., "Embracing Organized Disorder: The Future of Organizational Membership," Administrative Theory & Praxis, Vol.21, No.4, 1999: 433-440.
1999: Diamond, M.A. and Adams, G.B., "Introduction: Psychodynamic Perspectives on Organizations: Identity, Politics, and Change," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol.43, No.2, October 221-224.
1999: Diamond, M.A. and Adams, G.B., "The Psychodynamics of Ethical Behavior in Organizations," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol.43, No.2, October 245-263. (Full text: PDF, 59K)
1998: Diamond, M.A., "The Symbiotic Lure: Organizations As Defective Containers," Administrative Theory & Praxis, Vol.20, No.3, September 315-325.
1998: Diamond, M.A., special editor, "An Introduction to the Symposium on Organizational Dynamics," Administrative Theory & Praxis, Vol.20, No.3, September 298-299.
1998: Diamond, M.A., "Organizational and Personal Vicissitudes of Change," Public Productivity and Management Review, Vol.21, No.4, June.
1997: Diamond, M.A., "Administrative Assault: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic View of Violence and Aggression in the Workplace," American Review of Public Administration, Vol.27, no.3, September 228-247.
1997: Diamond, M.A. and Allcorn, S., "Narcissistic Processes and Consulting to Organizational Change: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective," Administrative Theory and Praxis, Vol.19, No.2: 225-237.
1996: Diamond, M.A. "Innovation and Diffusion of Technology: A Human Process," Consulting Psychology Journal, Vol.48, No.4.
1994: Diamond, M.A. "Resistance to Change: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Argyris and Schon's Contributions to Organization Theory and Intervention," editors Bengt-Arne Vedin, Management of Change and Innovation, Dartmouth Publishing Co., reprinted for The International Library of Management.
1993: Diamond, M.A. "Bureaucracy As Externalized Self-System: A View from the Psychological Interior," reprinted in Larry Hirschhorn, (ed.), The Psychodynamics of Organizations, Temple University Press, 1993).
1993 Sept./Oct.: Diamond, M.A. "Commentary for Haven's Case," Harvard Business Review, case commentary, September.
1992: Diamond, M.A. Hobbesian and Rousseauian "Identities: The Psychodynamics of Organizational Leadership and Change," Administration & Society, Vol. 24, No.3 November 267-289.
1992: Diamond, M.A. "Treating The Parataxic Organization: A Case Example of Intervention Strategy," Administration & Society, Vol.24, No.1 May 61-80.
1991: Diamond, M.A. "Managing Stress and Anxiety in Clinical Laboratories," (with Seth Allcorn), Journal of Medical Laboratory Sciences, permission granted to reprint CLMA (December 1991, Vol. 5 (2).
1991: Diamond, M.A. "Managing Stress and Anxiety in Clinical Laboratories," (with Seth Allcorn), Clinical Laboratory Management Review, May/June, 1991.
1991: Diamond, M.A. "Stresses of Group Membership: Balancing the Needs for Independence and Belonging," Organizations on the Couch, ed. by M.F.R. Kets de Vries, Jossey Bass, Publishers.
1991: Diamond, M.A. "Dimensions of Organizational Culture and Beyond," (Fall 1991) Political Psychology.
1990: Diamond, M.A. "The Freudian Factor," with Seth Allcorn, Personnel Journal, March 1990.
1990: Diamond, M.A. "Some Reflections on the Concept of Control as a Central Notion in Social and Behavioral Studies," The Social Science Journal, January 1990.
1990: Diamond, M.A. "Psychoanalytic Phenomenology and Organizational Analysis," Public Administration Quarterly, Spring 1990.
1989: Diamond, M.A., book review, The Invisible Bureaucracy, by Howell S. Baum and The Workplace Within, by Larry Hirschhorn, Political Psychology, Vol.10, No.1, 169-172.
1988: Diamond, M.A. "Organizational Identity: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Organizational Meaning," Administration and Society, Volume 20, No. 2, August 1988, 166-190.
1987: Diamond, M.A. "The Psychodynamics of Regression in Work Groups," with Seth Allcorn. Human Relations, Vol. 40, No.8, 525-543.
1987: Diamond, M.A., book review, Strategy, Change and Defensive Routines by Chris Argyris, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 32, No.1, March 1987.
1987: Diamond, M.A. "The Psychological Dilemma of Bureaucratic Self-Integrity," in R.P. Hummel's 3rd. Ed. of The Bureaucratic Experience, St. Martin's Press, New York.
1986: Diamond, M.A. "Role Formation As Defensive Activity In Bureaucratic Organizations," with Seth Allcorn. Political Psychology, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1986.
1986: Diamond, M.A. "Resistance to Change: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Argyris and Schon's Contributions to Organization Theory and Intervention," Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 23, No. 5, September, 1986.
1986: Diamond, M.A., book reviews of Political Ensembles: A Psychosocial Approach to Politics and Leadership, by G. Little; and, Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by B. Kellerman. Political Psychology, Vol.7, No. 3, September.
1985: Diamond, M.A. "The Social Character of Bureaucracy: Anxiety and Ritualistic Defense," Political Psychology, Vol. 6, No. 4, December, 1985.
1985: Diamond, M.A. "Psychological Dimensions of Role Use in Bureaucratic Organizations," with Seth Allcorn. Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 14, No. 1, Summer 1985, pp. 35-59.
l985: Diamond, M.A. "Psychological Responses to Stress in Complex Organizations," with Seth Allcorn. Administration and Society, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1985, pp. 217-239.
l985: Diamond, M.A. "Psychological Dimensions of Personal Responsibility for Public Management: An Object Relations Approach," Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 22, No. 6.
l984: Diamond, M.A. "Psychological Barriers to Personal Responsibility." with Seth Allcorn, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 12, No. 4, Spring 1984, pp. 66-77.
l984: Diamond, M.A. "Bureaucracy as Externalized Self-System: A View from the Psychological Interior," Administration and Society, Vol. 16, No. 2, August 1984, pp. 195-214.
l982: Diamond, M.A. "Organization Psychiatry," in Ralph P. Hummel's (2nd Edition) The Bureaucratic Experience, St. Martin's Press, Inc., New York.
Book Forewords
2003: The Dynamic Workplace: Present Structure and Future Redesign by Seth Allcorn, CT.: Greenwood Publishing Group.
1994: Listening Deeply: An Approach to Understanding and Consulting in Organizational Culture by Howard F. Stein, Boulder, CO.: Westview Press.
1994: Understanding Anger and Aggression in the Workplace by Seth Allcorn, Westport, CT.: Quorum Books.
Monographs
"Organizational Change as Human Process, Not Technique," National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIDA Technical Review on Reviewing the Behavioral Science Knowledge Base on Technology Transfer, 1994.
Proceedings
"Psychoanalytic Bases of Organizational Conflict: Theory and Intervention," Fourth Annual Symposium of The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, May 1990.
Recent Presentations
2005 June: "The Interpretive Paradigm in Organizational Diagnosis and Consultation: Psychoanalytic Principles and Qualitative Research in the Service of Organizational Change," presented as a two-day Professional Developmetn Workshop in Baltimore, Maryland at the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations annual symposium.
2004 August: "Dynamics of Organizational Change: From Science to Service," Addiction Technology Network Center, New England, Best Practices Faculty, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.
2003 November: "Organizational Resilience as a Construct to Consider in Promoting the Adoption of Evidence Based Abuse Treatment Practice" presented in Washington, D.C. to the National Addiction Technology Transfer Network Centers (ATTC), NIDA, NIH.
2003 November: "Strategies and Considerations in Identifying and Responding to Individual Level Resistance to Change with Multi-Dimensional Organizational Settings" presented in Washington, D.C. to the National Addiction Technology Transfer Network Centers (ATTC), NIDA, NIH.
2003 July: "Moral Violence in Organizations," presented at the International Society of Political Psychology annual scientific meetings, Boston, MA.
2002 June "The Cornerstone of Psychoanalytic Organizational Analysis: Psychological Reality, Transference and Counter-Transference in the Workplace" presented at the American Psychological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL.
2002 April: CSOC Organizational Change Methodology: Critique of Employment Discrimination Case, CSDR-CSOC Colloquium on Mediation and Consultation, MU School of Law.
2002 January: "Beyond Organizational Defenses" at the INSEAD-HEC diploma program in Coaching and Consulting for Change, Paris, France.
2001 November: "Conflict Resolution at Work" presentations and workshops, University of Houston.
2001 November: "Organizational Silos" Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
2001 October: "Conflict Theory: A Dynamic Consultation Model." University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, Center for Dispute Resolution, LLM program.
2001 June: "Adapting to the Speed of Organizational Change: Dialectical Interplay Between Destructive and Constructive Processes" International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Annual Meetings, Paris, France.
