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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a psychoanalytical approach to dealing with organizational inertia.
Design/methodology/approach
The concept of organizational inertia is defined and factors contributing to insight inertia and action inertia are delineated.
Findings
It was found that applying psychoanalytically informed theory provides alternative insight into dealing with organizational inertia.
Originality/value
The paper illustrates how human nature influences the workplace in general and contributes to organizational inertia in particular.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2011
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