As the culture of aggressive ambition no longer looks like a successful strategy for survival, we must come to terms with the fact that being ‘ordinary’ does not equate to failure
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Cotton, E. 2013. As the culture of aggressive ambition no longer looks like a successful strategy for survival, we must come to terms with the fact that being ‘ordinary’ does not equate to failure. LSE British Politics and Policy Blog.
Type | Article |
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Title | As the culture of aggressive ambition no longer looks like a successful strategy for survival, we must come to terms with the fact that being ‘ordinary’ does not equate to failure |
Authors | Cotton, E. |
Abstract | The recession has affected people not only in financial terms but has highlighted psychological problems workers face in trying to achieve extraordinary success. In the third article of her continuing series on public policy, work, and mental health, Elizabeth Cotton criticises a work culture that demands fantastic abilities to the detriment of ordinary people. |
Keywords | narcissism, omnipotence, ambition, corporate culture |
Research Group | Employment Relations group |
Publisher | London School of Economics |
Journal | LSE British Politics and Policy Blog |
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2013 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 12 Mar 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | |
Language | English |
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