Routinization of mental training in organizations: effects on performance and well-being

Article Abstract:

The purposes of this study were twofold. The first was to improve performance in an organizational setting (military) with the help of the following mental-training techniques: relaxation, meditation, and imagery rehearsal - alone or combined. Second was to routinize the process using the organization's staff as coordinators, minimizing teacher training, preparation, cost, and time. A training program was developed within these guidelines. An experimental group of 214 Swedish conscripts and cadets (men, 19-21 years old) followed the training program for approximately 8 months. The performance of this group was significantly better than the control group on actual task examinations and mental tests. No effects from the training program were found on physical and mental well-being. Most goals concerning the routinization of the training were reached. Necessary conditions for and possible benefits from large-scale applications of mental training in organizational contexts are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Psychological aspects, Training, Industrial efficiency, Economic efficiency, Organizational effectiveness, Organizational behavior, Management training, Mental discipline

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What to do when being aged by culture: hidden narratives from the twentieth-century hormone debacle

Article Abstract:

Details of a study that was conducted to check whether aging in the midlife is a progress or decline are given. In this regard, details about the feminist narrative, which is considered to be historical and anthropological as well as cautious, evidence-based and cumulative, are presented.

Anthropological research, Narratives, Cultural anthropologists

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The passion and the pleasure: Foucault's art of not being oneself

Article Abstract:

Foucault's life-long involvement with transgressive experiences as an art of not being oneself is described. Robinson shows how FoucaultEs encounters passion and pleasures in creating new fields of life.

Interpretation and construction, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Foucault, Michel, Passion

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