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6 - Practical implications for organizations, motivation, and conflict-resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2010

Hubert Hermans
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka
Affiliation:
International Institute for Dialogical Self
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest – never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.

Ann Landers

In this final chapter, we explore some practical implications of dialogical self theory for the functioning of individuals, groups, and organizations. The guiding idea is that dialogue and the dialogical self are not only theoretical developments but also basic principles that have the potential to give form to the interaction within and between individuals and groups. Dialogue needs not only study but also practice and has the potential to enrich this practice. With this idea in mind, we will discuss some topics where the practical implications of the dialogical self seem to be most productive. We ask the following questions: How can organizations function in a more dialogical way? How can motivation profit from insights into the functioning of the dialogical self? Is it possible to develop forms of conflict resolution that take some basic insight in the dialogical nature of the self into account? How can dialogue be stimulated and used to solve social problems in emotional situations? It is not our intention to give any final answers to these challenging questions or to restrict practical implication to the three topics mentioned above.

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Dialogical Self Theory
Positioning and Counter-Positioning in a Globalizing Society
, pp. 321 - 365
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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