Editors:
- Views errors, mistakes and failure as resources
- Explores mistakes, errors and failure in various cultural contexts and from different cultural perspectives
- Discusses these three concepts from a positive psychology perspective
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Individual and Cultural Perspectives on Mistakes, Errors and Failure
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Mistakes, Errors and Failure in Society
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Mistakes, Errors and Failure in Organisations
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About this book
This volume provides comprehensible, strength-based perspectives on contemporary research and practice related to navigating mistakes, errors and failures across cultures. It addresses these concepts across cultural contexts and explores any or all of these three concepts from a positive psychology or positive organisational perspective, highlighting their potential as resources. The volume further discusses the consequences of errors and failures at individual, organisational and societal levels, ranging from severe personal problems to organisational and collective crises, perspectives how those can be turned into opportunities for contingent and sustainable improvement processes. The book shows that there are significant cultural differences in the understanding, interpretation and handling of errors and failures.
This volume provides practical guidance for transcultural understanding of mistakes, errors and failure through new models, ideas for self-reflection, therapeutic and counselling interventions and organisational change management processes.
This book is a must for researchers and practitioners working on mistakes, errors and failures across cultures and disciplines!
Keywords
- Mistakes, errors and failure in cultural contexts
- Mistakes, errors and failures in organizations
- Communication Failures in Hierarchical Relationships
- The Stigmatization of Sexuality Work
- Embodiment in the Digital Age
- Failure in Intercultural Communication
- Political failures
- Handling Mistakes at Work
- Online Damage Control for Corporate Crises
- Error Management in Medical Care
Editors and Affiliations
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Catholic Adult Education of Germany, Römerberg, Germany
Elisabeth Vanderheiden
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Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Claude-Hélène Mayer
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Institut für Therapeutische Kommunikation und Sprachgebrauch, Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Claude-Hélène Mayer
About the editors
Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Full Professor in Industrial Psychology at the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, an Adjunct Professor at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. She is the author and editor of many journal articles, special issues, text collections, book chapters and books on women leadership in diverse contexts, mental health and salutogenesis in cultural contexts, transcultural conflict management and mediation and shame.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mistakes, Errors and Failures across Cultures
Book Subtitle: Navigating Potentials
Editors: Elisabeth Vanderheiden, Claude-Hélène Mayer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35574-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35573-9Published: 15 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35576-0Published: 15 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35574-6Published: 14 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 628
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Positive Psychology, Quality of Life Research, Employee Health and Wellbeing