Douglas LaBier

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Douglas LaBier
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Douglas LaBier is a business psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer. [1] He is known for research demonstrating that success in business and careers can create emotional and values conflicts for men and women. [2] [3]

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Education and Academic Research

LaBier was raised in upstate New York. His father, Horace J. LaBier, founded Local 227 of the International Chemical Workers Union in 1937 at a German-owned chemical factory seized by the U.S. government during World War I, [4] and served as its president for 10 terms. "LaBier’s father was frequently accused of being a Communist by the company, and won a well-publicized case before the National Labor Relations Board when the company forbid him to distribute pamphlets to workers containing readings of Spinoza, Aristotle, and Freud. [5] "

LaBier received his bachelor's degree from Union College in 1965, [6] and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo [7] and did post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health, where he served on staff until 1973. He then trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Washington School of Psychiatry, where he later served on the faculty.

LaBier's research topics have included the relationship between psychopathology and bureaucratic work within the U.S. government, [8] emotional disturbances in bureaucracies, [9] and applications of the emergent cyclical levels of existence theory of Clare W. Graves. [10]

Career

LaBier has written for various publications, particularly The Washington Post, [11] and has been quoted as an expert on topics such as the link between work and mental health; midlife developmental conflicts; building psychologically healthy management and leadership; and positive human development in publications including The New York Times, [12] CBS News [13] and O, The Oprah Magazine [14] His most widely cited [15] work, the book Modern Madness: The Emotional Fallout of Success, describes his seven-year study demonstrating how successful careers within large organizations affect the potential for emotional and values conflict among people who are not otherwise emotionally disturbed. [16]

LaBier founded the Center for Progressive Development as a nonprofit in 1995., [17] and has been a faculty member at the Washington School of Psychiatry since 1980. [1] He also conducts programs for senior executives and leadership teams based on his findings and empirical data to create positive management cultures, [18] and workshops for audiences such as trade associations. [19]

Works

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  2. ↑ Goleman, Daniel (24 Aug 1986). "The Strange Agony of Success". The New York Times. sec. 3 p. 1. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  3. ↑ Yenckel, James T. (2 Jun 1982). "CAREERS: When Values Conflict". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  4. ↑ History, Fulton. "Union Head Named to 8th Term" (PDF). fultonhistory.com/. The Knickerbocker News.
  5. ↑ Albany (NY) Knickerbocker News, June 5, 1963
  6. ↑ "Union College Magazine". Winter 2013. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. ↑ LaBier, Douglas Wayne (1969). Structural and qualitative determinants of generalizing induced impressions (PhD). State University of New York at Buffalo. OCLC   53224683.
  8. ↑ LaBier, Douglas (Feb 1983). "Emotional Disturbances in the Federal Government". Administration & Society. 14 (4): 403–448. doi:10.1177/009539978301400401. ISSN   0095-3997. OCLC   5723546348. S2CID   144883549.
  9. ↑ LaBier, Douglas (Jun 1983). "Bureaucracy and Psychopathology". Political Psychology. International Society of Political Psychology. 4 (2): 223–243. doi:10.2307/3790936. JSTOR   3790936.
  10. ↑ LaBier, Douglas (31 March 1971). Developments in the Application of The Graves Theory to Behavior Change and Psychotherapy. 9th Annual Convention of the National Society for Programmed Instruction. Rochester NY.
  11. ↑ "Publications". The Center for Progressive Development. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  12. ↑ Kolata, Gina. "Study Finds Ways to Fight Career Malaise". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  13. ↑ Stillman, Jessica. "What Workers in the Future Will Want: Community and Creativity". www.cbsnews.com.
  14. ↑ Robb, Amanda (1 Jan 2006). "A Little Empathy, Please".{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  15. ↑ "Douglas LaBier: Citations". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  16. ↑ "Modern Madness: The Emotional Fallout of Success". Kirkus Reviews. 15 Aug 1986. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  17. ↑ "Center for Progressive Development". GuideStar. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
  18. ↑ Club of DC, Wharton. "Managing Your Career Series". www.whartondc.com.
  19. ↑ Society of Psychologists in Management. "Join SPIM in Georgetown!" (PDF). SPIMail. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  20. ↑ Labier, Douglas (Nov 11, 2008). "You've Gotta Think Like Google". The Washington Post. p. F.1.
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