Incestuous Workplace · Stress and Distress in the Organizational Family

In this thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition of William L. White's classic "Incest in the Organizational Family," the author takes a close, hard look inside today's workplace. He offers a brilliant and powerful indictment of the debilitating consequences of business-as-usual, revealing the incestuous dynamic in which organizational members, isolated from the outside world, increasingly meet their personal, professional, social, and even sexual needs inside the boundary of the organizational "family." White then offers bold and innovative strategies designed to restore the health and vitality of organizations and employees. "The Incestuous "Workplace works both as an operations guide for sustaining organizational health within environments that are increasingly turbulent and threatening and as a personal survival manual for those who find themselves in destructive work environments.

"I strongly recommend this text for all administrators, managers, and supervisors.... I encourage you to read and implement the concepts developed within this book. They are challenging, and they will work for you."

Donald J. Mockenhaupt, L.I.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., Director, Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Division, Ramsey County Human Services Department, St. Paul, Minnesota

"This down-to-earth treatise on toxic work environments sounds the alarm to balance the demands of business with the limits of the human condition before more casualties mount."

Marilyn R. Peterson, M.S., Author of "At Personal Risk: Boundary Violations in Professional-Client Relationships"

"Bill White is America's foremost thinker in the area of incest dynamics found in the workplace, and also the source of the most creative solutions to this problem."

Gary Schoener, Author and organizational consultant, Executive Director, Walk-In Counseling Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota