IDENTITIES AND IDEOLOGIES - INTERPERSONAL DEFENSES FROM A TEAM SUPERVISORS PERSPECTIVE

Intra-group regulations in teams and organizations are sometimes diffi cult to change even if they appear irrational and do not function well . They may indicate the presence of collective ideologies within teams and can be understood as an expression of interpersonal defense. Grou p ideologies may become part of the identity of the individual group m embers. Being member of a group and sharing a collective ideology stab ilizes individual identity; at the same time reality perception and ra nge of thinking in the individual are narrowed. If supervisors and the rapists consider both aspects of ideologies, they may approach some in terpersonal defenses in groups and teams in a different way. A psychoa nalytic concept of identity may contribute to an understanding of deve lopments in large scale organizations and in society.