Kets de Vries Institute

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By Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

Human Relations, 2001, #54 (1), pp. 101-111

Given the importance of individual psychological well-being for organizational functioning, a major item that should be on everybody agenda in the new millennium is to create healthy work places where people feel at ease –places that contribute to, and reinforce, adaptive functioning. The author objective in this short article is to raise questions about the well-functioning individual, the motivational need systems that drive people, and the conditions that make for healthy organizations.