Theoretical models & Framework
An integrative approach of several theoretical models are used for a reference and are inter-related.
The model recognizing trauma:
Psychological trauma related to being exposed to critical incidents as a direct victim or as a witness.
Psychological trauma related to work and relational dynamics (i.e. work harassments, bullying & mobbing, burnout, abrasive work environments…)
The model restoring resilience:
to strengthen inner and group skills/resources
to understand organisational resilience
The model promoting interculturality & diversity:
understanding and taking into account the high or low cultural contexts.
talking about working with diversity.
The model observing and understanding group & interpersonal psychodynamics:
group nonconscious mental representations, bias & meta-norms.
power, gender, individual & relational dynamics.
Layers of workplace dynamics -humanitarian aid sector
Workplace dynamics refers to the way your people interact, engage, and collaborate.
This includes their behavior, assumptions, and entire understanding of the workplace environment.
Every workplace has its own culture, management style, and employees with different personalities.
Each employee has their own set of skills, personality, and working style in addition to their own cultural background, age, sexual orientation, gender, mental health, previous eventual traumatic experience/exposure…
Each organization has their own management style, values, culture dynamics, power structure, organizational functionning…