Occupational Psychosis II

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Institutional Failure Modes

Georgia Lee Arts

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Occupational Wellness Institute(tm) Publishing
02 April 2026

Business ethics; Management: leadership & motivation; Organisational theory & behaviour

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Institutional failure rarely begins with malicious intent. More often, it emerges gradually through distorted incentives, identity fusion with professional roles, and authority systems that lose the capacity for reflexive correction.

Occupational Psychosis II: Institutional Failure Modes examines the structural and cultural conditions that allow organizations-particularly those built around care, leadership, and public trust-to drift away from their stated missions. Rather than locating dysfunction in individual actors, the volume analyzes how institutional environments can normalize distorted perception, suppress dissent, and reward conformity to narratives that obscure harm.

Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship across sociology, organizational behavior, leadership studies, and institutional governance, this volume maps the recurring patterns through which occupational systems begin to malfunction. It explores how professional identity, authority structures, performance metrics, and moral legitimacy can combine in ways that impair reality-testing and ethical accountability within organizations.

The book identifies common institutional failure modes across a wide range of sectors, including corporate environments, nonprofit organizations, credentialed professions, public institutions, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and emerging professional fields. Particular attention is given to how systems oriented toward care, support, or leadership development can become vulnerable to ethical drift when reflexive constraints and corrective feedback mechanisms weaken.

As the second volume in the Occupational Psychosis series, this work extends the foundational definition introduced in Volume I by examining how systemic distortion manifests in institutional practice. The analysis offers readers a deeper understanding of how organizations that intend to serve, heal, guide, or lead can gradually lose alignment with reality-and why recognizing these patterns is essential for restoring institutional integrity.

By: Georgia Lee Arts
Imprint: Occupational Wellness Institute(tm) Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9798994127209
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 02 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active