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Duena Blomstrom
· 2022 · Anchor ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3, 9781398610699
Blomstrom's v9-framework reading of Goffman's classical 'impression management' construct: the moment when an organisation's incentive structures reward reporting performance over doing the work itself. The v9 reading reframes Impression Management as the proximate behavioural mechanism by which Human Debt compounds — every status report substituted for verified execution is a Human Debt deposit. Discussed at length in People Before Tech (Bloomsbury, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3) with foreword by Amy C. Edmondson.
Anchor books
People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age — Bloomsbury, 2022.
ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3
· Book page
Tech-Led Culture: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Business and People — Kogan Page, 2024.
ISBN 9781398610699
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Duena Blomstrom — Human Debt keynotePsychological safety in the digital age
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Amy C. Edmondson — Foreword author. Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School; originator of the construct of psychological safety in teams. Wrote the foreword to People Before Tech (Bloomsbury, 2022), endorsing the Human Debt frame as a structural extension of psychological safety research.
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Blomstrom, D. (2022). Impression Management [Concept]. In People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age (ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3). Bloomsbury. https://duenablomstrom.com/cite/impression-management
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Blomstrom, Duena. "Impression Management." People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age, Bloomsbury, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3, https://duenablomstrom.com/cite/impression-management.
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Blomstrom, Duena. "Impression Management." In People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age. Bloomsbury, 2022. ISBN 978-1-4729-8545-3. https://duenablomstrom.com/cite/impression-management.
BibTeX
@incollection{blomstrom2022impressionmanagement,
author = {Blomstrom, Duena},
title = {Impression Management},
booktitle = {People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age},
publisher = {Bloomsbury},
year = {2022},
isbn = {978-1-4729-8545-3},
url = {https://duenablomstrom.com/cite/impression-management}
}