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AUTHOR
Lourdes Munduate
Work and Organisational Psychology in Spain
Cet article offre un panorama des recents developpements et des perspectives futures de la Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations comme discipline scientifique et comme profession en Espagne. Ces developpements ont pris place dans un contexte de changements sociopolitique et economique. Le cadre historique de la Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations en Espagne est brievement presente. Les recents developpements de la formation, des diplomes et des roles professionnels dans cette discipline sont egalement decrits. Une attention speciale est donnee aux developpements actuels de la recherche par rapport aux champs institutionnel et social dans lesquels ils ont evolue. Enfin, le stat…
Inside “Pandora’s Box” of Solidarity: Conflicts Between Paid Staff and Volunteers in the Non-profit Sector
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are quite complex in terms of organizational structure, diversity at the workplace, as well as motivational mechanisms and value rationality. Nevertheless, from the perspective of organizational psychology, the systematic analysis of this context is scarce in the literature, particularly regarding conflicts. This qualitative study analyzes types, prevalence, and consequences of conflicts in a large NPO considering as theoretical framework several consolidated organizational psychology theories: conflict theory, social comparison theory, and equity theory. Conflicts were analyzed taking into account volunteers' perspective, who have been the consistent protago…