Abstract
The rapidly growing global market conditions and the corresponding expansion of various market and economic variables and the global stage dramas played by various world powers to accumulate capital and establish their economic control over other countries (i.e. economic imperialism) and widening growth of the income disparity of the developing world, sets a perfect platform to initiate a broad discussion about the “human factor” which works in industries who generate the necessary capital to make countries rich and poor. When some selected businesses get richer and richer marginalised workers continuously are confronted with the grave issue of Alienation. It is the author’s contention here to highlight the inadequacy of Industrial Psychology, the capitalist framework designed to deal with Alienation through a comprehensive discussion of Marxist principles and Industrial Psychology-proper. The paper will argue showing the evolution of Industrial Psychology as a distinct academic discipline that the persisting problem of alienation will continue to exist until political solutions are provided for wider class issues.
Highlights
When some selected businesses get richer and richer marginalised workers continuously are confronted with the grave issue of Alienation
Parallels of Alienationand Industrial Psychology: A Critical Analysis that this is a new avenue introduced to the Sri Lankan academic discourse on industrial psychology and counselling
Musterberg outline early in the evolution of industrial psychology goals to be worked towards and the interest that Ire to be served by the new field, stating unequivocally that the selection of those workers most beneficial to the capitalist enterprise, endeavouring increase per worker productive output, and the adjustment of the workers behaviour “in the interest of commerce and industry” Ire to be the primary aims of industrial psychology. (Braverman 1974, p.143)
Summary
It is not my objective to evaluate the working conditions and the plight of the workers in the industries but rather to introduce a comparatively new texture of critique to industrial psychology and industrial based counselling which is a rare occurrence in the Sri Lankan context. I propose to criticise the subjects of industrial psychology and counselling through essential Marxist concepts of Alienation, Depersonalization, Reification and Class consciousness. A Marxist critique of this nature to industrial psychology and counselling is not a very novel idea or a brand new tradition, it is my contention. A Critical Analysis that this is a new avenue introduced to the Sri Lankan academic discourse on industrial psychology and counselling. It is much more appreciate to lay down few formidable and accepted definitions for both industrial psychology and counselling to illustrate conceptually their essential link in my supposed critique
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