Paranoid and persecutory anxiety is prevalent in the
paranoid-schizoid position, in which splitting into good and
bad characterises the ego state (Klein, 1997). This position
emerges when organisations polarise into all-good and allbad
parts (Diamond, Allcorn & Stein, 2004). The depressive
position occurs when people integrate the good and bad
parts of the object and allow reparations to restore and
protect the injured objects (Klein, 1997). Organisationally,
the depressive position triggers empathic interactions, uses
less regressive defences (Diamond et al., 2004) and protects
against destructive impulses