Changes in the labor of managers in white goods companies : an international comparative study / Transformações no trabalho de gerentes em empresas de linha branca : um estudo comparativo internacional

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This thesis analyzes, from a comparative perspective, the consequences of globalization and productive restructuring, associated with technological and organizational changes, to the labor of managers in eight white goods companies located in five countries: Brazil, Turkey, China, South Korea and Taiwan. This thesis is concerned with verifying to which extent, in recent decades, these change processes have had significant effects inside the factories, modifying the work conditions of managers, the same way it has been affecting other categories of salaried employees. The study argues that the managers are facing a peculiar situation: they are considered central actors in the introduction of innovations in restructuring companies contexts and, also, they are targets of these processes, being strongly affected by these transformations. The comparative perspective adopted in this research enabled the observation of similarities among the factories studied, such as: a reduction of managerial posts, an increase of the variable part of salary and an intensification of the workload of managers. The differences appeared, especially, in the managers perceptions about their own work conditions and in the use of temporary employment contracts by the companies studied. In all workplaces studied, the managers experienced, on the one hand, the increase of job requirements and, on the other hand, the reduction of employment guarantees. The methodological procedures to the realization of this study included bibliographical research, fieldwork and visits to factories in all the countries mentioned. Thus, the intention was to elaborate an analysis of the changes in the white goods sector based on the observation of the workplace and the frame of reference of individuals involved

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sociologia industrial industrial sociology gerentes work conditions managers condições de trabalho

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