THE CONSEQUENCES OF TELEWORKING TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO THEIR WAY OF ACTING AT THE COMPANY : A CASE STUDY OF TELEWORKERS FROM SHELL BRASIL / AS IMPLICAÇÕES DO TELETRABALHO PARA OS INDIVÍDUOS E PARA SUA FORMA DE ATUAÇÃO NA EMPRESA: UM ESTUDO DE CASO DOS TELETRABALHADORES DA SHELL BRASIL

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2007

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During the past years, taking into account the changes in our society and the advance in terms of information technology and communications, new ways of working have been generated. Among them, the homework or teleworking deserves special attention. This new way of work has been spread out in several countries and, according to Brazilian Society of Telework (Sobratt), there are more than three million of teleworkers only in Brazil. The main characteristic of Teleworking is that the employee of an organization performs his/her tasks on a remote way, and there is no need for a headquarter or other facilities to accomplish his/her tasks and the formal work contract remains the same. Believing that this change is going to last and it will have consequences to employees which adopt it, this study tried to identify on a direct and objective perspective the main consequences of teleworking to the life of people and to their way of performing activities in the organization. In order to generate this research, teleworkers from Shell Brasil have been interviewed, since this company has already converted part of its work force to this new way of working in 2000. After interviews with exploration perspective, 15 categories were conceived and considered important to understand the consequences of teleworking to employees analyzed in this case study. After analyzing 15 categories, conclusions related to positive and negative aspects were generated. On one hand, loss of visibility and career progress were considered as negative consequences. On the other hand, flexibility in terms of working hours and family relationship were considered as positive consequences. Finally, this study also recommends what can be done in order to mitigate the negative consequences and how to increase the positive aspects of teleworking.

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space tempo relacoes de trabalho labor relationships teletrabalho time individual espaco individuo teleworking

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