Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina

This paper focuses on the process of workers’ self-management brought about by a wave of factory occupations, which has taken place in Argentina in the last few years, with the support of preliminary evidence from qualitative fieldwork conducted in four factories. The aim of the paper is to explore...

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Main Authors:	Maurizio Atzeni, Pablo Ghigliani
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Published:	2007
Subjects:	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Argentina Decision-making process Factories Occupations Workers’ self-management Work re-organisation Sociology Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/3680
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spelling	rr-article-95026492007-01-01T00:00:00Z Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina Maurizio Atzeni (1254225) Pablo Ghigliani (7197527) Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Argentina Decision-making process Factories Occupations Workers’ self-management Work re-organisation Sociology Business and Management not elsewhere classified This paper focuses on the process of workers’ self-management brought about by a wave of factory occupations, which has taken place in Argentina in the last few years, with the support of preliminary evidence from qualitative fieldwork conducted in four factories. The aim of the paper is to explore the dynamics of the decision-making and the re-organisation of the labour process in the light of the constraints imposed on self-management by market mediations. The act of occupying a factory, gives room to workers’ control of the labour process and to a more democratic, collective decision-making. But workers’ need to compete in the market reduces the sphere of collective decision, leading to centralisation of power and divisions between directive and productive workers, hampering the possibility for workers to enrich their job and avoid self-exploitation. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/3680 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Labour_process_and_decision-making_in_factories_under_workers_self-management_empirical_evidence_from_Argentina/9502649 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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spellingShingle	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Argentina Decision-making process Factories Occupations Workers’ self-management Work re-organisation Sociology Business and Management not elsewhere classified Maurizio Atzeni Pablo Ghigliani Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
description	This paper focuses on the process of workers’ self-management brought about by a wave of factory occupations, which has taken place in Argentina in the last few years, with the support of preliminary evidence from qualitative fieldwork conducted in four factories. The aim of the paper is to explore the dynamics of the decision-making and the re-organisation of the labour process in the light of the constraints imposed on self-management by market mediations. The act of occupying a factory, gives room to workers’ control of the labour process and to a more democratic, collective decision-making. But workers’ need to compete in the market reduces the sphere of collective decision, leading to centralisation of power and divisions between directive and productive workers, hampering the possibility for workers to enrich their job and avoid self-exploitation.
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author	Maurizio Atzeni Pablo Ghigliani
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title	Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
title_short	Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
title_full	Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
title_fullStr	Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina
title_sort	labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from argentina
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Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management : empirical evidence from Argentina

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