Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: To reflect on the faces of loneliness within the contemporary work context contemplating it: 1. as affect that results from coexistence and social interaction; 2. as a symptom of unease at work, the result of managerial ideology; and 3. as a source of development, reinvigoration and formation for an individual. Originality/value: This study is relevant because it makes it possible for us to take a new look at loneliness within the work context as a resource to liberate the worker. Design/methodology/approach: This study is a theoretical essay, based on a review of the literature of various fields of knowledge (sociology, psychology, philosophy and administration), and is an interdisciplinary reflection on various currents of thought which discuss the faces of loneliness. Findings: We have found that loneliness in contemporary work can be seen as harmful, given the everyday violence within the organizational environment, work that has lost its meaning, a lack of solidarity among workers, or it can be seen as a necessary virtue for the development and emancipation of the subject. Even though this is seen by most studies as a negative phenomenon, it is not restricted to physical distance, and much less trying to escape from life. It can also be seen as the search to awaken something in oneself and repositioning of the values and culture inculcated by organizations.
Highlights
The analysis of work in contemporary life demands a multifaceted perspective in order to encompass all of its various contradictions
To reflect on the faces of loneliness within the contemporary work context contemplating it: 1. as affect that results from coexistence and social interaction; 2. as a symptom of unease at work, the result of managerial ideology; and 3. as a source of development, reinvigoration and formation for an individual
We have found that loneliness in contemporary work can be seen as harmful, given the everyday violence within the organizational environment, work that has lost its meaning, a lack of solidarity among workers, or it can be seen as a necessary virtue for the development and emancipation of the subject
Summary
The analysis of work in contemporary life demands a multifaceted perspective in order to encompass all of its various contradictions. It spans organizational studies that utilize interdisciplinary epistemology, including philosophy, sociology and anthropology in the search for understanding and the analysis and interpretation of essential issues in terms of individual-company relations, in order to rethink organizational practices Contemplating these aspects makes it possible to ask: what are the faces of loneliness in the context of contemporary work and managerial ideology?. The second face has been developed based on clinical results and critiques of the social sciences, deepening discussions related to managerial ideology, modern organizational discourse and individualism It seeks to analyze loneliness as a symptom of unease at work, which it is due to the effects of managerial ideology on the subjectivity of the worker, including what we refer to as symbolic violence, which is rarely identified and observed in daily work life. The psychic phenomenon of loneliness, which includes ultra-individual experiences and their relationships with the social arena raises questions about its effects on the social field of contemporary work, which is a subject that has not been widely explored in the academic literature or has been treated from the point of view of work pathologies and their effects on the worker’s subjectivity as a symptom of unease at work
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