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(Ri)produrre e (ri)mediare: pratiche di gestione e lavoro in un call center
Journal Title: STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI  
Author/s: Dario Minervini, Ivano Scotti 
Year:  2017 Issue: 1 Language: Italian 
Pages:  31 Pg. 9-39 FullText PDF:  299 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SO2017-001001
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In the reconfiguration process of the organizational and labour models, the call centres are a specific case, which studies have mainly considered as an organizational option adopted by companies in order to enhance the relationship with customers. Researches have highlighted a Neo-Taylorist work organization model in these contexts, and a relation between precariousness and new dynamics of alienation has been retraced. Only few studies have analysed these organizations from the cultural perspective, investigating the situated, "concrete" and negotiated systems of actions. The aim of the paper is to analyse these dynamics in a call centre in order to problematize the question of the organizational rigidity of this job context. The Social Practice Theory has been adopted as the analytical perspective, coherently with the aim to account a thick description account of the management and work practices. After describing theoretical and methodological aspects, research findings will be reported. In particular, it will be highlighted how actors interpret the formal rules of the organization and how it allows that the cooperative dynamics can be translated from the ideological level (corporate culture) to situated actions. This contributes to (re)producing and (re)arranging the organizational order.
Keywords: Call center, cooperation, situated action, social practice, work organization.

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Dario Minervini, Ivano Scotti, in "STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI " 1/2017, pp. 9-39, DOI:10.3280/SO2017-001001

   

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