‘Another work routine is possible’: everyday experiences of (unexpected) remote work in Italy

IF 1.2 4区管理学 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Culture and Organization Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1080/14759551.2023.2201003

A. Gandini, Emma Garavaglia

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article discusses the opinions and perceptions of knowledge workers in Italy concerning the shift to remote work during the first countrywide lockdown (March–May 2020) imposed to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. Prior to the pandemic, remote work arrangements in the Italian context were not common. Thanks to a set of 35 interviews to workers who experienced significant disruption to their usual working routine because of the health crisis, we show that a marked element of discovery of remote work characterizes their accounts, articulated across 3 dimensions: temporal organization of work and life, technology, and social relations. We argue that this experience was instrumental for many of them to learn that ‘another work routine is possible’, because of the opportunity to try out alternative arrangements in the management of tasks and responsibilities. Yet issues of work-life balance, together with managerial cultures anchored in pre-pandemic forms of organization, considerably affect this perception.

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“另一种日常工作是可能的”:在意大利(意想不到的)远程工作的日常经历

摘要本文讨论了意大利知识工作者对在为遏制新冠肺炎疫情而实施的第一次全国封锁（2020年3月至5月）期间转向远程工作的看法和看法。在新冠疫情之前，意大利的远程工作安排并不常见。由于对因健康危机而日常工作受到严重干扰的员工进行了一组35次采访，我们发现远程工作的发现是他们账户的特征，涵盖了三个维度：工作和生活的时间组织、技术和社会关系。我们认为，这段经历有助于他们中的许多人了解“另一种工作惯例是可能的”，因为有机会在任务和责任的管理中尝试替代安排。然而，工作与生活的平衡问题，以及植根于疫情前组织形式的管理文化，在很大程度上影响了这种看法。

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Culture and Organization MANAGEMENT-

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3.20

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期刊介绍： Culture and Organization was founded in 1995 as Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies . It represents the intersection of academic disciplines that have developed distinct qualitative, empirical and theoretical vocabularies to research organization, culture and related social phenomena. Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion. It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as organizational, communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection. The Journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understanding of organizational phenomena. Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion. It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection. The journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understand-ing of organizational phenomena.