Work transformations in contexts of pression for professional performance

Authors

  • David Tavares Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa (ESTeSL-IPL) / Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte), Lisboa, Portugal
  • Noémia Lopes Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz (IUEM), Monte da Caparica, Portugal / Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte), Lisboa, Portugal
  • Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto / Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto, IS-UP, Porto, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP20229921552

Keywords:

transformations of work, pressure for performance, professional groups, nature of work, times of work

Abstract

This article is based to a theoretical reflection on the changes in the nature and times of work in contexts of high pressure for performance, based on three occupational groups: journalists, nurses and police officers. We highlight the trends for increasing technological and digital competencies; control over work in the form of technosurveillance; scrutiny of the activity of the professionals; and the totalizing trace of work, in temporal and spacial terms, which generates an overlap between the professional and personal/family domains.

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Published

2022-05-04

Issue

No. 99 (2022)

Section

Artigos

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