As condições no cotidiano organizando rotinas em negócios familiares

Lightfoot, Geoff; Fournier, Valérie

doi:10.1590/S1984-92302000000200008

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Este artigo se baseia em uma abordagem etnográfica para capturar as complexida des que envolvem o trabalho em empresas familiares. Tal abordagem nos permite concentrar na forma pela qual os gestores-proprietários são habilitados a construir as narrativas de suas vidas diárias, referindo-se a eventos mundanos; como eles tecem os relatos em que figuram imagens das rotinas cotidianas, como a refeição família , o tempo de abertura e fechamento, o trajeto da escola ou mesmo fazer livros.

This paper uses an ethnographic approach in arder to capture the complexities that surround work in family businesses. Our approach enables us to concentrate on how owner-managers are able to construct the fabric of their daily lives by referring to mundane events, how they weave together stories at the human levei drawing upon images of everyday routines such as the family meal, opening and closing time, the school run, or doing the books.

TEMA CENTRAL / CENTRAL THEME

As condições no cotidiano organizando rotinas em negócios familiares

Geoff Lightfoot^I; Valérie Fournier^II

^IProf. em Administração de Sistemas de Informação e Contabilidade na Universidade de Keelej Inglaterra

^I^IProfa em Estudos Organizacionais no Departamento de Administração na Universidade de Keelé/ inglaterra

RESUMO

Este artigo se baseia em uma abordagem etnográfica para capturar as complexida des que envolvem o trabalho em empresas familiares. Tal abordagem nos permite concentrar na forma pela qual os gestores-proprietários são habilitados a construir as narrativas de suas vidas diárias, referindo-se a eventos mundanos; como eles tecem os relatos em que figuram imagens das rotinas cotidianas, como a refeição família , o tempo de abertura e fechamento, o trajeto da escola ou mesmo fazer livros.

ABSTRACT

This paper uses an ethnographic approach in arder to capture the complexities that surround work in family businesses. Our approach enables us to concentrate on how owner-managers are able to construct the fabric of their daily lives by referring to mundane events, how they weave together stories at the human levei drawing upon images of everyday routines such as the family meal, opening and closing time, the school run, or doing the books.

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ARONSON, E. The Social Animal New York: W. H. Freeman, 1988.
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MARCHLUP, F. Methodology of economics and other social sciences, New York: Academic Press, 1978.
MAFFESOLI, M The Time of the Tribes, London: Sage, 1996.
MCCLOSKEY, D. N. Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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STANWORTH, J & CURRAN, J. "Growth and the small firm: an alternative view", Journal of Management Studies, volume 13, number 2, p. 95-110, 1976.
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STOREY, D. Understanding the Smal Business Sector, London: Routledge, 1994.
TRIVERS, R. Social Evolution, New York: Benjamin, 1985.
WALBY, S. Patriarchy at work: Patríarchal and capita!ist relations in employment. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1986.
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WHEELOCK, J. e OUGHTON, E. The household as a focus of research. Journal of Economic Issues, volume 30, number 1, p. 143-159, 1996.

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[2] ARONSON, E. The Social Animal New York: W. H. Freeman, 1988.

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[5] BANNOCK, G. The Juggernaut, London: Weidenfield & Nicholson, 1971.

[6] BARRETT, M. Women's oppression today: problems in Marxist Feminist analysis. London: Verso Editions, 1980.

[7] CHELL, E., HAWORTH, J., & BREARLEY, S. The Entrepreneurial Personality: concepts, cases and categories, London: Routledge, 1991.

[8] CEOOK, S. 'Minotaurs and other monsters: 'everyday' life in recent social theory', Sociology volume 32, number 3, p. 523-540, 1998.

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[10] CURRAN, J., BLACKBURN, R. & KLETT-DAVIES, M. 5oft Loan Schemes and the Finance Gap: an evaluation study, Kingston: Kingston University Business School, 1994.

[11] CURRAN, J., JARVIS, R., KITCHING, J. & LIGHTFOOT, G. 'The pricing decision in small firms: complexities and the deprioritising of economic determinants' in International Smal Business Journal Vol. 15, number 2, p. 17-32, 1997.

[12] DAWKINS, R. The Selfish Gene (new edition) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.

[13] De CERTEAU, M. The Practice of Everyday Life, Berkeley: California University Press, 1984.

[14] ELDREDGE, N. Life Pulse New York: Facts on File, 1987.

[15] FEATHERSTONE, M. "The Heroic and Everyday Life" Theory Culture and Society 9 p.159-182, 1992.

[16] FOURNIER, V. e LIGHTFOOT, G. Identity work and family business. In M. Ram, D. Deakins and D. Smallborne (eds.), Smal firms: Enterprising futures: 22-32. London: Chapman, 1997.

[17] FREY, B. Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour Boston: Kluwer, 1992.

[18] FURNHAM, A. & LEWIS, A. The Economic Mind: the Social Psychology of Economic Behaviour, Brighton: Wheatsheaf, 1986.

[19] GARFINKEL, H. Studies in Ethnomethodology, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1967.

[20] GOLDTHORPE, J. H. "Rational Action Theory for sociology" British Journal of Sociology Vol. 49, number 2, p. 1-27, 1998.

[21] GOSS, D. Smal business and society. London: Routledge, 1991.

[22] GRIBBIN, M, & GRIBBIN, J. Being Human London: Phoenix, 1995.

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[24] HARGREAVES HEAP, S. Rationality in Economics, Blackwell, Oxford, 1989.

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[31] LIGHFOOT, G. e FOURNIER, V. "Organising Work and Family: the flexibility of Family Business" Work Employment and Society Conference, 14-16 September, Cambridge, 1998.

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[35] MUNRO, R. Intertextuality and identity work: an introduction to the study of accountability. In R. Munro and J. Mouritsen (eds.), Accountabílity: Power, ethos and technologies of managing. London: Thomson International Business Press, 1996.

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[38] RAINNIE, A. Industrial Relations in Smal firms. London: Routledge, 1989.

[39] RAM, M. Managing to survive- working líves in Smal firms. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.

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[41] RASMUSSEN, E. Games and Information Oxford: Blackwell, 1989.

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[43] RUTHERFOORD, R., CURRAN, J. e LLOYD SMITH, S. Small business and community: the petite bourgeoisie in urban Britain and some implications for the small business. Paper presented at the 20th ISBA National Conference, Belfast, November, 1997.

[44] SCASE, R. & GOFFEE, R. The Real World of the Smal Business Owner, London: Croome-helm, 1980.

[45] STANWORTH, J & CURRAN, J. "Growth and the small firm: an alternative view", Journal of Management Studies, volume 13, number 2, p. 95-110, 1976.

[46] SMITH, G. Western European informal economies in historical perspective. In H. Lustiger-Thaler and D. Salee (eds), Artful Practices: The Political Economy of Everyday Lífe, p. 11-20. London: Black Rose Books, 1994.

[47] STOREY, D. Understanding the Smal Business Sector, London: Routledge, 1994.

[48] TRIVERS, R. Social Evolution, New York: Benjamin, 1985.

[49] WALBY, S. Patriarchy at work: Patríarchal and capita!ist relations in employment. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1986.

[50] WEBER, M. Economy and Society, Volume 1: an outline of interpretive sociology, New York: Bedminster Press, 1968.

[51] WHEELOCK, J. e OUGHTON, E. The household as a focus of research. Journal of Economic Issues, volume 30, number 1, p. 143-159, 1996.

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