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On the relationship between Psychology and work in the light of its colonial dimensions

Abstract

The tools proposed in the postcolonial and de-colonial frameworks have not been of interest to researchers preoccupied with the interrelation between the psychological knowledge and the world of work. Thus, critical studies have left aside the implications that this knowledge has when it goes beyond the borders in which Psychology is produced. This article examines some "colonial dimensions" that emerged from the articulations of the "psy complex" in places that do not produce psychological objects, but which are appropriate, replicated and hybridized for being used in workplaces.

Keywords:
Coloniality; Psy complex; Critical psychology; Organizational psychology

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