Meu pai ainda esta aqui, nas pessoas: sentidos subjetivos nas relações de trabalho em uma empresa familiar

Abstract

This study aims to understand the subjective sensesrelated to work from the perspective of the employees of a family business. It wasused a qualitative epistemology developed by Fernando Luis González Rey as a theoretical-epistemological approach. Four interviews were conducted with the workers who were selected to represent the functional areas of the business. The results supported the existence of:i) subjective senses influenced by the story of the business founder's life; ii) subjective feeling of work as an extension of the founder's life; iii) feeling of belonging to the business;and iv) a stablished link between the own businesses workers. The case of the family business demonstrates that the subjectivity in the work develops in the middle ofsocial practices. In this way, the subjective senses atwork are influenced by a socio-historical context and by conscious and unconscious questions.