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Subjektivierung der Arbeit in a Nutshell: Die Be-Arbeitung der Corona-Krise

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  • Schreyer Jasmin

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Pfeiffer Sabine

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Sauer Stefan

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Nicklich Manuel

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Blank Marco

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Tihlarik Amelie

    (Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Nürnberg-Erlangen, Fürther Str. 246 c, Nuremberg Campus of Technology, 90429Nürnberg, Deutschland)

Abstract

In social science discourse and media debates, the Covid-19 pandemic is increasingly described as a disruptive power in regards of the digitalization of labor. While especially the possibilities of home office are addressed within those debates, our article is instead focusing on the concrete and situational re-working of this change by the employees in the course of operational reorganization – including the visible mid-term and possibly long-term consequences for the future design of work. This article portrays those relations in the perspective of managers within different sectors, collected through a qualitative panel. It is shown that the pandemic suspends the structural process of subjectification, while spontaneous subjectification plays a central part in the handling of the pandemic. In the course of this there is a development of contingency competence among the employees, which the corporations want to re-integrate and make it part of structural subjectification.

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  • Schreyer Jasmin & Pfeiffer Sabine & Sauer Stefan & Nicklich Manuel & Blank Marco & Tihlarik Amelie, 2022. "Subjektivierung der Arbeit in a Nutshell: Die Be-Arbeitung der Corona-Krise," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 31(1-2), pages 35-53, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:31:y:2022:i:1-2:p:35-53:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2022-0003
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