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Who can you trust? The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees (TCO) and trust-based working time 1950-1970

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  • Ottosson, Mikael
  • Rosengren, Calle

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This article aims to provide a historical perspective to the emergence of trust-based control systems in the workplace. These systems are often seen as a response to increased flexibility requirements following the progress of digital technology, globalisation and an increased knowledge content in production. In contrary to this opinion, it is argued in the article that the phenomenon has much longer historical roots. Based on a theoretical discussion of the concept of "trust", the article discusses the Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees, TCO’s, approach to working time regulation in the 1950s and 1960s. Through a discourse analytical approach, the article demonstrates that professional employees felt that trust-based elements were important in their professional identity. They were people that you could trust!

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  • Ottosson, Mikael & Rosengren, Calle, 2015. "Who can you trust? The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees (TCO) and trust-based working time 1950-1970," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 26(1), pages 52-68.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:mrev-2015-01-ottosson
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    1. Rahul. P, 2021. "Trust Leadership: A Work-from-Home Scenario in IT Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Jindal Journal of Business Research, , vol. 10(2), pages 251-269, December.

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    Keywords

    trust; professionalism; identity; industrial relations; time management;
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    JEL classification:

    • J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative

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