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The management of distances in distributed-work : a Deleuzian approach to control

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  • Dameron, Stéphanie
  • Gallivan, Michael

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  • Chauvet, Mathieu

Abstract

Distributed-work has introduced challenges for both employees and managers alike. Maintaining a form of supervision and discipline remains then necessary as control is the ultimate means for the hierarchy to bridge the issue of distance. With regard to the unprecedented changes generated by the significant development of ICTs in organizations, we expressed the necessity to analyze how control is reconsidered within the managerial breakdown introduced by distributed-work. Our theoretical reasoning finally led us to use the works of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze as a basis for a more relevant conceptual framework. Data coming from 49 interviews and 7 days as non-participant observer enabled us to provide evidences for the disruption of management practices due to the reconsideration of control in distributed-work. Both for managers, evolving from a supervisory to a facilitator status, and distributed-workers themselves, whose activities will mainly be directed by the management of their visibility, responsiveness and modulation. Ultimately, this PhD dissertation provides concrete managerial manifestations for Deleuzian societies of control

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  • Chauvet, Mathieu, 2012. "The management of distances in distributed-work : a Deleuzian approach to control," Economics Thesis from University Paris Dauphine, Paris Dauphine University, number 123456789/11213 edited by Dameron, Stéphanie & Gallivan, Michael.
    • Handle: RePEc:dau:thesis:123456789/11213
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    Keywords

    Travail à distance; Société de contrôle; Distributed-work; Society of control; Deleuze; Control; Distance;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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