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10 - Temporal Structures of Telework in Public Sector Organizations

from Part III - New Ways of Organizing Work, Digitality and the Politics of Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2023

By
Renata Cherém de Araújo Pereira  and
André Carlos Busanelli De Aquino
Edited by
François-Xavier de Vaujany ,
Robin Holt  and
Albane Grandazzi
François-Xavier de Vaujany
Affiliation:
Universite Paris Dauphine-PSL
Robin Holt
Affiliation:
Copenhagen Business School
Albane Grandazzi
Affiliation:
Grenoble Ecole de Management
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Summary

In this chapter we explore the multi-temporalities and organisational challenges that emerge in telework adopted by public sector organizations, looking at how temporal structures from office and home eventually collide. We interviewed 32 civil servants from six different Brazilian public sector organizations that freely opted to work at home in a pre-pandemic period. Our findings reveal contradictions related to how teleworkers perceive temporal structures shaping their daily activities in home office. Such contradictions emerge as temporal structures from office and home may not allow accommodation, mainly for synchronous tasks.

Keywords

Temporal structuresteleworkpublic sector
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Organization as Time
Technology, Power and Politics
 , pp. 211 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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