Popular cooperatives and practices in Social Psychology

Authors

  • Patricia Martins Goulart Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Unifesp
  • Silvia Batista Von Borowski Faculdade Cenecista de Osório - FACOS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2014.50.3.12

Abstract

The main purpose of this study consisted of ascertaining the practices pursued in popular cooperative arrangements within the solidarity economy, focusing on the obstacles and alternatives perceived by university extension agents. The study had an exploratory and qualitative design and examined in depth thirteen publications from 2003 to 2010, considering the field of Social Psychology. The information collected showed that selfmanagement represents one of the main focuses of the articles analyzed. As far as the meanings attributed to work from the perspective of cooperatives are concerned, the study showed that they are connected with feelings of self-worth. Although the work in cooperatives is recognized, the cooperative members prefer formal jobs, ruled by the Consolidation of Labor Laws. This may be linked to the lack of funds and bureaucratic obstacles present in popular cooperative arrangements as well as the media’s pressure in favor of unbridled consumption and of wage labor as the main route to productive inclusion.

Keywords: cooperatives, practice, social psychology of work.

Author Biographies

Patricia Martins Goulart, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Unifesp

Psicóloga, Mestre em Psicologia Social e da Personalidade (PUCRS), Doutora em Psicologia Social (Universidade Autônoma de Barcelona), professora de graduação e pós-graduação vinculada à Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

Silvia Batista Von Borowski, Faculdade Cenecista de Osório - FACOS

Psicóloga, Pós-Graduada em Didática e  Metodologia do Ensino Superior (UNESC), professora vinculada a Faculdade Cenecista de Osório SC.

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Published

2014-12-30

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 3 (2014): September/December

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