Life, Work and Sustainable Learning Practices: A Study on a Small Business Network



Document title: Life, Work and Sustainable Learning Practices: A Study on a Small Business Network
Journal: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Database: CLASE
System number: 000411655
ISSN: 1807-7692
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual do Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
Year:
Season: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 11
Number: 2
Pages: 145-163
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract Knowledge and knowing processes as work and life practices are not univocal. They are not related to knowledge as an autonomous body of propositions, but permeated with new identities and action modes, which are continuously formed, promot ing learning opportunities. The objective of this research is formulated in the understanding of this shift between knowing and knowledge when describing practical learning in everyday work life, reflecting on the implications of this social labor process on small business network sustainability. A qualitative case study approach was used. In line with the theoretical and epistemological choices that guided this research, we decided to use an analysis of discursive practices approach and, accordingly, data collection was based on triangulation techniques in favor of interpretation enrichment. The knowledge to act, revealed in the analysis, suggested that organizations are social worlds forming a standard that holds life, work and organizational practices tog ether. They negotiate, circulate, transform and reproduce , forming a network of actors and favoring sustainable practices learning
Disciplines: Administración y contaduría
Keyword: Administración de instituciones,
Pequeña y mediana empresa (PYME),
Ciclo de vida,
Sustentabilidad,
Responsabilidad social empresarial,
Práctica empresarial
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