Management and Mobilization of Workers: from Illusio to Disillusionments
This contribution focuses on investment in work and the resulting disillusionment. Based on a survey carried out within a company, the text tries to account for the objective and subjective reasons that push workers to invest subjectively in an objective cooperation with the interests of their employers beyond the rationality specific to their work. It shows that the analysis of economic constraints and employer strategies are not enough to understand this investment. It is also necessary to place oneself on the side of the workers to understand their belief in their game and the stakes and the processes that lead to their adhesion. The concept of illusio, a relational concept forged by Pierre Bourdieu, allows us to understand this dynamic that is established between workers and their place of belonging.