Productive reorganization, outsourcing, and work relations in the offshore oil industry in the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro.
This article analyzes the relationship between the intensive use of outsourcing and labor organizations on offshore oil platforms in the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theoretical and methodological framework applied in our research is based on Ergonomics of Activity and the Psychodynamics of Work, from an ergological perspective. In addition to the more general trend of increasing precariousness, we highlight the potential loss of formal and informal knowledge resulting from the fragmentation of work collectives, as we consider the cohesion of these collectives to be a crucial element contributing to reliability in process operations. Increasing precariousness of work contributes to this fragmentation and one of its main causes is the uncontrolled increase in outsourcing of work. This situation has had nefarious consequences for workers' health and safety, suggesting that those who have adopted outsourcing as a labor management tool have failed to consider these harmful consequences as rigorously as necessary.
Figueiredo
Marcelo
M
Campos Rua Clarice Indio do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Alvarez
Denise
D
Athayde
Milton
M
Suarez
José Diego
JD
Pereira
Renata
R
Soares
Leonardo
L
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D001938:Brazil; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007750:Labor Unions; D016272:Occupational Health; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000592:standards*; D010578:Petroleum; D015397:Program Evaluation
D010578:Petroleum