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Workplace Democracy and Meaningful Work<\/h1>\n

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Matias Petersen (Universidad de los Andes, Chile); Joaqu\u00edn Reyes\u00a0(Universidad San Sebasti\u00e1n, Chile)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Concern for the negative effects of monotonous work is present in different traditions of thought. However, it is only in the 1980s that concern for meaningful work stars receiving a more systematic attention. Three important questions are usually discussed in this literature. The first one concerns what makes work meaningful. Some thinkers have argued that monotonous work can be contested for reasons of personal autonomy. In turn, Neo-Aristotelians have also engaged in discussions about what makes work meaningful, highlighting the potential it has for a flourishing and virtuous life. These accounts differ along several margins, such as whether meaningfulness is agent-relative or not, or what are the different human goods enabled by work.<\/p>\n

The second question that has received attention in the literature is that of what role, if any, do political structures have in the promotion of meaningful work. Some scholars argue that a minimum level of meaningful work should be secured via some form of rights protection, while others suggest that this view i<\/em>) seems to be at odds with the principle of state neutrality, or ii<\/em>) that a politics of meaningful work faces serious incentive-compatibility and efficiency problems. Regardless of the different positions taken, most authors agree that work affects our identity. In other words, when persons devote a significant amount of time to a job where they are not autonomous, this leads to less autonomous lives on the whole.<\/p>\n

Given this conundrum, some scholars have concluded that acknowledging the relevance of meaningful work seems to imply endorsing some form of economic democracy. Current debates on workplace democracy address the normative justification \u2013 or lack thereof – of institutional reforms that aim at democratising the firm.<\/p>\n

The aim of this workshop is to address these and other relevant questions in the literature on meaningful work and workplace democracy. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n

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