Burnout: Study presents options to deal with problems in organizations
The authors carried out a review of the literature on organizational studies and the psychoanalytic notion of the erogenous body, which considers the subjectivities of individuals.
Through psychoanalysis, it is possible to investigate how organizational control manifests itself in people’s bodies in the world of work. Thus, organizational studies must overcome the notion of the body based solely on anatomy, as explained by Marcelo Galletti, a researcher at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP), and psychoanalyst Luiz Eduardo Moreira, in an article published in the Journal of Business Management.
The authors carried out a review of the literature on organizational studies and the psychoanalytic notion of the erogenous body, which considers the subjectivities of individuals. The article points out that there are gaps in academic output regarding this relationship.
Modern Western knowledge looks at organization in line with the notion of organisms, in which each organ fulfills its function in the established order, the authors explain. Based on this line of thought, the human body is understood in terms of its biological functions and it is therefore seen as a passive object.
The notion of corporality recognizes the body as an expression of what is particular and subjective. According to the article, the concept of the erogenous body, coming from psychoanalysis, contributes to understanding of the body through somatic and psychic elements. Understanding this relationship is important in view of the growth of work-related diseases and disorders, such as professional burnout.
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