La transformación del contenido del trabajo managerial: un breve recorrido histórico

Abstract

In this theoretical article, we seek to trace a historical overview of the mutations undergone by the content of command work. Although this subject has been studied in research funded by business schools from a perspective in line with the interests of capital, in this case we seek, from a critical approach, to complement the profuse specialized sociological literature that addressed the issue of managerial work from the path of changes in the position of the manager in the corporate structure. Thus, through a documentary analysis of the sociological literature that addresses the issue, we propose a research agenda that investigates the impact that far-reaching socioeconomic processes have had on the content of managerial work. The main conclusion of this paper is that the axis of analysis of managerial work should revolve around the management of the symbolic in the labor process.