IN SEARCH OF A CRITICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE WORK FIELDS

Critical psychology (Walkerdine, 2001) has not deeply considered the possibilities of construction ofalternative approaches to industrial and organizational psychology. This paper presents research andintervention fields that do not have left aside questions about efficiency but are formulating questionabout why and what for we are organized in certain ways for work. The studies conducted within thediscursive psychology (Parker, 1997), social psychology of organizations Schvarstein (1992), social psychologyof unemployment (Jahoda, 1982), and ideological (Prilleltensky, 1994) and post structuralistcritiques to psychology (Hollway, 1991) are visited. It is point out possible pathways for the constructionof a critical psychology in regards to work. The pertinence of psychological critique and new ways ofresearch and intervention in face of the contemporary work conditions are discussed.