Funciones, expectativas y riesgos psicosociales del trabajo contemporáneo

this article is framed in the work plan: "harassment situations in working processes: approach to homogeneities and differences in public and private organizations", conicet doctoral scholarship granted to lic. cebey, direction: dra. ferrari. the general aim is to explore, identify and analyze subjective, interactional and organizational components and factors compromised in the express or potential production of harassment within working processes. it constitutes a line of investigation within ubacyt project p015: "workers' psycho-social risks. subjective and intersubjective effects of labor precarization", directed by dra. filippi. at a methodological level, for this communication are exposed lines of analyses and reflection based on a focus-group implemented during year 2009. group composition: women, 20-40 years; university studies in course; 70%, private sector. we highlight work's functions and expectations as they are perceived by the participants and their nexus with the denominated psycho-social risk factors at work.