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PATERNALISMO [1 record]

Record 1 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

The leadership style of maintaining authoritarian management while at the same time providing for the needs and interests of employees, for example in order to gain their loyalty and support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Attitude et comportement de celui qui, dans ses relations avec des subordonnés, agit selon le modèle des rapports de type familial. Il a tendance, par exemple, à décider lui-même ce qui est bon pour eux et à les prendre sous sa protection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
DEF

Tendencia a comportarse en las relaciones sociales - especialmente en las de propiedad y en las laborales - tratando a la contrapartida económicamente menos fuerte como si fueran menores de edad, con actitud tutelar.

OBS

El paternalismo es sistemáticamente criticado por los movimientos sindicales, por encubrir, generalmente, situaciones de verdadera opresión y explotación.

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