*INFORMATION technology, *ACTOR-network theory, *INTERNET in public administration, *CASE studies, HOSPITAL information systems, DEVELOPING countries
Abstract
This paper, based on the Actor-Network Theory, intends to analyze the dynamics of implementation of a Health Information System (HIS) in a Brazilian public hospital by following the actors involved in controversies occurred throughout the project trajectory. The changes observed over the course of the system implementation reveal that the concept of success was jointly developed via negotiation of devices ofinteressement introduced during the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*SLAVE labor, *INDUSTRIAL relations, *PERSONNEL management methodology, *HISTORY of slavery, *PERSONNEL management, *POVERTY reduction, *TWENTY-first century, *LAW, SOCIAL aspects, DEVELOPING countries
Abstract
Contemporary slavery is embedded in market relations between global organizations and their suppliers, and involves people management practices that injure human rights such as curtailing freedom, degrading conditions of work and exhausting journey. The article analyzes the slave labor in Brazil and provides empirical support for a theory of contemporary slavery as a practice management. Two main aspects justify this contribution. First, the debate draws attention to the dynamics of social responsibility and the social impact of business activities in emerging countries. Secondly, it puts in evidence the discussion of poverty and its interrelations with the global system of production and consumption. The paper suggests that the field does not have the understanding of the fundamentals of poverty and how management is implicated in its reproduction and relief. The research agenda emphasizes the unsustainability aspects of the globalized production and consumption, and prioritizes the problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]