Abstract

MANTILLA, Fanny Teresa; RAMIREZ, Ana Lucía  and  ARCILA, Gonzalo. Instituciones del estado y vida cotidiana: significados construidos por los funcionarios[ign] [title language=en]State institutions and daily life[ign]: [subtitle]meanings constructed by civil employees. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2007, vol.6, n.1, pp. 173-184. ISSN 1657-9267.

This investigation is about the organizational culture in governmental institutions and takes into consideration the international debate about the government crisis and the need for a redesign of the state. The conceptual premises that the investigation employs are the ones from the historical cultural approach of Vygotsky and Bruner which considers that the interaction between the individual and his or her historical cultural milieu. In this case, the organizational environment is mediated by the language. To accede to the investigation of the culture, it is necessary to gather the narrations that demonstrate the particular styles of the governmental institutions. This investigation is one of qualitative character and assumes the narrations as means of mental elaboration of the experience. For this research we worked with employees of five governmental institutions in the directive, professional, administrative and operative levels and the results were organized around the thematic nuclei, organization, relations and labor roll of the employee.

Keywords : meanings; human development; organizational psychology; governmental organizations.

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