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      Practices of Normalizing Political Violence at Volkswagen do Brasil during the Brazilian Civil-Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) Translated title: Práticas de Normalização da Violência Política na Volkswagen do Brasil na Ditadura Civil-Militar Brasileira (1964-1985)

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          ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate what the practices of normalizing political violence perpetrated by Volkswagen do Brasil against its workers during the Brazilian military dictatorship were, how they were configured, and how they were operationalized. Theoretical framework: the historical context of corporate collaboration with dictatorial governments allows us to identify the invisible face of organizational violence that results from routine practices that normalize political violence. Methods: historical research with documental sources from the National Archives, the APESP, the Public Representation opened against the company by MPESP, the newspaper Tribuna Metalúrgica, the magazine Família VW, and the press. The documents were analyzed in dialogue with the historiography and with analytical categories from the field. Results: the research identified five practices of normalizing political violence: formalization, division of labor, routinization, authority and obedience, and identity and non-identity politics. Conclusions: tunderstanding political violence as actions to dismantle workers’ protest movements for better working conditions and the organization of workers around issues of national politics, the results suggest that the company, in collaboration with repressive forces, carried out practices to normalize political violence.

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          RESUMO Objetivo: investigar quais eram, como se configuravam e como eram operacionalizadas práticas de normalização da violência política cometida pela Volkswagen do Brasil contra seus trabalhadores durante a ditadura militar brasileira. Marco teórico: o contexto histórico da colaboração de empresas com governos ditatoriais permite identificar a face de invisibilidade da violência organizacional decorrente de práticas rotineiras de gestão que normalizam a violência política. Método: pesquisa histórica com fontes documentais dos acervos: Arquivo Nacional, Arquivo Público do estado de São Paulo, Ministério Público do estado de São Paulo, Tribuna Metalúrgica, Revista Família VW e imprensa. Os documentos foram analisados em diálogo com a historiografia e com categorias analíticas provenientes do campo. Resultados: a pesquisa identificou cinco práticas de normalização da violência política: formalização, divisão do trabalho, rotinização, autoridade e obediência, política de identidade e não identidade. Conclusões: assumindo como violência política ações para desarticular movimentos reivindicatórios dos operários por melhores condições de trabalho e a organização dos operários em torno de questões de política nacional, os resultados sugerem que a empresa - em colaboração com órgãos de repressão - realizou práticas de normalização da violência política.

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                Revista de Administração Contemporânea
                Rev. adm. contemp.
                Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (Curitiba, PR, Brazil )
                1415-6555
                1982-7849
                2024
                : 28
                : 2
                : e230162
                Affiliations
                [1] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil
                [2] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro orgnamePontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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                S1415-65552024000201101 S1415-6555(24)02800201101
                10.1590/1982-7849rac2024230162.en
                922a3fa2-9796-4bc3-b62c-ff96196bd02b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 18 August 2023
                : 02 May 2024
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                organizational violence,Volkswagen do Brasil,ditadura brasileira,normalização da violência,violência política,violência organizacional,Brazilian dictatorship,normalization of violence,political violence

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