WORKING OBJECTIFICATION AND NEOLIBERALISM: RECOGNIZING DEHUMANIZATION PROCESSES IN THE WORKPLACE FROM AN IDEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

This conceptual essay situates the study of dehumanization processes in the workplace and working objectification within the study of neoliberal influences on the institutions of work and employment. The paper linksstudies from social psychology and critical perspectives in work and organizational psychology to argue that working objectification is one of the implications of the neoliberalization of work and employment. Furthermore, dehumanization processes in the workplace can be better understood through a macro-social lens, that is, an ideological perspective. Thanks to this diagnosis, the essay positions dehumanization processes and working objectification into an ideological perspective which has the potential for theoretical impact in psychology. Finally, the essay reflects on how this approach can best develop within psychology for responsible research that cares for humanistic institutions of work and employment.