Life, Work and Sustainable Learning Practices: A Study on a Small Business Network

AutorAna Silvia Rocha Ipiranga - Marisia Monte Silva Aguiar
CargoUniversidade Estadual do Ceará, UECE - Universidade Estadual do Ceará, UECE
Available online at
http://www.anpad.org.br/bar
BAR, Rio de Janeiro, v. 11, n. 2, art. 2,
pp. 145-163, Apr./June 2014
Life, Work and Sustainable Learning Practices: A Study on a
Small Business Network
Ana Silvia Rocha Ipiranga
E-mail address: ana.silvia@pq.cnpq.br
Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE
Av. Paranjana, 1700, Campus Itapery, 60740-000, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Marisia Monte Silva Aguiar
E-mail address: marisiamonte@gmail.com
Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE
Av. Paranjana, 1700, Campus Itapery, 60740-000, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Received 22 September 2012; received in revised form 1st November 2013 (this paper has been
with the authors for two revisions); accepted 17 December 2013; published online 1st April 2014.
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Abstract
Knowledge and knowing processes as work and life practices are not univocal. Th ey are not related to
knowledge as an autonomous body of propositions, but permeated with new identities and action modes, which
are continuously formed, promoting learning opportunities. The objective of this research is formulated in the
understanding of this shift between knowing and knowledge when describing practical learning in ever yday
work life, reflecti ng on the implications of this social labor process on small busi ness network sustainability. A
qualitative case study approach was used. In line with the theoretical and epistemological choices that guided
this research, we dec ided to use an analysis of discursive practices approach and, accordingly, data collection
was based on triangulation techniques in favor of interpretation enrichment. The knowle dge to act, revealed in
the analysis, suggested that organizations are social worlds forming a s tandard that holds life, work and
organizational practices together. They negotiate, circ ulate, transform and reproduce, forming a network of
actors and favoring sustainable practices learning.
Key words: learning practices; network; small enterprises.

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