Life and work : subjectivity and individuality

Abstract

Work, as conceived in the ergological approach, is a mobilization of the self. Work is, therefore, both subjective and at the same time allows each individual to individualize himself. But working is also doing with others. Working in health means being able to do with who we are, with what we have, and with those around us. When we see our work as something that is imposed on us, without finding the balance between our own norms and those that come from the physical and social environment in which we are inserted,then there is a risk to our health. Quality of life at work is necessarily a balanced compromise between several logics that must be successfully put into dialogue in dedicated spaces, such as in Work Encounter Groups (GRT).