Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nora Inés Rubbini Author-Workplace-Name: Instituto de Investigaciones Administrativas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Argentina. Title: ¿Porque estudiar las relaciones sociales en las tele- organizaciones? Abstract: With the development of globalization and information and communication technologies, virtual organizations and telecommuting work emerge. These convey changes in the traditional organizational and working methods. Some of these changes, such as modifications to the structure, coordination of activities, or work control, are studied (yet not thoroughly) by the Administrative Sciences. Others, such as social relations at work, seem to have been barely studied so far. This paper seeks to explain why we consider of the utter relevance the analysis by the Administrative Sciences of how social relations are created and sustained in virtual organizations and telecommuting. The fundamentals used in this paper are 1) the concept of man as a social being; 2) the importance man gives to social ties at work and; 3) the organization as a social system that requires a balance between its interests and those of its members to be established and maintained over time. Classification-JEL: M19 Keywords: Telecommuting, Social ties, Administrative Sciences. Journal: Ciencias Administrativas Pages: 73-81 Issue: 1 Number: 7 Year: 2013 Month: January-June DOI: - File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/CADM/article/view/661 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:lap:recadm:7