Making the Invisible Visible: Emotional Control and Soul Control. Deciphering and Challenging How Subordination is Understood and Read in Colombian Labor Law

This article presents a comparison between the conceptualizations of labor subordination in Colombian legal literature and the concepts of labor control from the sociology of work, specifically the emotional control coined by Hochschild and the spiritual control coined by Chen. Through analysis, the text identified gaps in the doctrinal conceptualization of subordination, which have significant implications for the discipline of labor law. The article begins by analyzing how labor subordination has been conceptualized by some treatise writers and scholars. Using the ideas developed by the sociology of science as a theoretical framework, the analysis demonstrates the disciplinary boundaries between labor law and the sociology of work, which are significantly marked.
Among the most interesting findings is the absence of dialogue between law and the social sciences, as labor law completely ignores forms of control such as emotional and
spiritual control, which are increasingly common in work environments, particularly in the service sector.