Análise de fatores associados ao significado do trabalho

Abstract

Work has been seen not only as a means of earning income, but as an activity that promotes personal achievement, social status and the possibility of establishing and maintaining interpersonal contacts, among other factors. This study aimed at researching the factors that influence and lend meaning to work, such as work centrality, social norms and the objectives and results that are valued. Regarding work centrality, the study investigated the degree of importance of work within the context of the different areas of people's lives, such as family, leisure, religion and life in the community. Concerning social norms, the study discussed what society should provide the individual with as well as what the individual could do for society. On objectives and results that are valued, what was researched was what one aspires through working. Based on the reviewed literature, an initial model was developed, which proved to be unsatisfactory according to statistical criteria. This model was therefore replaced by another one that yielded statistical significance and good data adherence. The model chosen presented the best goodness-of-fit in the structural equation modeling, using the partial least square method. The study found that the meaning of work reflects on the centrality of work, on valued objectives and results and finally, on social norms, in this order.

Bases epistemológicas sobre sentido(s) e significado(s) do trabalho em estudos nacionais

“…Das pesquisas analisadas neste estudo, pode-se identificar a adoção da perspectiva cognitivista em quatro artigos (Bendassolli, Alves, & Torres, 2014;Cavazotte, Lemos, & Viana, 2012;Kubo & Gouvêa, 2012;Silva, Kemp, Carvalho-Freitas, & Brighenti, 2015). Dentre eles, destaca-se o artigo de Bendassolli et al (2014), que objetivou validar um inventário de significado do trabalho por meio de um estudo quantitativo com 230 profissionais de indústrias criativas do Rio Grande do Norte.…”

Economic changes and the meanings of work and money

“…Despite its relevance and diffusion in the research, different social scientists have pointed out divergences when identifying the phenomena proposed by the MOW Team (e.g., how to contemplate the drawbacks of work, the differences between ideal and real work? ), a fact that has stimulated the construction of models aimed at improving prior ones and adapting them to the realities being investigated (Bendassolli, Alves, & Torres, 2014;Borges, 1997;Fernandes, Gonç alves, & Oliveira, 2012;Kubo & Gouvêa, 2012).…”

Impactos da terceirização em empregados efetivos: Um caso na construção de edificações

“…Além disso, diferentes autores têm norteado suas pesquisas por distintas dimensões do significado do trabalho (Bendassolli, 2011;Bendassolli & Borges-Andrade, 2011;Kubo & Gouvêa, 2012;Kubo, Gouvêa, & Mantovani, 2013;Oliveira & Silveira, 2012;Palassi & Silva, 2014). Bendassolli e Borges-Andrade (2011) constataram que atividades com características artesanais e criativas podem preservar valores divergentes aos da ética atual de mercado.…”