Qualidade de vida no trabalho: uma análise da percepção dos colaboradores de uma indústria do setor alimentício da Paraíba.

Abstract

Quality of Life in Work is a term that has been expanding due to the various studies carried out in the most different fields of knowledge and has a high subjectivity because it is related to the intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of the life of the individual. Quality of life at work can be defined as the actions of an organization that involves the implementation of innovations and managerial and technological improvements in the work environment. The main objective of this study was to identify the perception of the employees of a food industry in the state of Paraíba regarding the factors determining the QWL, according to the BPSO model of Limongi-França (1996). For its elaboration a quantitative approach was used and the exploratory and descriptive research model was adopted. The research is still classified as a case study, where the data were collected through the application of a questionnaire adapted from the Biopsychosocial Organizational (BPSO) model of Limongi-França (1996), where they were applied to 38 employees of the company Alpha and data were analyzed using the mean as a statistical tool. The analysis of the organizational and psychological dimensions revealed higher levels of positive perception regarding Quality of Life at Work. The biological and social dimensions revealed neutral levels of perception regarding QWL. The analysis of the general results of the four dimensions of the BPSO model demonstrated that there is a neutrality in the perception of the employees of the administrative sector of the organization considered as object of study about the factors and variables of QWL, but with variables that still need adaptations so that workers to obtain a higher level of QWL, such as salary, health plan and cost aid for external courses.