Qualidade de vida no trabalho de motoristas e cobradores do transporte coletivo de Uberlândia

Abstract

Quality of Life at Work (QWL) is a current theme, but there are professional categories that have been little studied, such as drivers and bus collectors. Thus, the main goal of the study is to investigate the perception of Quality of Life at Work (QWL) of drivers and collectors of collective transportation in the city of Uberlândia using the model of Hackman and Oldman (1975). For this purpose, a convenience sample of 168 workers was used, with 54,2% driver and 45,2% collectors, 89,3% are male and with an average service time of 34 months (SD = 25,11). In order to measure QWL, a validated instrument was used composed of four dimensions: Interpersonal Relations (IR, alpha = 0,91), Safety (S, alpha = 0,85), Adequate Physical Environment (APE, alpha = 0,72) and Physical Health (PH, alpha = 0,71), with a likert seven-point response scale. Among the evaluated aspects, APE (M = 4,65, SD = 1,20) and the least present PH (M = 2,46, SD = 1,55). The results did not show significant differences in the perception of QWL as a function of the position, but differences were found as a function of length of service for IR, S and PH, and the workers with more time in the organization have a more favorable evaluation. The findings are compared with the literature.