"Se não roda, não ganha": o significado do trabalho para uma parcela de trabalhadores informais sob a ótica de entregadores e motoristas de aplicativo de Fortaleza(CE)

Abstract

Work is one of the most important spheres of our lives and is therefore important for human existence. We naturally attribute meanings to things, as there is a subjective process for each individual, subject to our intentions and cognitive abilities (Fiske, 1992). MOW (1987) was the pioneering team to study the meaning of work, creating a model for it and defining this construct as a construction of individuals' knowledge of personal experiences with work. This model enabled the emergence of other models, such as Borges (1998, 1999) which was used in this work. Borges (1998, 1998) proposed a study model of the meaning of work that was structured in four dimensions: centrality of work, evaluative attributes, descriptive attributes and hierarchy of values. The general objective of this work was to analyze the meaning of work for informal workers who work as delivery people and app drivers in the city of Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará. The results of this research show that work is a central sphere for application workers in Fortaleza, however, the family sphere was listed as more important than work. As for the evaluative attributes, which involve how his work is, security, more rights or appreciation on the part of the applications and support companies, they were the evaluative factors most mentioned by the interviewees. As for the descriptive attributes, which concerns how the work is in a concrete way, the interviewees reported that the working conditions and economic reward are not adequate and they feel a greater level of wear, both physically, emotionally and psychologically. Regarding the fourth dimension: hierarchy of attributes, most workers prioritize descriptive attributes when choosing the most important factor: working conditions, however, all expressed that both are important and are connected.