Relações entre adição ao trabalho e a satisfação com a vida em docentes de nível superior

Abstract

The academic productivism has demanded from the professor flexibilization in the work and its intensification, generating overload, competitions, individualism, psychic suffering and illness. The present work aims to understand the relationships between work addition and the level of life satisfaction in college level professors, as well as with their socio-occupational characteristics. The research was carried out in a convenience sample of professors who worked in Higher Education Institutions in Ceará, with experience of at least three years in higher education and post-graduation degrees. The total sample consisted of 270 professors and the instrument applied consisted of three questionnaires: social work questions; the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS-10) and the Life Satisfaction Scale (ESV). The results showed that, regarding work addiction, 30.4% of the teachers studied presented CT and TE above the cutoff point in both factors, indicating the existence of work addiction. Regarding life satisfaction, the sample presented a relatively high level, and these two variables are negatively associated. These results point to a group with a greater tendency to present realities in which they work a lot, but not compulsively, which allows investment in other areas of life, thus favoring life satisfaction.