Análise da qualidade de vida e bem-estar no trabalho: um estudo com caminhoneiros

Abstract

In a context of constant competition in the business world, workers are affected with excessive pressure at work to add value to themselves and achieve the claims of the organization. In this context, the Quality of Work Life (QWL) originated in the private sphere of business, which comes from the competitive nature of the market environment. Thus, the importance of the study revolves around identifying the aspects that represent quality of life in the performance of the professional function of truck drivers, considering the most varied aspects of this performance. From this, investigate the perception of truck drivers about the quality of life and well-being at work made the main objective of this research. Specific objectives are the evaluation of QWL under the individual, social, organizational and well-being at work aspects. The methodological procedures consisted of collecting and evaluating, through the application of content analysis proposed by Bardin (1977) in semi-structured interviews, the perspective of 10 formal truck drivers, governed by the CLT about the problem, taking into account the model of Walton (1973) and Siqueira (2014). The results of the study showed that most professionals, although they recognize some difficulties, in general they consider the quality of life and wellbeing in the performance of the function satisfactory.