O DISCURSO DOS TRABALHADORES DO DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS HUMANOS E DE OUTROS SETORES SOBRE A QUALIDADE DE VIDA NO TRABALHO: Um estudo de caso em uma indústria alimentícia

Abstract

This is a research carried out in a family enterprise in the field of food products. The general goal was to examine the relation between the speech of the employees that work in the personnel department concerning the quality of life at workplace and the speech of the other employees. Its specific goal was to analyze the speech of the ones who implemented and have maintained the actions aiming at quality of life at workplace the personnel department, and the ones who have faced these actions on a day-to-day basis the employees of the other departments. This research used as data the study of papers and the semi-structured interview based on the categories of Walton (1973) about quality of life at workplace. The twelve interviews were analyzed by the graphic analyses methodology of the Lane speech (1985). The results of this study pointed out that, in the enterprise studied, according to the speech of the employees of both groups, there are similarities and differences between their views about quality of life at workplace. It gives evidence that the group of professionals in the field of personnel state that actions aiming at quality of life at workplace are in full development, showing a positive attitude, but according to the point of view of the employees of the other departments, many activities must be improved so that the actions really promote improvement at workplace for all employees in the enterprise.