Qualidade de vida e bem-estar: estudo em uma empresa do setor industrial

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify the relationship between the participation in the activities offered by the Company's (ABC) Quality of Life at Work program (QVT) and the well-being of its employees. The survey was descriptive in nature, using structured questionnaire applied to the employees of the company, the survey was carried out using the survey method. Sixty-five employees from different sectors of the organization participated in the study. The Worker’s Well-being Inventory (IBET-13), an instrument built and validated in Brazil, measured work well-being, making the construct operational and based on two factors: affective organizational commitment, job satisfaction and involvement with work. For the evaluation of QVT, wass considered the following actions: massage, medical assistance, nutritional counseling, influenza vaccination and assistance. Moreover, in order to evaluate the actions of QVT, specific items on the perception of existence, participation and importance for well-being were developed. Data were analyzed by qualitative statistics. It was verified that the employees of the company presented average scores on welfare factors at work, that is, they were indifferent to the commitment, satisfaction and involvement with the work with the company where they work. Regarding the relationship between QVT programs and well-being at work, participation in massage, health care, nutritional counseling, flu vaccination and company assistance, the employees demonstrated to have knowledge and at the same time participation in the offered actions, which improves their QVT. Already in the analysis of the influence, participation in the activities offered by the QVT program of the company ABC with welfare at work, the employees presented average scores, that is, they were indifferent, the actions offered, which shows that these actions were not responsible for improving or worsening the indexes of well-being at work, in this way, it is not possible to affirm the relationship between QWL actions and well-being at work, according to the results found in this study.