La mise en place d’une politique Qualité de Vie au Travail (QVT) présente de multiples intérêts. Du point de vue des entreprises, elle permet l’amélioration des performances économiques à travers l’augmentation de la productivité et de la compétitivité. Pour les salariés, elle préserve l’intégrité des collectifs tout en renforçant l’équité. Plus largement, elle répond à un enjeu de bien-être social et de santé publique, en contribuant « à une plus grande viabilité des systèmes de sécurité sociale. »Confrontée à de nombreuses difficultés dans ses relations professionnelles (désengagement et démotivation de ses salariés, problématique d’absentéisme et de retards importante, relations conflictuelles avec les syndicats difficultés de recrutement, turn over élevé, etc.), la SEM VFD, entreprise de transport de voyageurs par autocars, a besoin d’analyser la Qualité de la Vie au Travail des salariés et d’agir sur leur satisfaction. Le projet de thèse mené dans le cadre d’une Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche (CIFRE), a consisté d’une part à établir un diagnostic de la situation de travail à travers le suivi d’indicateurs de satisfaction (notamment l’absentéisme) ; d’autre part à définir des axes de progrès afin d’aboutir à la mise en place d’une gestion des Ressources Humaines plus efficace, améliorant simultanément la performance économique et la qualité du travail.Cette thèse s’articule autour de cinq chapitres. Le premier vise à déterminer les facteurs de risques présents au sein des organisations (section 1) et à évaluer leurs conséquences, tant au niveau de l’individu, de l’entreprise que de la collectivité dans son ensemble (section 2). Le second chapitre s’attache à repérer les principaux indicateurs pouvant alerter d’une situation d’insatisfaction et de souffrance au travail (une section entière est consacrée à l’absentéisme, indicateur particulièrement révélateur). Le troisième chapitre clarifie la notion de Qualité de Vie au Travail (section 1) et démontre les liens qu’elle entretient avec la performance de l’organisation (section 2). Le quatrième chapitre dresse un état des lieux de la Qualité de Vie au Travail au sein de VFD (à travers l’Inventaire Systémique de la Qualité de Vie au Travail). Enfin le dernier chapitre examine les enjeux de la mise en place d’une démarche Qualité de Vie au Travail (section 1) et définit les leviers d’amélioration de la performance économique et du bien-être au travail (section 2). / The implementation of a Quality of Working Life policy yields multiple benefits. From the point of view of businesses, it enables an improvement in economic performance via an increase in productivity and competiveness. For employees, it preserves the integrity of collectives whilst also reinforcing equality. More broadly, it responds to an issue of social wellbeing and public health, in contributing to more viable social security systems”.The SEM VFD coach transport company is confronted with numerous difficulties with regard to its professional relations (disengagement and de-motivation of employees, absenteeism and significant lateness, conflicting relationships with unions, recruitment difficulties, high turnover, etc.). It therefore needs to analyse the Quality of Working Life of its employees and to act to ensure their satisfaction. The thesis project was undertaken within the framework of an Industrial Convention of Training by Research (Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche - CIFRE). It consisted, on the one hand, of monitoring satisfaction indicators (notably absenteeism) in order to establish an analysis of the work situation and, on the other hand, defining areas of improvement in order to successfully implement a more effective management of human resources, simultaneously improving economic performance and quality of work.This thesis comprises five chapters. The first seeks to determine the risk factors present within businesses (section 1) and to evaluate their consequences, not only for individuals and businesses, but also for the community as a whole (section 2). The second chapter aims to identify the principal indicators that can warn of dissatisfaction and suffering at work (an entire section is devoted to absenteeism, a particularly revealing indicator). The third chapter clarifies the notion of Quality of Working Life (section 1) and demonstrates the links that it has with the performance of a business (section 2). The fourth chapter provides an overview of Quality of Working Life within VFD (via a Quality of Working Life Systemic Inventory). Finally the last chapter examines the issues surrounding the implementation of a Quality of Working Life approach (section 1) and defines the measures necessary to improve economic performance and wellbeing at work (section 2).

O presente estudo acessou a extensão em que o Questionário de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT), adaptado para Servidores de Instituições Federais de Ensino (IFES) brasileiras (QQVT-IFES) reflete o modelo conceitual de QVT de Walton (1973). A adaptação desta medida para servidores de IFES, considerou como referência o questionário proposto e validado por Timossi et al. (2009), (QQVT). O QQVT sofreu três alterações e com base no modelo de Walton, que estabelece oito critérios para avaliar QVT, originou o QQVT-IFES. Foram avaliadas as características psicométricas do QQVT-IFES e acessadas as validades de conteúdo e aparente da medida. Numa primeira fase, adaptando a proposta de Hernadez-Nieto (2002) para o cálculo do coeficiente de validade de conteúdo (CVC) foram escolhidos 55 juízes dentre os 168 servidores da área de QVT da IFES, após o cálculo do tamanho da amostra indicar um mínimo de 43. Os juízes responderam, em duas etapas, quantitativa e qualitativa, um questionário de julgamento (QJ/QQVT-IFES) das questões propostas no QQVT-IFES. O QJ/QQVT-IFES apresentou alta confiabilidade. Nas escalas de clareza da linguagem e pertinência prática, apontaram numa escala tipo likert de 1 a 5, o quanto o item da escala era claro e pertinente. Puderam em espaço próprio, comentar sobre cada item, em forma de texto e sugeriram melhorias, inclusão de itens, criticaram termos e formas. A validação de conteúdo mostrou um desempenho satisfatório do QJ/QQVT-IFES, com CVCt=0,80 para a escala de clareza e CVCt=0,86 para a escala de pertinência, com valor de corte de 0,70. O erro Pei encontrado com 55 juízes foi de 1,9 x 10 -96, valor considerado = 0. O processo de validação aparente gerou 319 comentários dos juízes/avaliadores aos 34 itens do QQVT-IFES. A segunda fase do estudo consistiu em nova adaptação, desta vez do QQVT-IFES, gerando o QQVT-IFES/2. A validação de conteúdo do QQVT-IFES/2 com 36 itens, seguiu o mesmo método do QQVT-IFES, desta vez com 5 juízes, conforme a proposta metodológica original de Hernandez-Nieto (2002). Verificou-se melhoria no desempenho quanto ao CVCc de 76,4% dos itens correlatos ao QQVT-IFES, mesmo com erro Pei significativamente maior (0,00032). O QQVT-IFES/2 obteve CVCt de clareza de 0,92 e pertinência igual a 0,95, maiores que os do QQVT-IFES. Uma terceira versão foi gerada, resultado dos melhores itens dos dois questionários, o QQVT-IFES/3. O processo de validação de conteúdo encontra nas escalas de clareza e pertinência caminho objetivo para futuros processos de validação, aos quais o questionário deverá ser exposto, a exemplo das validades de construto e preditiva. / This study accessed the extent to which the Quality Of Life at Work Questionnaire (QLWQ), adapted for civil servants working at Brazilian federal universities (QLWQ-IFES), reflects the conceptual Walton’s model of QLW (1973). Adaptation of the QLWQ-IFES involved assessment of content and face validity carried out by 55 participants, Brazilian federal university civil workers working as judges. Content validity coefficient (CVC) was calculated based on judges’ evaluation of two criteria of the questionnaire: items’ clarity and practical relevance. Face validity was assessed by examination of participants’ comments on the QLWQ-IFES adapted version generated from the results of the content validity. The questionnaire showed evidence of content validity, as indicated by item clarity index of 0.80 and practical relevance of 0.86. The face validation process produced 319 comments from judges, generating the final version of the questionnaire (the 36-item QQVT-IFES/2). Submitted to five judges’ evaluation, the questionnaire’s final version showed better evidence of content validity: 0.92 and 0.95 for the clarity and for the practical relevance of the items. Considering the importance of the construct focused by this questionnaire for health promotion at work setting, further studies on construct and predictive validities of Quality Of Life at Work Questionnaire remains.

The aim of the study was to conceptualise psychological empowerment as perceived in a South African context in terms of the dimensions and contributing factors. The study was conducted by means of quantitative and qualitative methods. The sample included employees from different geographic areas, genders, races, level of education and positions in organisations in different sectors. Relationships between demographic variables and psychological empowerment were determined. To determine to what extent South Africans are psychologically empowered, according to Spreitzer’s (1995) model, means and standard deviations were calculated for the four dimensions (meaning, competence, self-determination and impact) and overall psychological empowerment (PE) and a percentile table was utilised to establish a norm and compare it with a norm established in previous research. Management practices were found to be significantly related to PE. However, when regression analysis was done, only the practices, motivation, delegation and job and role clarity significantly predicted PE. Perceptions of empowerment were investigated and it appeared that economic empowerment is emphasised in the media, while the majority of interview respondents seemed to have a balanced or positive view of empowerment as enabling. The psychological experiences of employees were explored and dimensions of psychological empowerment that are similar to what was found by previous research emerged. Some characteristics were found to be unique given the present context. Dimensions and characteristics that emerged from the study were resilience, sense of competence, sense of achievement, sense of control, sense of meaning, making a difference and empowerment of others. The theoretical frameworks proposed by Menon (2001) and Zimmerman (1995) were investigated, which confirmed the importance of a goal orientation and pro-active behaviour in psychological empowerment. These theories were evaluated and compared to cognitive theories as suitable frameworks for the study of psychological empowerment. Contributing factors that emerged from the qualitative study most prominently were opportunity and recognition. Locus of control emerged as a possible intrapersonal factor and it was explored further as a contributing factor. Together with the significant factors from the quantitative survey, these factors were employed to recommend a strategy for the development of psychological empowerment with the dimensions of empowerment as outcomes. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

Text in Afrikaans / The research question in this study involves the subjective experiences of quality of worklife (QWL) by alcoholics and non-alcoholics, in order to form an idea about the differences in such experiences, between the two groups. Personality is related throughout to QWL and alcoholism. A sample consisting of 60 alcoholics and 58 non alcoholics was used. Personality measurements were done by using Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF) whilst experienced QWL was measured with the self developed QWL-questionnaire. In order to test the hypotheses for this study, the data has been processed by using Pearson's Product-moment coefficient of correlation and t-tests. The results from the study indicate a significant relationship between personality and certain exclusive QWLdimensions for alcoholics. There is however, no significant difference in the subjective experiences of global QWL between alcoholics and non-alcoholics. Several personality factors have been identified as being related to alcoholism. / Die navorsingsvraagstuk in hierdie studie betrek die subj ektiewe ervaring van gehalte van werklewe (GWL) deur alkoholiste en niealkoholiste, ten einde 'n begrip te vorm van die verskil in sodanige ervaring, tussen die twee groepe. Persoonlikheid word deurgaans in verband gebring met GWL en alkoholisme. 'n Steekproef bestaande uit 60 alkoholiste en 58 nie-alkoholiste is gebruik. Persoonlikheidsmetings is met die 16-Persoonlikheidsfaktorvraelys van Cattell gedoen terwyl ervaarde GWL met die selfontwerpte GWL-vraelys gemeet is. Ten einde hierdie studie se hipoteses te toets, is die data verwerk deur van Pearson se produkmomentkorrelasiekoeffisient en t-toetse gebruik te maak. Die studie se resultate dui op 'n beduidende verband tussen persoonlikheid en sekere eksklusiewe GWL-dimensies by alkoholiste. Daar bestaan egter geen beduidende verskil in die subjektiewe ervaring van globale GWL tussen alkoholiste en nie-alkoholiste nie. Daar is etlike persoonlikheidsfaktore geidentifiseer wat met alkoholisme verband hou. / Industrial and Organizational Psychology / M.Com. (Industrial Psychology)

Text in Afrikaans / 'n Opname is onder geregistreerde verpleegkundiges in diens van plaaslike besture onderneem met die doel om 'n perspektief op die gehalte van hul werkslewe te verkry, faktore te identifiseer wat hulle motiveer om 'n loopbaan in plaaslike besture te kies en die faktore te identifiseer wat werkstevredenheid positief /negatief be"lnvloed. Ontleding van die data het aangedui dat negatiewe faktore in die werkslewe soos onder andere die gebrek aan deelname in besluitneming en beperkte loopbaangeleenthede werksontevredenheid tot gevolg kan he. Positiewe faktore soos die geleentheid om gereelde diensure te werk en die status wat geregistreerde verpleegkundiges in die gemeenskap geniet, bevorder werkstevredenheid. Dit is hoofsaaklik hul belangstelling in primere gesondheidsorg en die geleentheid om gereelde diensure te werk wat geregistreerde verpleegkundiges motiveer om 'n loopbaan in plaaslike besture te kies. Aanbevelings om die kwaliteit van die werkslewe van geregistreerde verpleegkundiges te verbeter en werkstevredenheid te bevorder, is geformuleer. / A survey was undertaken among registered nurses in the service of local authorities to obtain a perspective on the quality of their worklife, to identify factors that influence registered nurses in local authorities and to identify those factors that influence the quality of the worklife and job satisfaction positively /negatively. Analysis of the data indicated that negative factors in the worklife such as limited participation in decision-making and limited career opportunities could lead to dissatisfaction in the work situation. Positive factors such as the ability to work regular hours and the status of registered nurses in the community promote job satisfaction. It is mainly their interest in primary health care and the opportunity to work regular hours of duty, that motivate registered nurses to choose a career in local authorities. Recommendations to improve the quality of the worklife of registered nurses and to promote job satisfaction were formulated. / Nursing Science / M.A. (Verpleegkunde)

TEIXEIRA, Marcelo Pinheiro. Avaliação da qualidade de vida no trabalho dos servidores da saúde do complexo hospitalar da UFC. 2016. 96f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Políticas Públicas e Gestão da Educação Superior, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-25T14:44:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_mpteixeira.pdf: 1559843 bytes, checksum: 2e8a1c5c929711800735528121553e09 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-26T14:59:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_mpteixeira.pdf: 1559843 bytes, checksum: 2e8a1c5c929711800735528121553e09 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:59:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_mpteixeira.pdf: 1559843 bytes, checksum: 2e8a1c5c929711800735528121553e09 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Atualmente novas exigências trazem constantes mudanças nas instituições, no que se refere à gestão de pessoas. A interação do homem com o seu trabalho e os processos advindos desta relação estão cada vez mais na ordem do dia. No setor público, o estudo da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho se reveste de fundamental importância, notadamente no setor saúde com suas limitações orçamentárias. Este estudo teve como objetivo principal avaliar a Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho dos profissionais de saúde do complexo hospitalar da UFC (HUWC e MEAC). Ademais, visou comparar o perfil de QVT em suas quatro premissas básicas - física, psicológica, relações sociais e meio ambiente -, levando em consideração as seguintes variáveis sócio demográficas: gênero, faixa etária, função, setor de trabalho e turno de trabalho. O estudo caracteriza-se por ser de levantamento, com abordagem quantitativa. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, onde a coleta de dados realizada se deu através do instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida – World Healthy Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref (WHOQOL-bref) - da Organização Mundial da Saúde, associado ao questionário de variáveis sociodemográficas. O WHOQOL-bref já encontra-se amplamente validado, apresentando boa consistência interna, validade discriminante, validade concorrente, validade de conteúdo, confiabilidade teste-reteste, e boa consistência interna medida pelo coeficiente a de Cronbach. A amostra foi estabelecida com 182 profissionais da saúde nas funções de médicos, enfermeiros, auxiliar de enfermagem e técnico de enfermagem. A análise dos dados envolveu a aplicação de métodos estatísticos clássicos: análise exploratória de dados e inferência estatística, em particular, os testes de hipóteses de Mann-Whitney e Kruskal Wallis. A amostra pesquisada é predominantemente do sexo feminino, e de meia idade. O domínio psicológico foi o melhor avaliado. Por sua vez, o domínio meio ambiente destacou-se negativamente entre os demais. A faceta melhor avaliada foi a que pesquisou a respeito da “espiritualidade, religião e crenças pessoais”, enquanto a faceta com pior desempenho foi a “ambiente físico”. Quando avaliamos o perfil de QVT dos servidores das duas instituições hospitalares foi evidenciada diferença estatística significativa somente no domínio relações sociais, onde a MEAC apresentou médias mais elevadas do que o HUWC. Com os achados encontrados, sugere-se o foco na implantação de programas de QVT relacionados com o meio ambiente. Projetos que visem à melhoria das instalações físicas do complexo hospitalar seriam os mais urgentes de acordo com a avaliação encontrada.

O presente estudo acessou a extensão em que o Questionário de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT), adaptado para Servidores de Instituições Federais de Ensino (IFES) brasileiras (QQVT-IFES) reflete o modelo conceitual de QVT de Walton (1973). A adaptação desta medida para servidores de IFES, considerou como referência o questionário proposto e validado por Timossi et al. (2009), (QQVT). O QQVT sofreu três alterações e com base no modelo de Walton, que estabelece oito critérios para avaliar QVT, originou o QQVT-IFES. Foram avaliadas as características psicométricas do QQVT-IFES e acessadas as validades de conteúdo e aparente da medida. Numa primeira fase, adaptando a proposta de Hernadez-Nieto (2002) para o cálculo do coeficiente de validade de conteúdo (CVC) foram escolhidos 55 juízes dentre os 168 servidores da área de QVT da IFES, após o cálculo do tamanho da amostra indicar um mínimo de 43. Os juízes responderam, em duas etapas, quantitativa e qualitativa, um questionário de julgamento (QJ/QQVT-IFES) das questões propostas no QQVT-IFES. O QJ/QQVT-IFES apresentou alta confiabilidade. Nas escalas de clareza da linguagem e pertinência prática, apontaram numa escala tipo likert de 1 a 5, o quanto o item da escala era claro e pertinente. Puderam em espaço próprio, comentar sobre cada item, em forma de texto e sugeriram melhorias, inclusão de itens, criticaram termos e formas. A validação de conteúdo mostrou um desempenho satisfatório do QJ/QQVT-IFES, com CVCt=0,80 para a escala de clareza e CVCt=0,86 para a escala de pertinência, com valor de corte de 0,70. O erro Pei encontrado com 55 juízes foi de 1,9 x 10 -96, valor considerado = 0. O processo de validação aparente gerou 319 comentários dos juízes/avaliadores aos 34 itens do QQVT-IFES. A segunda fase do estudo consistiu em nova adaptação, desta vez do QQVT-IFES, gerando o QQVT-IFES/2. A validação de conteúdo do QQVT-IFES/2 com 36 itens, seguiu o mesmo método do QQVT-IFES, desta vez com 5 juízes, conforme a proposta metodológica original de Hernandez-Nieto (2002). Verificou-se melhoria no desempenho quanto ao CVCc de 76,4% dos itens correlatos ao QQVT-IFES, mesmo com erro Pei significativamente maior (0,00032). O QQVT-IFES/2 obteve CVCt de clareza de 0,92 e pertinência igual a 0,95, maiores que os do QQVT-IFES. Uma terceira versão foi gerada, resultado dos melhores itens dos dois questionários, o QQVT-IFES/3. O processo de validação de conteúdo encontra nas escalas de clareza e pertinência caminho objetivo para futuros processos de validação, aos quais o questionário deverá ser exposto, a exemplo das validades de construto e preditiva. / This study accessed the extent to which the Quality Of Life at Work Questionnaire (QLWQ), adapted for civil servants working at Brazilian federal universities (QLWQ-IFES), reflects the conceptual Walton’s model of QLW (1973). Adaptation of the QLWQ-IFES involved assessment of content and face validity carried out by 55 participants, Brazilian federal university civil workers working as judges. Content validity coefficient (CVC) was calculated based on judges’ evaluation of two criteria of the questionnaire: items’ clarity and practical relevance. Face validity was assessed by examination of participants’ comments on the QLWQ-IFES adapted version generated from the results of the content validity. The questionnaire showed evidence of content validity, as indicated by item clarity index of 0.80 and practical relevance of 0.86. The face validation process produced 319 comments from judges, generating the final version of the questionnaire (the 36-item QQVT-IFES/2). Submitted to five judges’ evaluation, the questionnaire’s final version showed better evidence of content validity: 0.92 and 0.95 for the clarity and for the practical relevance of the items. Considering the importance of the construct focused by this questionnaire for health promotion at work setting, further studies on construct and predictive validities of Quality Of Life at Work Questionnaire remains.

O objetivo da presente pesquisa é avaliar a percepção dos profissionais de educação em relação aos níveis de satisfação e de insatisfação quanto à Qualidade de Vida no Ambiente de Trabalho QVT. A proposta consiste em identificar fatores que contribuem para a Qualidade de Vida no Ambiente de Trabalho QVT, em uma categoria de trabalhadores supostamente não beneficiada, em aspectos que se referem ao tema sob investigação. Trata-se de profissionais da área de educação, com atuação em escola técnica de saúde, da rede pública de ensino do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Esses funcionários empregam toda a sua força de trabalho atuante, de forma permanente e continuada, na unidade escolar pesquisada, conforme preconizado pelo Sindicato dos Profissionais de Educação do Rio de Janeiro. A expressão Qualidade de Vida e, especificamente, Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho, é um constructo que expressa, na atualidade, variadas concepções. Nesse sentido, a literatura aponta modismos comerciais, exploração por parte do capital, e até as mais arrojadas e críticas concepções que se destinam à busca do bem-estar do trabalhador em seu lugar de labor diário. Com intuito de se mensurar as variáveis da pesquisa proposta, foi utilizado o Questionário de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho, uma escala atitudinal adaptada, tipo Likert, complementada por um questionário sócio-demográfico. A escala é constituída de 45 asserções de seis pontos, baseadas nos pressupostos de Walton (1975), com oito fatores ou dimensões, a saber: remuneração, condições de trabalho, uso e desenvolvimento de capacidades, oportunidades de crescimento profissional, integração social na organização, direitos na instituição, equilíbrio no trabalho e vida, e relevância do trabalho. As fases desta pesquisa compreenderam a revisão da literatura, detalhamento do método, execução das etapas operacionais de aplicação dos instrumentos de medida e análise dos dados da pesquisa. Quanto aos procedimentos gerais, foram mantidos contatos formais e informais com a instituição educacional pesquisada, sendo o projeto submetido e aprovado pela Comissão de Ética da UERJ. Foram formuladas hipóteses focadas na percepção dos profissionais de educação, sobre níveis de satisfação e de insatisfação da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho. Os resultados apontaram o nível geral de satisfação de toda a força de trabalho em 61,94%, sendo que dos 8 (oito) fatores pesquisados, o de maior nível de insatisfação foi a remuneração, com 79,45%, enquanto o de maior satisfação refere-se à relevância de seu trabalho, com 84,25%. Esses resultados poderão servir de indicadores para eventuais ações em políticas públicas na área de gestão de pessoas, como também nas proposições de mudanças inovadoras no contexto sócio-técnico, assim como para a instalação de programas de mapeamento e de desenvolvimento de competências, com o objetivo de melhoria da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho desses funcionários da rede pública de ensino / The objective of this research is to evaluate the perceptions of professionals in the education department in relation to their levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction on Quality of Life in the Workplace - QVT. The proposal is to identify factors that contribute to the Quality of Life in the Workplace - QVT in a category where workers supposedly do not benefit from, in ways that relate to the subject under investigation. These professionals work in education, in technical schools of health, of the public school system of Rio de Janeiro. These officials employ all their active work force through permanent and continuous forms, in the educational system researched, as recommended by the Union of Professional Education of Rio de Janeiro. The term quality of life, specifically, Quality of Working Life, is a construct that expresses, in actuality, many conceptions. In this sense, the study shows commercial modes of exploitation by capital, and even the most daring and critical concepts that are intended to seek the welfare of the worker's place in daily labor. With the aim of measuring the variables of the proposed research, we used the Quality of Working Life, a scale adapted by Likert, complemented by a socio-demographic questionnaire. The scale consists of 45 statements of six points, based on the assumptions of Walton (1975), with eight factors or dimensions, namely: remuneration, working conditions, use and capacity development of opportunities for professional growth, social integration in the organization rights with the institution, balance in work and life, and relevance of the work. Through research, we composed a review of these phases detailing the method, implementation of operational steps through the application of instruments for measuring and analyzing researched data. The general procedures maintained formal and informal contacts with the institutions surveyed, as the project being submitted and approved by the ethics committee of UERJ. A formulated hypothesis focused on the perceptions of education on levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction on the Quality of Working Life. The results showed the level of overall satisfaction of the entire workforce at 61.94% and the 8 (eight) factors surveyed, which had the highest level of dissatisfaction was payment, with 79.45% , while greater satisfaction concerned the relevance of their work, with 84.25%.These results may serve as indicators for possible actions in public policy in the area of personnel management, as well as in the proposal for innovative changes in the socio-technical context, as well as installing programs to develop skills that aim in improving the Quality of Working Life of for these public schools workers.

Contact Centre agents operate in closely monitored and highly controlled environments and their work consists of solving service requests or assisting customers with information on products or services. Consequently their work involves a great deal of emotional labour and stress. It is not surprising then, that the working environment of the Contact Centre is reported to have a negative impact on the levels of Quality of Worklife of Contact Centre agents, and that in the Contact Centre context, it is likely that low levels of Quality of Worklife exist. It is argued that it is important for organisations to be particularly aware of the Quality of Worklife perceptions of their employees should they want to address Quality of Worklife levels and benefit from the positive consequences of higher levels of the construct. Numerous variables are reported to play either an antecedent, moderating, mediating, or consequential role in relation to the Quality of Worklife construct. A systems model of Quality of Worklife is developed, which illustrates the inter-relationships of these variables and how they affect and are affected by the Quality of Worklife construct. It is argued that leadership is an important antecedent to Quality of Worklife, and this is the antecedent of interest in this study. It is proposed that it is not just any leadership that will contribute to an improved Quality of Worklife, particularly within a challenging context such as the Contact Centre environment. Rather, it is suggested that certain qualities of leaders will have a greater influence on Quality of Worklife. For example, leaders who focus on relationships and are caring - characteristics associated with servant leaders - are deemed more suitable for the Contact Centre context. The research also proposes that there are close associations between Servant Leadership and Trust, which in turn has the potential to affect Quality of Worklife positively. It is argued, therefore, that Trust mediates the relationship between Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife in the customer service frontline context. While there is a broad base of literature available on servant leadership that focuses on the senior or executive level of leadership, Van Dierendonck and Nuijten (2011) have argued that it is also relevant at the middle level of management and have validated an eight dimensional measure of servant leadership that is suitable for this management level. The Van Laar, Edwards and Easton (2007) Quality of Worklife model is also argued to be an appropriate model and measure of the Quality of Worklife construct, due to the robustness of the instrument design and the appropriateness of its underlying theory to the context of this research. Research has shown that leadership can have a significant relationship with Quality of Worklife. Moreover, a review of the literature on servant leadership reveals that trust, satisfaction, general well-being, and commitment to their jobs increases when employees are exposed to leadership behaviours associated with servant leadership. There is however, no evidence in the literature of any investigation of the relationship between Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife, or of research investigating the partial mediating effects of Trust between these two constructs. Research was conducted to test this relationship. A survey questionnaire was administered amongst a sample of 555 Contact Centre agents, who were employed in eight different organisations. Confirmatory factor analysis procedures were conducted in STATA (V15.0), to test and validate the factor structure of Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife models. The research also produced a Servant Leadership, Trust and Quality of Worklife structural equation model that supported the hypotheses of the relationships between the constructs. Mediation analysis confirmed Trust’s role as a mediator between Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife. The structural equation model confirmed that synergies between Servant Leadership, Trust and Quality of Worklife exist, and that Trust partially mediates the relationship between Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife. It is therefore argued that an increase in Servant Leadership behaviour by the manager or supervisor of frontline staff has a positive association with increases of Trust, as well as positive associations with Quality of Worklife experienced by employees in the frontline context. Moreover, it is also posited that the relationship between Servant Leadership and Quality of Worklife is partially mediated by Trust of the supervisor. The implications of these results are discussed, and recommendations made for management practice and further research.

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as relações existentes entre a Qualidade de Vida e a Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho de funcionários da indústria de laticínios através da regressão logística. O problema proposto foi: Quais relações probabilísticas existem entre qualidade de vida e a qualidade de vida no trabalho? O referencial teórico envolveu os temas: qualidade de vida, qualidade de vida no trabalho e a fundamentos estatísticos. A abordagem metodológica foi aplicada, descritiva e quali-quantitativa. Foi utilizada uma pesquisa realizada com funcionários da indústria de laticínio, os quais foram investigados através da aplicação simultânea dos instrumentos WHOQOL-100 e o modelo adaptado de Walton, ao todo foram entrevistados 548 funcionários entre homens e mulheres. A análise dos dados ocorreu através das técnicas estatísticas: correlação, qui-quadrado e regressão logística, e para validação do modelo os testes: Deviance, Pearson e Hosmer-Lemeshow. Os resultados encontrados na análise de regressão logística univariada, mostraram que os critérios da QVT possuem influência significativa em QV e que os domínios de QV (exceto domínio espiritualidade) possuem influência significativa em QVT. No modelo de regressão logística multivariado, algumas variáveis apresentaram como não significativas, pois apresentaram valores acima do nível de significância adotado (p>0,05). Considerando as variáveis significativas foi estimado o modelo matemático, encontrando a probabilidade de influência entre as variáveis (domínios, critérios, QV e QVT). Através do estudo do relacionamento entre estas variáveis foi possível concluir as chances de melhoria nos domínios da QV que influenciam positivamente na QVT, e nos critérios da QVT que influenciam positivamente na QV, proporcionando ao gestor melhor direcionamento dos seus investimentos. / The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between the quality of life and quality of working life of employee on the dairy industry using logistic regression. The proposed problem was: What are probabilistic relationships between quality of life and quality of working life? The theoretical referential involved: quality of life, quality of working life and statistical reasoning. The methodological approach was applied, descriptive, qualitative and quantitative. Was used a survey of employees of the dairy industry, which were investigated by simultaneous application of the WHOQOL-100 and an adaptation of the Walton’s model, were interviewed in all 548 employees between men and women. The analyzes had involved: correlation, chi-square and logistic regression. For validating the model estimat ed by logistic regression analysis, it was used the Deviance, Pearson and Hosmer -Lemeshow test. The results in the univariate logistic regression analysis showed that the criteria of QWL have significant influence on QL and the QL domains (except the spiritual domains) have significant influence on QWL. In multivariate logistic regression model, some variables were not as significant as had values above the level of significance (p>0,05). Considering these variables in was estimated a mathematical model, finding the probability of influence between the variables (domains, criteria, QL and QWL). By studying the relationship between these variables was possible to conclude the chances of improvement in the areas of QL that positively influence the QWL, and the criteria of QWL that positively influence the QL, providing the manager a better direction of their investments.