Esta pesquisa analisou como as empresas gerenciam seus programas de qualidade de vida no trabalho através das práticas de gestão de projetos. A principal contribuição está na aplicação de uma metodologia de administração de projetos por meio dos processos e áreas de conhecimento capazes de colaborar com a área de Recursos Humanos, responsável pela gestão desses programas. A metodologia de pesquisa escolhida foi de estudos de casos múltiplos, sendo a investigação de caráter qualitativa e exploratória. As empresas pesquisadas são de portes médio e grande situadas nas regiões Norte, Sudeste e Sul do Brasil. Foram entrevistados gerentes, diretores, CEO, superintendentes e coordenadores. A coleta dos dados primários foi feita com o uso de entrevistas estruturadas pela aplicação do questionário elaborado para esta pesquisa. O levantamento dos dados secundários realizou-se tendo como fontes documentais as publicações de gestão de pessoas e projetos relativos às empresas e documentos disponibilizados pelas organizações. No tratamento dos dados coletados aplicouse a análise de conteúdo com as categorias de programa de qualidade de vida no trabalho e gestão de projetos. Os resultados desta pesquisa apontaram para a aplicação de práticas de gestão de projetos de forma empírica e baseada nas necessidades do dia a dia, como também, constatou-se serem específicas de cada empresa estando evidenciada a definição de metodologia de gestão dos processos de preparação, estruturação, execução e conclusão com o apoio das áreas de conhecimento de comunicação, gerenciamento de riscos, recursos humanos e aquisições para melhor gerir os programas de qualidade de vida no trabalho. As ações desenvolvidas pelos programas em estudo são associadas aos aspectos biológicos, psicológicos, sociais e organizacionais como maneira de cuidar da saúde dos empregados como um todo. O desafio das equipes multidisciplinares dos programas de qualidade de vida no trabalho está em colocar em prática as diversas ações dentro das restrições de tempo, escopo e custo para atender às expectativas empresariais e responder às solicitações e necessidades dos empregados. Portanto, as contribuições desta pesquisa estão na análise crítica dos programas de qualidade de vida no trabalho fundamentada nas práticas de gestão de projetos permitindo, com isso, novas investigações e a colaboração com a identificação do modelo de mensuração dos resultados das ações de qualidade de vida no trabalho dentro desses programas no sentido de amadurecer as atuais práticas de gestão de projetos. / This research has examined how companies manage their quality of work life programs through the practice of project management. The main contribution is the application of a methodology for management of projects through the processes and knowledge area which are able to work with the area of Human Resources, responsible for managing these programs. The chosen research methodology was multiple case studies, and the investigation was of a qualitative and exploratory character. The companies surveyed are of medium and large sizes and located in the North, Southeast and Southern Brazil. Managers, directors, CEO, superintendents and coordinators have been interviewed. The collection of primary data was made using structured interviews for the implementation of the questionnaire prepared for this research. The survey of secondary data was held with documentary sources and the publications of human resource management and projects relating to documents released by the companies and organizations. In processing the data collected it was applied an analysis of content with the categories of quality of work life program and project management. The results of this research show the application of project management practices in empirical format and based on the needs of day to day needs, but it was found to be specific to each company with a clear definition of methodology for managing the preparation, structuring, implementation and completion with the support of the areas of knowledge of communication, risk management, human resources and procurement to better manage the quality of work life programs. The actions developed by the programs under study are related to the biological, psychological, social and organizational aspects as a way to care for the health of employees as a whole. The challenge of multidisciplinary teams of the quality of work life is to put into practice the various actions within the constraints of time, scope and cost in order to meet business expectations the demands and needs of employees. Therefore, the contribution of this research is the critical analysis of the quality of work life with practices of project management. Thus, allowing further research and collaboration with the identification of the measuring model for the results of the actions of quality of work life within these programs to mature the current practice of project

Research problem: Yadav and Khanna (2015) argue that the quality of work life defines the life at work and at home with family members. There is no existing definition of social and living conditions in the literature although it can be considered to include dimensions such as recreation, accommodation, health, education, family, religion and food (SLCB questionnaire). The social and living conditions of employees in rural towns situated close to borders is unique and, in order to offer suggestions with regard to what and how to improve the social and living conditions, their relationship with the quality of work life was investigated. Research objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine the possible relationship between the social and living conditions of employees in rural areas situated close to the South African border and the quality of work-related life. To address the research problem, research objectives and questions were formulated.Research questions: Four research questions were formulated:- What is the relationship between the overall quality of working life (WRQoL.Ovl1) and that of the social and living conditions (SLCB.Ovl1)?, -What is the relationship between the seven dimensions of social and living conditions and the seven dimensions of quality of working life? -Are there differences among the groups regarding the dimensions and overall social and living conditions? Are there differences among the groups regarding the dimensions and overall quality of working life? -Research design: This study is descriptive in nature, and used a self-administered questionnaire to collect data on work-related quality of life and social and living conditions from employees from rural towns close to the border posts. Major findings: The results showed a significant correlation between social and living conditions and the quality of working life. Furthermore, they revealed that accommodation, food and health are the three dimensions of social and living conditions that have the strongest relationship with quality of working life, with accommodation bearing the most significant relation.

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The current socio-economic climate has induced stress on organisations and employees, since they are expected to double their efforts with limited resources. Organisational culture poses a challenge to employees, especially in a high-pressure environment. A highly competitive environment demands organisations that have the ability to change constantly to ensure sustainability. This has resulted in employees feeling that organisational culture has changed to that of sales culture with disregard for people resulting in a lack of work-life balance (WLB). This study intends to contribute to developing a framework of how organisational culture could support work-life balance. When negative in nature, organisational culture can impact negatively on organisational performance and quality of work-life causing best workers to leave. The problem identified by this study is a poor organisational culture in banking that may discourage work-life balance practices. When an organisations’ primary focus is on sales and less on people, this leads to work-life imbalances. A comprehensive questionnaire was developed for this study to establish the perception of employees towards organisational culture and work-life as an aspect of employee wellness. The total sample was forty-four (44) respondents who are from business and private banking space of the four major banks. The results showed that the type of organisational culture that is prevalent in business and private banking is a combination of market and hierarchy culture. Job satisfaction is also positively correlated to organisational culture. Management must ensure that the workforce is satisfied in order to create a positive culture. A positive organisational culture has a positive influence on employees, attaining the desired work-life balance in business and private banking space.

Homosociality, the societal norm toward same-gender social bonding, has been hypothesized as an important explanatory variable in the maintenance of occupational segregation by gender and the low status of women in traditionally male-dominated occupations (Lipman-Blumen, 1976; Reagan & Blaxall, 1976). In this investigation of homosociality in the workplace, 257 women and 197 men employed in managerial, supervisory, professional, and technical positions in seven organizations completed a questionnaire regarding their career development and interpersonal relationships in their current organization. Predictions derived from homosociality theory and the literature and research on mentoring, friendship, and organizational networks were tested. Of the 17 hypotheses associated with five research questions, 8 were fully or partially supported, 6 were not supported, and 3 could not be tested because factor analysis did not support the variable of interest (lifetime attachment). Alpha was apportioned using the Bonferroni inequality procedure; probability levels ranged from .025 to .0025 depending on the number of significance tests conducted for each question. Analysis of variance (Gender x Gender Composition of Network) and simple main effects analysis performed on mentoring and relationship provisions (intimacy, similarity, defiance of convention, respect for differences) scores indicated one significant main effect for gender: women's same-gender networks provided more intimacy than men's. Significant main effects for gender composition were: (a) men's same-gender networks provided more mentoring than their cross-gender networks; (b) women's same-gender networks provided more intimacy than their cross-gender networks; and (c) for both genders, same-gender networks provided higher levels of similarity and defiance of convention than cross-gender networks. Correlational analyses indicated: (a) for women, but generally not for men, homosocial attitudes were significantly related to the size and activities of same- and cross-gender networks; (b) for both genders, same- and cross-gender mentoring and primarily same-gender relationship provisions were positively and significantly related to career- and job-related outcomes. Homosociality was evident in attitudes, network activities, and outcomes. Results also indicated signs of organizational gender integration. Implications for theory and counselling, and suggestions for future research, are discussed. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

Background: There is a considerable body of research linking child well-being with future outcomes for children. In recent years monitoring and promoting child well-being has been high on the UK government agenda and has attracted a great deal of theoretical interest. Despite existing research and given the importance of a precise definition, there remains a lack of knowledge about what well-being actually means to children. An independent literature search highlighted that while researchers have made some effort to understand what well-being means to children there are still significant gaps in the literature, including an understanding of how children’s views of well-being vary across different age groups. Participants: Nine participants were selected from three different age groups (four, seven and eleven year olds). The sample included a mix of males and females and all participants were reported to have adequate language skills and none were identified as having special educational needs. Method: This is a purely qualitative study utilising an in depth survey research design. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with each child and each participant was asked to take photographs of and describe artifacts which they considered to be important to their well-being. Analysis/Findings: Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Data analysis was conducted in discrete data sets defined by age group. Then compared across age groups to gain understanding of how children’s views of well-being develop with age. Well-being appeared to be conceptualised as an evaluative judgement which was influenced by well-being domains/factors and emotional experience. The complexity of the children’s evaluative judgements appeared to become increasingly sophisticated with age. The four year olds were found to understand well-being in egocentric terms whereas the seven and eleven year olds seemed to understand well-being in terms of both their own experiences and the experiences of the perceived other. Two specific developmental considerations were identified which influenced the children’s evaluative judgements including individual difference and children’s views regarding their ideal life. In addition to this, the component ‘self-view’ was identified for the eleven year olds. Three domains of well-being were identified which included: ‘my relationships’, ‘my lifestyle and ‘myself’ and the individual factors relating to these domains appeared to vary and increase in complexity with age. The generalisability of these finding is critically considered within the limitations of the research design. Conclusion/Implications: The findings led to the development of an exploratory developmental model of child well-being. Suggestions are made for future research and potential implications for practice are considered.

Person-environment (PE) fit has been considered one of the most pervasive concepts in psychology. This study presents an integrative investigation of three levels of PE fit: person-vocation (PV) fit, person-organization (PO) fit, and person-job (PJ) fit, using multiple conceptualizations (e.g., value congruence, needs-supplies fit) of each fit level. While a trend in the PE fit literature has been the inclusion of only one fit level with a single conceptualization, researchers call for the addition of multiple conceptualizations of multiple fit levels in a single study. Traditionally, PO fit has been conceptualized as value congruence, whereas PV fit has remained untouched in the literature investigating the direct measurement of fit perceptions. Therefore, new fit perceptions scales assessing PO fit using a needs-supplies fit conceptualization and PV fit using a variety of conceptualizations were introduced. To address the limitation of employing direct measures, common method variance was modeled with a positive affect factor. The study accomplished two objectives. First, a previously supported three-factor model of fit perceptions consisting of PO value congruence (PO-VC), PJ needs-supplies (PJ-NS), and PJ demands-abilities (PJ-DA) fit was strongly replicated. Second, this model was expanded by examining additional conceptualizations (needs-supplies, demands-abilities fit, value, personality, and interest congruence) of fit levels (PV, PO, and PJ fit). Results suggested that professionals make distinctions based on both the fit level and fit conceptualization and these fit perceptions uniquely influence their attitudes and behaviors. A six-factor model (PO-VC, PJ-NS, PJ-DA, PO needs-supplies fit [PO-NS], PV demands-abilities fit [PV-DA], and general PV fit) best fit the data. Providing ample evidence of construct validity, PO fit perceptions (PO-VC and PO-NS fit) were related to the organization-focused outcome of organizational identification, whereas the profession-focused outcome of occupational commitment was exclusively predicted by PV fit perceptions (PV-DA and general PV fit). As expected, both needs-supplies fit perceptions (PO-NS and PJ-NS fit) predicted intentions to quit and job satisfaction. Recommendations for future research are suggested.

Interviews conducted with patients receiving treatment for insomnia at one of two sleep medicine clinics, located in Texas and Oregon, suggest that work is a pivotal influence in shaping the respondents' interpretations, explanations and behaviors relating to insomnia. "Work" includes such facets as the nature of one's occupation, the associated volume or amount of work required, mental demands related to work, work schedules and work-related stress. Specifically, results reveal: 1) nearly 60% of the sample identify work as a primary or perpetuating cause of their insomnia, 2) respondents often report work as influencing the nature and importance of their sleep, 3) sleep is considered a problem, and medical intervention is solicited, after work is affected, and 4) work performance is a major consideration in determining treatment efficacy and compliance.

O fenômeno da economia solidária no Brasil tem se expandido como resposta ao desemprego e a exclusão social. É constituído por empreendimentos econômicos solidários cujo propósito é a geração de trabalho e renda para aqueles trabalhadores que, num dado momento, ficaram alijados do mercado formal de trabalho, como na situação de massas falidas de empresas privadas. Neste contexto a cooperativa é tida como a forma típica de empreendimento econômico solidário, alicerçada em pressupostos de igualdade de participação na gestão e na posse coletiva dos meios de produção aos seus associados, pela via de práticas de autogestão. Contudo a literatura da economia solidária admite que esta modalidade de gestão não se constitua na única forma de gestão presente no interior das cooperativas, ou seja, nestas ocorrem também práticas heterogestionárias oriundas da sociedade de mercado regida sob as bases do capitalismo. A coexistência destes padrões, a princípio, antagônicos de gestão implica em práticas paradoxais, que por sua vez, se refletem na qualidade de vida no trabalho dos cooperados. Deste modo, esta tese objetivou compreender como o paradoxo entre autogestão e heterogestão se reflete na qualidade de vida no trabalho percebida pelos cooperados de uma cooperativa oriunda de massa falida. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória-interpretativista, por meio de um estudo de caso qualitativo na cooperativa Cotravic, utilizando como procedimentos metodológicos entrevistas espontâneas e semi-estruturadas, e observação de campo, tendo sido os dados tratado mediante análise de conteúdo. Os resultados evidenciaram a existência do paradoxo autogestão e heterogestão principalmente nas práticas de gestão relativas à organização das instâncias de tomada de decisão, participação democrática e remuneração do trabalho realizado, revelando oscilações quanto à satisfação com a qualidade de vida no trabalho em função de padrões autogestionários e heterogestionários. O presente estudo defende a gestão do paradoxo numa concepção de complementaridade em que a ambiguidade entre autogestão e heterogestão seja reconhecida e sintetizada como uma alternativa de gestão em prol da eficiência produtiva da cooperativa e do bem-estar individual e coletivo de seus cooperados. / The phenomenon of solidarity economy in Brazil has expanded in response to unemployment and social exclusion. It consists of solidarity economic enterprises which have the purpose of generating employment and income for those workers who, at a given moment, were shut out of the formal labor market, as in the situation of bankrupt estates of private companies. In this context, cooperative associations are regarded as the typical form of economic solidarity enterprises, based on assumptions of equal participation in the management and collective ownership of the means of production by its members, through practices of self-management. But the literature of the solidarity economy admits that this type of management does not constitute the only form of management present within the cooperative, that is, at these cooperatives also occur hetero-management practices arising from market society governed under the foundations of neoliberal capitalism. The coexistence of these management patterns implies in antagonistic paradoxical practices, which in turn are reflected in the quality of work life of members. Thus, this thesis is aimed at understanding how the paradox between hetero and self-management is reflected in the quality of work life perceived by a cooperative of cooperatives survey arising from the bankruptcy estate. For this purpose, a exploratory-interpretive was conducted, through qualitative case study on cooperative Cotravic, using as instruments mainly spontaneous interviews and semi-structured interviews and field observation, proceeding to an analysis of the outcome. The results confirmed the existence of the self versus hetero management paradox and mainly in management practices relating to: organization of instances of decision-making, democratic participation of members and remuneration for work performed, resulting in improving the quality of life at work perceived by the cooperative Cotravic members, revealing oscillations regarding satisfaction with the quality of work life in terms of and self-managed hetero-managed standards. The conclusion of the study points to the importance of the paradox between self versus hetero management embedded in management practices of the Cooperative for reflecting on the quality of work life perceived by members. In this sense, the present study proposes a management paradox conception of complementarity in which ambiguity can be leveraged in support of the productive efficiency of the cooperative and the welfare of their individual and collective members.

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