Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar o estresse, as estratégias de enfrentamento e caracterizar a qualidade de vida no trabalho dos profissionais de uma empresa de médio porte da construção civil do sul de Minas Gerais. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, com abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvida por meio do delineamento de estudo de caso. A amostra foi composta por cem funcionários aos quais foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: Escala Toulousiane de Estresse (ETS- Echelle Toulousaine de Stress) para avaliar o estresse, a Escala de Toulousaine de Coping (ETC Echelle Toulousaine de Coping) para as estratégias de enfrentamento, questionário adaptado e validado de Hackman e Oldham para medir a QVT e questionário de dados sociodemográficos. Os dados foram analisados com o auxílio do software Sphinx, Excel e SPSS para Windows. Resultados revelaram a predominância de homens, casados com idade entre 30 a 50 anos. Todas as médias de estresse estão abaixo da média nacional, e as médias de utilização das estratégias de enfrentamento de controle e apoio social são menores na amostra quando comparadas à média brasileira e os índices de utilização das estratégias de isolamento e recusa são maiores. Não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre estresse e as variáveis na análise comparativa. Com relação às estratégias de enfrentamento constatou-se que há diferença estatisticamente significativa somente ao compararmos as estratégias por idade e por escolaridade. Em relação à QVT na maioria das dimensões investigadas houve um predomínio de resultados satisfatórios, destacando-se as variáveis da percepção, da responsabilidade pelos resultados e motivação interna para o trabalho. Apenas nas variáveis autonomia e satisfação com a compensação foram encontrados índices mais elevados de insatisfação. / This paper aims at identifying the stress, the strategies to cope with it, and at characterizing the quality of work life of the professionals working for a medium-sized company in the civil construction business, located in South Minas Gerais. Its a descriptive research utilizing quantitative approach, developed by means of case study outlining. The sample was composed of one hundred employees and the following instruments have been applied: the Toulousaine Stress Scale (ETS- Echelle Toulousaine de Stress) to assess stress, the Toulousaine Coping Scale (ETC Echelle Toulousaine de Coping) for the coping strategies, the adapted and validated questionnaire of Hackman and Oldham to measure the QWL and a questionnaire of social and demographic data. The data were analyzed with the aid of the Sphinx software, Excel and SPSS for Windows. The results showed a predominance of male employees, married, aged 30-50 years. All stress averages were below the national average, and the averages of using coping strategies of control and social support were lower in the sample than the Brazilian average and the indexes of using isolation and refusal strategies were higher. There wasnt any statistically significant difference between stress and the social and demographic variables in the comparative analysis. When the coping strategies were concerned, it was verified that there was only a statistically significant difference when we compared the strategies with age and schooling. As to quality of work life, in most investigated aspects there was predominance of satisfactory results, especially concerning the variables of perception, responsibility for results achieved and internal drive to work. Higher indexes of dissatisfaction were only found in the variables of autonomy and pay satisfaction.

In today's workplace there are many reasons why businesses are encouraging their workforce to dress in a more casual manner. Personnel within the workforce who dress casually report improvements ranging from morale to customer relations after the implementation of more relaxed dress codes. It will also be necessary to consider whether or not business casual dress facilitates the tearing down of social and communication barriers.

This study examined the roles of type of voice and locus of control on satisfaction with type of voice and on feelings of procedural justice. Two forms of voice were assessed, instrumental and non-instrumental, as well as two forms of locus of control, external and internal. Participants read a scenario that randomly placed them into type of voice. Participants responded to surveys to determine the persons' locus of control, satisfaction with voice and feelings of procedural justice. A form of participation that brings employees satisfaction is voice. Allowing employees to express their opinions is seen as fair and has benefits to employees, as well as the organization. Some individuals prefer to have an impact and be more involved in the workplace, while others do not.

The master’s thesis analysis possibilities for work-life balance of women and men in leadership in academic sphere. It specifies gender roles, labor market segregation, stereotypes in population and outlines the benefits of implementation of equal opportunities for employers. The empirical part focuses in accord with the aim of the thesis on the issue of harmonization of work and family, and analyzes in detail the differences between men and women, their mutual cooperation and the reasons for the low representation of women in management positions.

This thesis is focused on the problems of women in managerial positions in a selected metalworking company. It analyzes the status of women in the company, gender in the management and gender integration in the company. The position of women in managerial positions, criteria for success and barriers to their career are examined by analysis of company materials and interviews with staff. The main objective is focused on woman possibilities of work-life balance. There are practical suggestions at the end of this thesis.

This diploma thesis deals with an actual issue of work-life balance. The theoretical part covers a development approach of private organizations to the topic. The practices of work-life balance are described in detail. The practical part analyses a current state of selected company using quantitative and qualitative methods of research. On the basis of acquired results, the appropriate work-life balance measures have been proposed into the strategy of selected company.

This diploma thesis deals with the issue of work-life balance. The aim of the diploma thesis is to suggest recommendations to effective work-life balance in a chosen company. In order to solve the diploma problem, it is necessary to analyse the possibilities of work-life balance in a chosen company on the basis of theoretical findings, the study of company’s documents and a questionnaire with chosen employees.

The aim of the thesis is to describe, through the oral history method, the development and certain changes of the Czechoslovak and later Czech television in the 1980s and 1990s as observed by ordinary employees of this institution. The work focuses on the everyday lives of technical and administrative workers and it is delimited by the years 1980 and 1998 which was the year the tenure of Ivo Mathé, the first general manager of CT, ended. The main subjects of interest are the basic work conditions such as salaries, working hours and employee care arising from the collective bargaining agreement. Furthermore, the work deals with the workplace atmosphere and relationships, and loyalty of the employees towards the institution. Apart from the description of the respective topics the work aims to cover the changes of everydayness in connection with the So-called transformation of the society, or compare the 1980s with the time following the November of 1989.

Due to the COVID19-pandemic many companies and organisations in Sweden have changed their ways of working from location dependent to teleworking. It has been discussed if flexible working conditions benefits or disadvantages workers possibilities to balance work life and family life. Previous research show that women and men traditionally have been responsible for different parts of the unpaid work at home. Studies also show that women tend to spend more time on unpaid work than men. The purpose of this study is to examine if and how the increase of teleworking, as a result of the pandemic, is perceived to have changed the boundaries between work life and family life. The purpose is also to examine whether the experience of the conflict between work and family life has changed due to the pandemic. The aim of the study is also to examine if the distribution of unpaid work is perceived to have changed. The results of the study are based on the answers from qualitative interviews of four women and three men who were teleworking as a result of the pandemic. The results of the study indicate that the responsibility for the boundaries between work life and family life has shifted from the employer to the employee. The conflict between work life and family life is expressed in different ways and has to some extent changed as a result of teleworking. When and how the unpaid work is performed has changed but the distribution between the sexes seems to be the same as before. The social aspect seems to be an important factor for the wellbeing and is lacking in this new way of working. / Till följd av COVID-19-pandemin har många företag och organisationer i Sverige ändrat sin verksamhet från platsberoende till arbete på distans. Det har diskuterats huruvida flexibla arbetsförhållanden gynnar eller missgynnar arbetstagarens möjligheter att balansera arbetsliv och familjeliv. Tidigare forskning visar att kvinnor och män traditionellt sett har ansvarat över olika delar av det oavlönade arbetet i hemmet. Samtidigt visar studier att kvinnor lägger mer tid på oavlönat arbete än män. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka om och hur det ökade distansarbetet till följd av pandemin upplevs ha förändrat gränsdragningen mellan arbetsliv och familjeliv. Syftet är även att undersöka om upplevelsen av konflikten mellan arbete och familj har förändrats till följd av pandemin. Syftet med studien är dessutom att undersöka om fördelningen av det oavlönade arbetet upplevs ha förändrats. Studiens resultat baseras på svaren från kvalitativa intervjuer med fyra kvinnor och tre män som arbetar på distans till följd av pandemin. Studiens resultat tyder på att ansvaret för gränsdragningen mellan arbetsliv och familjeliv har förflyttats från arbetsgivaren till arbetstagaren. Konflikten mellan arbetsliv och familjeliv tar sig i uttryck på olika sätt och har till viss del förändrats till följd av distansarbetet. När och hur det oavlönade arbetet utförs har förändrats, men fördelningen mellan könen verkar vara densamma som innan. Den sociala aspekten verkar vara en viktig faktor för välbefinnandet som saknas i och med det nya arbetslivet.

The rise in popularity of work-life balance (WLB) as an essential determinant of one’s health, wellbeing and effectiveness in modern society has included research on the WLB of those caring for children with special needs. Most previous studies have however focused on investigating the WLB of parents of children with special needs and consequently, very few studies have looked into the WLB of the professionals who work with these children. The purpose of my study was therefore to close this gap in the literature by gaining some insight into the work-life experiences of professionals who work with special children. The study sought to unearth how work-life balance plays out in these professionals’ lives and also to discover the factors that influence their work-life balance. Another objective was to ascertain the challenges that they face in integrating their work and life domains and to bring to light the strategies that they use to cope with their various work-life demands. An inductive qualitative inquiry carried out through combined phenomenological and autoethnography research design was used to investigate the work-life experiences of a sample of professionals who work with special needs children in therapy, pre-primary and primary schools, in the Gauteng Province in South Africa. Purposive and snowball sampling methods were used to select participants for inclusion in the study. Data was collected through a series of unstructured in-depth interviews, unstructured observations, personal memory and photographs. Seven themes emerged from the findings of the study. The results also indicated that the majority of the sampled professionals who work with special children were experiencing work-life conflict due to the time-based and strain-based conflict that emanated from their work domains. These professionals’ WLB was also found to be mostly influenced by work-related factors as the work domain appeared to be their major source of conflict. The study also unearthed some very interesting and unconventional micro-level WLB strategies used by these professionals in their attempt to achieve greater WLB. An example of such strategies include the use of prayer and faith in God to reduce perceptions of conflict and enhance capacity to deal with life’s adversities. The findings from this study may therefore be used to develop and focus meso and macro level interventions to assist professionals who work with special needs children to better manage the various demands from their life domains. This will in turn ensure a healthier lifestyle for these professionals, which also has positive implications for the developmental outcomes of the children under their care. Moreover, enhancing these professionals’ ability to achieve WLB is anticipated to improve their motivation, satisfaction and retention. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Human Resource Management / MCom / Unrestricted