Thesis (MCom)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African health care system is tormented by various challenges ranging from income inequalities, extreme resource scarcities to discrimination and violence. This makes the health care industry a tough work environment for health care personnel to operate in. South Africa has experienced the loss of thousands of nurses over the past decade, either emigrating or leaving the nursing profession altogether (Tshitangano, 2013). Consequently, this trend drew the attention to the well-being of nurses in South Africa. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the level of work engagement among private sector nurses in the Western Cape, together with their levels of job demands, job resources, personal resources, performance and job crafting. This was done using the Job Demands-Resources model (JD-R) of work engagement. The comprehensive JD-R model was tested and the validity of the proposed relationships between the constructs was examined. Moreover, additional paths in the model were proposed and tested. Managerial implications along with practical interventions were derived from the results with the aim to increase nurse well-being and retention. An ex post facto correlational design was used to test the formulated hypotheses in this research study. Quantitative data were collected from 311 nurses employed by a private hospital group by means of non-probability convenience sampling. A self-administered paper copy survey was distributed to hospitals given that they agreed to participate in the research. The survey was voluntary, anonymous and confidential. The survey consisted of five sections and included questions from five existing questionnaires, namely, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-17) (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003), the Job Demands-Resources Scale (Rothman, Mostert & Strydom, 2006), the Work Design Questionnaire (Morgeson & Humhprey, 2006), the Psychological Capital Self-Rated Version (PsyCap-24) (Luthans, Avolio, Avey & Norman, 2006), and the Job Crafting Scale (Tims, Bakker & Derks, 2012). In order to test the statistical significance of the hypotheses, the data were subjected to Structural Equation modelling and regression analyses. The results indicated that the nurses experienced a high level of work engagement, and elucidated the fact that job resources, job demands, and job crafting aspects of their jobs are in need of industrial psychologist or managerial interventions. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsisteem word geteister deur verskeie uitdagings wat onder andere inkomste ongelykhede, ekstreme hulpbron skaarshede, diskriminasie en geweld insluit. Dit maak die gesondheidsindustrie ʼn moeilike werksomgewing vir gesondheidspersoneel om in te werk. Suid-Afrika het duisende verpleegsters oor die laaste dekade verloor as gevolg van emigrasie, terwyl ander die professie in geheel verlaat het (Tshitangano, 2013). Gevolglik het hierdie tendens die aandag getrek na die welstand van verpleegsters in Suid-Afrika. Die primêre doel van hierdie studie was om die vlak van werksbetrokkenheid onder ʼn steekproef van privaatsektor verpleegsters in die Wes-Kaap te ondersoek, tesame met hulle vlakke van werkseise, werkshulpbronne, persoonlike hulpbronne, werksprestasie en posverryking. Die Job Demands-Resources model (JD-R) of work engagement is vir hierdie doel ingespan. Die omvattende model tesame met die geldigheid van die voorgestelde verhoudings tussen die konstrukte is getoets. Addisionele verhoudings is ook voorgestel en getoets. Bestuursimplikasies en praktiese intervensies is van die resultate afgelei en word aan bestuurders voorgelê as moontlike oplossings om verpleegsters se welstand en retensie te verhoog. ʼn Ex post facto korrelasie-ontwerp is gebruik om die geformuleerde hipoteses in hierdie studie te toets. Kwantitatiewe data is van 311 verpleegsters ingesamel wat deur ʼn private hospitaalgroep in diens geneem word. Nie-waarskynlikheid gerieflikheidsteekproeftrekking is gebruik om die steekproef te bepaal. ʼn Self-geadministreerde vraelys is ontwikkel en as harde kopie uitgestuur na dié hospitale wat ingestem het om aan die navorsing deel te neem. Die vraelys is vrywillig, anoniem en konfidensieel ingevul en het uit vyf seksies bestaan. Die vyf seksies se vrae is opgemaak uit verskeie bestaande vraelyste, naamlik, die Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-17) (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003), die Job Demands-Resources Scale (Rothman, Mostert & Strydom, 2006), die Work Design Questionnaire (Morgeson & Humhprey, 2006), die Psychological Capital Self-Rated Version (PsyCap-24) (Luthans, Avolio, Avey & Norman, 2006), en die Job Crafting Scale (Tims, Bakker & Derks, 2012). Ten einde die statistiese beduidendheid van die hipoteses te toets, is die data deur strukturele vergelykingsmodellering en regressie-ontledings ontleed. Die resultate dui daarop dat die verpleegsters 'n hoë vlak van werksbetrokkenheid ervaar, en dat werkshulpbronne, werkseise en posverrykende aspekte van hulle werk bestuurs- of bedryfsielkundige intervensies verlang.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:34:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 WELLINGTON DONIZETI SILVERIO.pdf: 592436 bytes, checksum: 7390e9c9c072bf3ac1d4280c9ae2a68a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-25 / n high-pressure environment, competition and need for the creation of consistent differential that may contribute to the longevity of organizations, there is the search, and sometimes radical changes in patterns of business management and management of the human being in the business. At the core of the current studies on human behaviour and its relations with the various institutions in which man can be seen inserted include efforts aimed at understanding the role and value of the contribution of human beings to working environment and strengthening of organizations. Increasing have shown the concern and understanding about the factors that impact the general welfare, the well-being at work, workers' health and emotional variables from interpersonal relations common to the whole social body. The combination of emerging themes and rich in significance as well-being at work, satisfaction and involvement with the work, organizational commitment affective, emotions, affections and feelings, point out as a wide field and instigating the search for a broader adaptation of organizational environment to human being. This study aimed to submit to test the empirical relationship between emotional experiences in the organizational context and three dimensions of well-being at work - satisfaction at work, involvement with the organizational work and emotional commitment. The sample was composed of 253 employees of a metallurgical industry of the great Sao Paulo, 213 males and 29 females, most at the age between 26 to 30 years old, distributed between unmarried and married. For data collection it was used a questionnaire for self-fulfillment with four scales that evaluated positive and negative affects, satisfaction at work, involvement with the organizational work and emotional commitment. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS, version 16.0 and various sub-programs that led to calculate descriptive analyses and multiple regression analysis for evaluating the impact of positive and negative affects on well-being at work. The results of this study revealed that the main predictor of the dimensions of well-being at work were the positive affects. Thus, it seems appropriate to say that well-being at work is a psychological state supported particularly by the experience of positive emotions in organizational context. It is suggested that the promotion of health and well-being within organizations are hotbeds of future studies, representing valuable contribution to the fields of knowledge of the psychology of health and organizational psychology, and the consequent strengthening of links between business and workers.(AU) / Em ambiente de elevada pressão, competição e necessidade de criação de diferenciais consistentes que venham contribuir com a longevidade das organizações, nota-se a busca e, às vezes, radicais transformações nos modelos de gestão de negócios e gestão do ser humano no meio empresarial. No campo central dos estudos atuais acerca do comportamento humano e de suas relações com as diversas instituições em que o homem se vê inserido, figuram os esforços voltados à compreensão do papel e valor da contribuição do ser humano ao ambiente de trabalho e fortalecimento das organizações. Crescentes se mostram a preocupação e o entendimento sobre os fatores que impactam o bem-estar geral, o bem-estar no trabalho, a saúde dos trabalhadores e as variáveis emocionais oriundas das relações interpessoais comuns a todo organismo social. A combinação de temas emergentes e ricos em significância como bem-estar no trabalho, satisfação e envolvimento com o trabalho, comprometimento organizacional afetivo, emoções, afetos e sentimentos, caracterizam-se como um vasto e instigante campo de pesquisa para uma adaptação mais ampla do ser humano ao ambiente organizacional. O presente estudo teve como objetivo submeter ao teste empírico as relações entre experiências afetivas no contexto organizacional e três dimensões de bem-estar no trabalho - satisfação no trabalho, envolvimento com o trabalho e comprometimento organizacional afetivo. A amostra foi composta por 253 profissionais de uma indústria metalúrgica de autopeças na grande São Paulo, sendo 213 do sexo masculino e 29 do sexo feminino, com maior freqüência na faixa etária compreendida entre 26 a 30 anos, distribuída entre solteiros e casados. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizado um questionário de auto-preenchimento com quatro escalas que avaliaram afetos positivos e negativos, satisfação no trabalho, envolvimento com o trabalho e comprometimento organizacional afetivo. A análise dos dados foi feita por meio do SPSS, versão 16.0 e diversos sub-programas permitiram realizar análises descritivas bem como calcular modelos de regressão linear para verificar o impacto de afetos positivos e negativos sobre bem-estar no trabalho. Os resultados deste estudo revelaram que o principal preditor das dimensões de bem-estar no trabalho foram os afetos positivos. Assim, parece ser adequado afirmar que bem-estar no trabalho seja um estado psicológico sustentado, em especial, pela vivência de emoções positivas no contexto organizacional. Sugere-se que a promoção da saúde e do bem-estar dentro das organizações sejam focos de estudos futuros, representando valiosa contribuição aos campos de conhecimento da psicologia da saúde e da psicologia organizacional, bem como ao conseqüente fortalecimento dos vínculos entre empresa e trabalhadores.(AU)

La motivation des salariés est une nécessité vitale pour le succès d’une entreprise, notamment dans le contexte de la crise économique mondiale. En comprenant ce qui motive leurs membres, les dirigeants peuvent mobiliser le plein potentiel de chaque personne et diriger plus efficacement leur énergie. Le renouvellement des sources de motivation demande d’analyser au préalable les changements qui affectent actuellement le monde du travail et leurs conséquences. L’objectif de cette thèse vise à aider les personnes qui gèrent les ressources humaines (dans l’entreprise) à comprendre quelles sont et comment créer des conditions propices à la motivation des salariés, comment orienter, susciter et soutenir leur motivation et comment construire des stratégies motivationnelles adaptées. De plus, à cette fin, en favorisant la motivation et en suscitant les salariés, nous essayons de proposer d’établir un climat motivant dans l’entreprise chinoise. / The motivation of employees is vital necessity to the success of the enterprise, especially in the context of global economic crisis. By understanding what motivates their members, directors can mobilize and realize the full potential of each person and direct their energies more effectively. The renewal of sources of motivation asks that analyze in advance the changes currently affecting the world of working and their consequences. The objective of this thesis is to help people manage human resources (in the enterprise) to understand what and how to create conditions favor the employee motivation, how to orientate, to improve and to maintain the motivation of its employees and how to construct appropriate motivational strategies in the management. In addition, for this aim, in favorite of promoting the motivation and stimulating the employees, we try to propose to establish a dynamic environment in Chinese enterprises.

A review of the literature reveals that organisational commitment is an outcome of organisational culture, when reviewing the definitions, theoretical development and models of these two concepts. The integration of organisational commitment with organisational culture indicates that there is a need for a scientific study to determine the relationship between these two variables. The empirical study involved the participation of 371 respondents in an organisation. A survey was conducted using the organisational commitment scale and the organisational culture questionnaire to determine the relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment. The results suggest that organisational culture has an effect on organisational commitment. Recommendations are made to successfully implement both organisational culture and organisational commitment change initiatives. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

The objectives of the study were firstly to determine the relationship between employability attributes (measured by the Employability Attributes Scale), career adaptability (measured by the Career-Adapt Abilities Scale) and retention factors (measured by the Retention Factor Scale), and, secondly, to determine whether employees from different age, gender, race, tenure and job level groups differ significantly in their levels of employability attributes, career adaptability and retention factors. A cross-sectional quantitative, correlational research design was followed. The non-probability sample consisted of 321 permanently employed salaried employees in a South African automotive manufacturing company. Descriptive statistics, correlations, structural equation modelling and regressions were used for data analysis. The data analysis revealed significant associations between the career metacompetencies and retention factors. In addition, significant differences were found between age, gender, race, tenure and job level groups. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

This research focused on constructing a psychological profile for change interventions by investigating both the interrelationships and overall relationships between work stress (as the independent variable), psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) (as the mediating variables) and attitudes towards change (as the dependent variable). A non-experimental cross-sectional quantitative survey design approach using standardised valid and reliable measuring instruments (Sources of Job Stress Scale, Organisational Commitment Questionnaire, Job Embededdness Questionnaire, Attitudes towards Change Questionnaire) was used on a non-probability purposive sample of employees from one of the largest, fast-moving consumer goods companies in South Africa (N = 350), ranging from administrative to executive level. Bivariate correlations showed a statistically positive inter-relationship between sources of work stress, psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) and attitudes towards change. A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall relationship between the sources of work stress, psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) and attitudes towards change dispositions. Mediation modelling revealed the mediating role of psychological attachment (organisational commitment and job embeddedness) in the sources of work stress and attitudes towards change relationship. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses showed that age and gender significantly moderated the relationship between individuals’ sources of work stress and their attitudes towards change dispositions. Tests for mean differences revealed that significant differences exist between age and sources of work stress, affective and continuance commitment, fit and sacrifice embeddedness. Differences exist between race groups’ affective and continuance commitment. Job security is a concern across all employment levels in the organisation. Individuals at an executive, upper administrative and administrative level revealed significant differences in terms of their continuance commitment. Cognitive and behavioural attitudes towards change did not differ significantly across all employment levels. At a theoretical level, this study developed an understanding of the cognitive, affective, conative and interpersonal behavioural dimensions of the hypothesised psychological profile to manage change. At an empirical level, it developed an empirically tested psychological profile for change interventions in terms of the various behavioural dimensions. At a practical level, organisational change practices in terms of the behavioural dimensions of the psychological profile were recommended. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)

Corporate culture is believed to be integral to organisational success and sustainability. This research study was conducted according to a humanistic, positive psychology and an open systems paradigm in order to examine the theoretical relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment. The quantitative measuring instruments used for data collection were the Harrison and Stokes organisational culture questionnaire (OCQ) and Allen and Meyer’s organisational commitment scale (OCS). The empirical study involved respondents from a selected IT company in the KwaZulu-Natal region. This study revealed that there was no significant relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment. However, there was a difference between the existing and preferred power culture as well as the existing and preferred role culture dimensions. The main recommendation for this study is that the selected IT company should set stretch targets with a focus on common vision, purpose and company values, with a strong emphasis on creating meaningful rewards for top performers at both individual and team level. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar a influÃncia da percepÃÃo de PrÃticas de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (PRSC) e dos Valores Ãticos Coorporativos (VEC) na SatisfaÃÃo no Trabalho (ST) e no Comprometimento Organizacional (CO) de funcionÃrios de uma instituiÃÃo financeira, instaladas no estado do CearÃ. A pesquisa teve como objetivos especÃficos investigar a influÃncia dos valores Ãticos corporativos na satisfaÃÃo no trabalho; verificar a influÃncia dos valores Ãticos corporativos no comprometimento organizacional; avaliar a influÃncia dos valores Ãticos corporativos na percepÃÃo de prÃticas de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (RSC); investigar a influÃncia da percepÃÃo de prÃticas de RSC na satisfaÃÃo no trabalho; verificar a influÃncia da percepÃÃo de prÃticas de RSC no comprometimento organizacional; avaliar o relacionamento entre a satisfaÃÃo no trabalho e o comprometimento organizacional; avaliar a influÃncia das variÃveis sociodemogrÃficas na percepÃÃo de prÃticas de responsabilidade social corporativa, no comprometimento organizacional, na percepÃÃo de valores Ãticos corporativos e na satisfaÃÃo no trabalho. A pesquisa à de natureza quantitativa, realizada por meio de um estudo de caso. Recorreu-se a anÃlise fatorial exploratÃria e confirmatÃria para a validaÃÃo das escalas, ao modelo de equaÃÃes estruturais para a confirmaÃÃo das hipÃteses e de tÃcnicas uni e multivariadas para a verificaÃÃo do efeito das variÃveis sociodemogrÃficas nos construtos. As hipÃteses da pesquisa estudos sÃo: os valores Ãticos corporativos influenciam positivamente a satisfaÃÃo do trabalho; os valores Ãticos corporativos influenciam positivamente o comprometimento organizacional; os valores Ãticos corporativos influenciam positivamente na percepÃÃo de prÃticas de responsabilidade social corporativa dos funcionÃrios; a percepÃÃo de RSC influencia positivamente na satisfaÃÃo no trabalho; a percepÃÃo de prÃticas de responsabilidade social corporativa influencia positivamente o Comprometimento Organizacional; existe uma correlaÃÃo positiva entre satisfaÃÃo no trabalho e Comprometimento Organizacional; e funcionÃrios voluntÃrios tÃm maiores nÃveis de satisfaÃÃo no trabalho, percepÃÃo de prÃticas de responsabilidade social Corporativa e Comprometimento Organizacional. Os resultados revelam que a adesÃo da empresa ao comportamento Ãtico e socialmente responsÃvel afeta positivamente a satisfaÃÃo no trabalho e o comprometimento organizacional dos funcionÃrios. Logo, os investimentos de empresas que querem manter seus funcionÃrios comprometidos e satisfeitos, devem dar importÃncia à elaboraÃÃo e disseminaÃÃo efetiva de um cÃdigo de Ãtica, bem como à adesÃo de prÃticas de RSC. Outro ponto evidenciado, foi que funcionÃrios participantes de algum programa de voluntariado do banco tÃm melhores Ãndices de PRSC, CO e ST. Por conseguinte, desenvolver, disseminar e pÃr em pratica programas de voluntariado na organizaÃÃo podem gerar vantagem competitiva na empresa, pois ajudam a manter talentos. TambÃm foi verificado que os VEC antecedem a PRSC; que a PRSC afeta positivamente o CO e a ST dos respondentes. Portanto, para seus funcionÃrios, a aparÃncia de empresa socialmente responsÃvel passa pela percepÃÃo de empresa ser Ãtica. Os resultados tambÃm evidenciaram que funcionÃrios que ocupavam cargos mais altos apresentaram Ãndices mÃdios de percepÃÃo maiores para os quatro construtos estudados, sendo o cargo a variÃvel sociodemogrÃfica que mais influenciou os Ãndices de percepÃÃo. Como limitaÃÃes da pesquisa, tem-se a nÃo representatividade da amostra, a presenÃa de muitos outliers, a aplicaÃÃo do questionÃrio diretamente na organizaÃÃo e o fato de o modelo de equaÃÃes estruturais nÃo pode assegurar uma relaÃÃo de causa e efeito. Para pesquisas futuras, sugere-se replicar o estudo em uma populaÃÃo maior, a nÃvel nacional, em uma amostra probabilÃstica em uma abordagem de mÃtodos mistos. / This study aims to analyze the influence of the perception of Practice for Corporate Social Responsibility (PCSR) and Ethical Values Corporative (EVC) on Job Satisfaction (JS) and Organizational Commitment (OC) of employees of a financial institution, installed on state of CearÃ. The research had the following objectives to investigate the influence of corporate ethical values in job satisfaction; check the influence of corporate ethical values in organizational commitment; evaluate the influence of corporate ethical values in the perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices (CSR); investigate the influence of the perception of CSR practices in job satisfaction; check the influence of the perception of CSR practices in organizational commitment; evaluate the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment; assess the influence of sociodemographic variables in the perception of corporate social responsibility practices in organizational commitment, the perception of corporate ethical values and job satisfaction. The research is quantitative held by a case study. Appealed to the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to validate the scales, the structural equation model for confirming the assumptions and techniques univariate and multivariate to verify the effect of sociodemographic variables in the constructs. The hypotheses of the research studies are: corporate ethical values positively influence job satisfaction; corporate ethical values positively influence organizational commitment; corporate ethical values positively influence the perception of corporate social responsibility practices of employees; the perception of CSR positively influences job satisfaction; the perception of corporate social responsibility practices positively influence the organizational commitment; there is a positive correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment; employees and volunteers have higher satisfaction levels at work, perception of social responsibility practices Corporate and Organizational Commitment. The results show that the accession of the company to ethical and socially responsible behavior positively affects job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees. Logo, business investments that want to keep their committed and satisfied employees, should attach importance to the development and effective dissemination of a code of ethics, as well as the accession of CSR practices. Another point highlighted was that participating employees of any bank volunteer program have better rates of PRSC, CO and ST. Therefore, develop, disseminate and put into practice volunteer programs in the organization can generate competitive advantage in business because they help retain talent. It was also found that VEC prior to PRSC; the PRSC positively affect the CO and ST of respondents. So, for your employees, socially responsible company appearance passes by the realization company is ethical. The results also show that employees who occupy higher positions had average rates of greater awareness for the four constructs, and the charge of socio-demographic variable that most influenced the perception indices. The limitations of the research, it has not representativeness of the sample, the presence of many outliers, the questionnaire directly in the organization and the fact that the structural equation model canât ensure a relationship of cause and effect. For future research, it is suggested to replicate the study in a larger population at national level, in a probabilistic sample in an approach of mixed methods.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The dynamism of modern life brought complexity and emphasis on work, along with the concern for well-being. There are several approaches to that construct, either by subjective, cognitive, social or labor perspective. Well-being at work describes the relationship between an individual and his work. Several authors have proposed structures for it, with theoretical models, dimensions and empirical evidence. However, any model was not empirically tested or it was composed of the variables such as job satisfaction (JS), job involvement (JI) and Affective Commitment to the Organization (ACO). This dissertation aimed to empirically test this theoretical model for well-being at work (WBW) composed of ACO, JS and JI from two studies. In the first, aiming at analyzing the dimensionality of the scales of each variable, exploratory factor analyses were performed by the analysis of the principal components. The sample consisted of 259 workers who responded in person and virtually to the following instruments: Affective Organizational Commitment Scale (AOCS), Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS), Job Involvement Scale (JIS) and an occupational questionnaire. The results showed that AOCS and JIS remained one-dimensional, with 5 items each scale. The JSS presented four factors, bringing 15 items in total. It was noted a significant relationship between ACO and the type of company, because the ones allocated in the private sector is more affectively committed than whoever is in public sector employment. There was also a significant association between ACO and the number of employees of the company, the fewer employees a company has, the greater the ACO. Moreover, there was a significant relationship between JS and wage increase, so that those who had an increase feel more satisfied than those who did not. The JI was related to salary increase, those who received no raise are more involved with work than those who received. The second study consisted of 206 respondents, also workers and those responded to the online questionnaire as well. When evaluating the factor structure found in Study 1 for each scale by confirmatory factor analysis, we obtained ratification of the data. However, the AOCS and JIS remained one-dimensional with 4 items each one. The JSS, after several adjustments recommended in the analysis, gathered 12 items distributed in 4 factors. In addition, a structural equation modeling was carried out to verify if the variables presented by the theoretical model of WBW is confirmed empirically in the explanatory model of WBW. The adjustment indexes indicated the existence of WBW, remaining the model with 20 items distributed unevenly in three variables. Therefore, the data show that when the employee is satisfied with the job, he feels more involved with it, shows affectively committed to the organization and tends to present well-being at work. It is thereby suggested the development of more studies on specific populations of workers in order to corroborate the influence of these variables on the constitution of the construct and, in addition, examine correlations between the WBW and other constructs. / O dinamismo da vida moderna trouxe complexidade e ênfase ao trabalho, aliados à preocupação com o bem-estar. Há várias abordagens desse construto, seja pela perspectiva subjetiva, cognitiva, social ou laboral. O bem-estar no trabalho descreve a relação existente entre o sujeito e seu trabalho. Diversos autores propuseram estruturas para ele, com modelo teórico, dimensões e comprovações empíricas. Todavia, um modelo não havia sido testado empiricamente, composto pelas variáveis satisfações no trabalho (ST), envolvimento com o trabalho (ET) e comprometimento organizacional afetivo (COA). Essa dissertação objetivou testar empiricamente tal modelo teórico para bem-estar no trabalho (BET) composto por COA, ST e ET, a partir da realização de dois estudos. No primeiro, com o objetivo de analisar a dimensionalidade das escalas de cada variável - COA, ST e ET -, foram feitas análises fatoriais exploratórias por meio da análise de componentes principais. A amostra foi composta por 259 trabalhadores que nesse estudo responderam presencial e virtualmente aos instrumentos: Escala de Comprometimento Organizacional Afetivo (ECOA), Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho (EST), Escala de Envolvimento com o Trabalho (EET) e um questionário socioprofissional. Os resultados apontaram que ECOA e EET permaneceram unidimensionais, com 5 itens cada uma das escalas. A EST apresentou 4 fatores, congregando 15 itens ao todo. Notou-se relação significativa entre COA e o tipo de empresa em que trabalha, pois quem está alocado no âmbito privado está mais comprometido afetivamente que quem se encontra em emprego público. Houve também significância entre COA e quantidade de funcionários da empresa, em que quanto menos funcionários a empresa tiver, maior o COA. Existiu ainda relação significativa entre ST e aumento salarial, de modo que quem obteve aumento sente-se mais satisfeito que quem não o recebeu. O ET apresentou relação com aumento salarial, em que aqueles que não receberam aumento estão mais envolvidos com o trabalho do que quem recebeu. O segundo estudo foi composto por 206 respondentes, também trabalhadores, que responderam ao questionário online. Ao avaliar as estruturas fatoriais encontradas no estudo 1 para cada escala, mediante análise fatorial confirmatória, obteve-se ratificação das mesmas, contudo com a retirada de alguns itens. A ECOA e a EET permaneceram unidimensionais, porém, com 4 itens cada uma. A EST, após diversos ajustes recomendados nas análises, reuniu 12 itens distribuídos em 4 fatores. Realizou-se ainda modelagem por equação estrutural para verificar se as variáveis apresentadas pelo modelo teórico de BET confirmam-se empiricamente no modelo explicativo de BET. Os índices de ajuste apontaram a existência de BET, ficando o modelo com 20 itens distribuídos desigualmente em 3 variáveis. Portanto, os dados demonstram que quando o funcionário está satisfeito com o trabalho, sente-se envolvido com o mesmo e ainda se mostra comprometido afetivamente em relação à organização em que trabalha e tende a apresentar bem-estar no trabalho. Sugere-se a elaboração de mais estudos, com populações específicas de trabalhadores, a fim de corroborar a influência destas variáveis na constituição do construto e, além disso, verificar correlações entre o BET e outros construtos.

This study investigates the impact of motivations, personal values and managerial skills of managers on the performance of Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. The failure rate of SMEs in South Africa is very high and it is of great importance to investigate the factors that can impact on the performance of SMEs. Financial and non-financial methods were used to measure SMEs performance. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Exploratory factor analysis was used to improve the research problems and enhance the validity of the research. Data analysis for this study includes descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and regression analysis. Reliability was tested using the Cronbach‟s Alpha while validity was ensured by using a statistician and by pre-testing the research instrument in a pilot study.