O caráter normativo e funcional das representações sociais do trabalho e da empresa:um estudo com trabalhadores de organizações de grande e pequeno/médio porte do Rio de Janeiro

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Santiago, Gabriella de Oliveira
• Orientador(a): Wolter, Rafael Moura Coelho Pecly
• Banca de defesa: Ayres, Heloísa Helena Ferraz , Rocha, Júlio César Cruz Collares da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social
• Departamento: Centro de Educação e Humanidades::Instituto de Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Representações sociais; Psicologia Social; Trabalho; Organização
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Work; Organization; Social Representations
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL
• Link de acesso: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15412

The social representations are present in every environment in which people engage with each other. They are a form of social thought. Work occupies a central position in human life, being a structuring agent to individuals, groups and society. When talking about work, we are also talking about organizations, who are built by interaction processes and managed from a consensual knowledge. In that sense, when evaluating work, we must also evaluate the context in which it is inserted. The objective of this thesis is to present how workers, who work in organizations of large and small/medium size in Rio de Janeiro, represent the Work and the Company. The goal is to assess differences or similarities that permeate those different groups. The inclusion of organizations of differing sizes justifies itself in the diversity of today s market, in which small/medium size companies are responsible for a significant portion of the working stations. The theoretical foundations are the social representations and the central nucleus theories. The research included 10 companies, englobing 115 workers. The collection of data was made with the free evocations technique, utilizing a prototypical analysis, followed by a similitude analysis. Results showed that representations of the objects work and company present certain similarities, denoting a normative and functional character. That means those representations present elements which refer to social norms (normative character), as well as elements which threat those objects as economical resources (functional character). Therefore, both groups social representations on the object of work present a character that is both normative and functional. It is possible to conclude that the small/medium size organizations group s representation tends to have more of an functional character, while the large group s representation presents a normative one. Now on the object of company, both groups showed a highly normative character. It is expected that those initial results may contribute to an expansion of research in the area, amplifying the social representations research field in organizational environments, providing valid scientific elements on those constructs, which are central for life in society