Absenteísmo-doença e qualidade de vida no trabalho entre os técnicos administrativos em educação da UFJF

Abstract

The present dissertation developed under the Program of Professional Postgraduate in Management and Evaluation of Public Education of the UFJF has as its object the study of absenteeism-disease among the Administrative Technicians in Education (TAE's) of UFJF. As the north for the development of the research, therefore, the following question is presented: how the UFJF can propose actions to reduce the absenteeism of its TAE´s caused by diseases? In the search for answers, it is intended to identify possible relationships between the working environment and the sickness of the Administrative Technicians in Education of said IFES, which is the general objective of this work, given that only from this mapping can it be possible to propose actions to minimize the incidence of the problem in focus. The specific objectives, in turn, are: to describe aspects and policies on the subject of the research, both at the federal level and at the Institution under study; to analyze factors (personal and professional) supposedly related to absenteeism-illness of the TAE´s in UFJF. from the point of view of the TAE´s themselves and also of the managers; and propose institutional strategies aimed at strengthening the quality of work life in the UFJF universe. To make it possible to achieve the objectives outlined and to guarantee the reliability of the results, it is necessary to use quantitative and qualitative research on the subject, besides carrying out the bibliographic survey from several sources that deal with the subject. Based on the results obtained, in spite of the fact that it was not possible to establish direct cause and effect relationships between job satisfaction / dissatisfaction and the occurrence of leave due to health reasons, relevant aspects about Quality of Life at Work (QLW) and disease absenteeism were outlined, with emphasis on the recognition of the importance of QLW actions and policies for the general well-being of workers and for the positivity of the organizational climate. This finding ultimately signals the need to promote and improve QLW at UFJF as a means of providing better health conditions for servants and, consequently, preventing / reducing the sickness of these workers.