Quality of life at work according to westley methodology: a study developed with officials and firemen from a fire brigade in state of parana

Quality of Life at Work according to Westley methodology: a study developed with officials and firemen from a Fire Brigade in State of Parana

Autores: JAQUELINE FONSECA RODRIGUES (Faculdade União, Paraná, Brasil / Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil) [e-mail]

NELMA T ZUBEK VALENTE (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil / Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil) - [e-mail] DÁLCIO ROBERTO DOS REIS (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil) - [e-mail] IVANILDE SCUSSIATTO EYNG (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil / Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Misiones, Argentina)[e-mail]

Colaboradores: MARILISA DO ROCIO OLIVEIRA (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil / Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Misiones, Argentina)[e-mail]

ABSTRACT This paper aims to verify whether or not the dimensions of Westley’s model(1979), which defines the roots of QLW, in fact correlates to the subjective perception of Quality of Life at Work. For this purpose, the evaluation instrument proposed by Westley(1979) was applied in order to verify the perception of the officials and firemen from Fire Brigade about Quality of Life at Work(QLW) based on the identification of satisfaction levels in relation with economical, political, psychological and sociological dimensions related to Quality of Life at Work according to the proposed model. The results of the research indicate that most of the factors under evaluation are quite satisfactory. They also revealed that the observed issues in relation to the dimensions proposed by Westley had a higher average score with officials when compared to the firemen. Such inference indicates that the officials, in general, are more satisfied than dissatisfied regarding QLW that exists in the department. However, the lower average score levels