Praxis for community organic at work: a strategiy that improvies performance of the company

Authors

  • Jacir Leonir Casagrande Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina - UNISUL
  • Zuleica Maria Patricio Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/reen.v6e2201335-65

Keywords:

Organizational strategy. Performance. Organic community. Praxis. Quality of life in the work.

Abstract

Qualitative approach research, case-study, whose objective was to understand the organic community praxis performed in the workplace of a Brazilian company, and its relationship towards the quality of life of their employees. The data were collected from 125 employees of the company through participating observation and interview. The data analysis, following qualitative guidelines, was conducted with the aid of a class identification technique. The first analysis shows the dynamics of the work atmosphere as a praxis built on the various daily interactions of work. The process analysis-reflection-synthesis of this praxis gives proof to a set of technical-humanistic dimension classes which are characterized as an “organic community construct”. This praxis reverberates through the improvement of the employees’ quality of life, within the workplace and outside of it, and also in the life of the company itself. The theoretical-methodological conceptions shown in the study make up a bench mark to analyze the work contexts, aiming at checking the work atmosphere conditions and to also provide reflections within the academic and organizational context in order to carry out researches on the topic and the use of the organic community construct into the daily activities of companies to promote health for the population involved.

Author Biography

  • Jacir Leonir Casagrande, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina - UNISUL
    Possui graduação em Estudos Sociais pela Fundação Educacional de Brusque (1983), mestrado em Sociologia Política pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1991) e doutorado em Engenharia de Produção (Ergonomia) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2002). É professor titular da Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina. Atualmente está vinculado ao Programa de Pós-Graduação/Mestrado em Administração da UNISUL. Tem experiência na área de Sociologia e Metodologia da Pesquisa em cursos de graduação e pós-graduação nas áreas das Ciência Humanas, Ciências Sociais Aplicadas e Ciências da Saúde.

Published

2013-08-30

Issue

Section

Artigos Científicos