Centralidade do trabalho e clima organizacional

: estudo exploratório

Abstract

The present study has as general objective to understand the impact of Centrality of
Work and sociodemographic variables in the Organizational Climate. For this purpose, the data
were collected through an online platform, between October 2016 and March 2017, the sample
is 143 subjects, mostly Portuguese. Two scales were applied: social work climate scale (Moos
& Insel, 1974) translated and adapted for the Portuguese population (Lobo, Fernandez, 2001),
only the items corresponding to the subscales were applied, cohesion, clarity and convenience
and the centrality scale of work (Lobo, Gonçalves, Tavares, 2016), composed of two
dimensions (functional and affective). The results show that the centrality is higher in men,
were found marginally significant differences between groups with regard to centrality (F (3) =
2
2.269, p = .053), with individuals over 46 years of age registering a higher value in relation to
functional centrality (M = 9, SD = 3,307) and subjects up to 25 years had lower values (M =
7,171, SD = 2,985). Regarding affective centrality, no significant correlation was found (p>
.05). This research allows us to rethink intervention strategies in organizations with older
professional groups and to identify the reasons for gender differences.

Date of Award	10 May 2018
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Maria de Fátima Rodrigues Leitão Lobo (Supervisor)