Organização do trabalho em grupo e a satisfação dos trabalhadores : um estudo de caso na indústria automobilística

Abstract

This research analyzed the relation between the adoption from a participative management model and the degree of the employees' satisfaction in a automobile industry, located in ABC Paulista area, that has been organized in semi-autonomous workgroups since 1996. Currently the company has approximately 400 groups involving about 4000 employees. During the research had been interviewed, managers, union representative and human resources representative. A survey was applied in a random sample of 250 employees. This work was supported by the program of statistics SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science), the data had been treated in a quantitative perspective through a factorial analysis (VARIMAX) in the attempt to reduce the amount of variables and after that it was verified if there was correlation between the classification factors of the respondents of the research (age, time working at the company, level of education and others) and the answered assertive, through a discriminated analysis. The research demonstrated that the workers' influence satisfaction factories are, mainly, the job structural organization, the relationship among the groups' participant, the given autonomy and the possibility to learn new activities. The research also shows up that there is a generalized workers' satisfaction to be acting in this type of work organization, independent of the personal characteristics they have, as age, level of education and others.