Um estudo sobre experiência de inclusão e felicidade no trabalho

Abstract

The themes happiness and inclusion has become extremely valuable in a heterogeneous society like Brazil. Through quantitative analysis and inferring a possible relationship between experience of inclusion and happiness at work, this study was designed to answer the following research problem: What is the relationship between experience of inclusion and happiness at work? The general objective was to examine the relationship between experience of inclusion and happiness at work. The specific objectives were analyze if the experience of inclusion has greater impact on eudemonic aspects of happiness than on hedonic aspects, and analyze if the experience of inclusion and happiness at work differ by sex, race/color, age, religion, sexual orientation, hierarchical level, salary range and time in the working group. To achieve the proposed objectives, two questionnaires were used: the Scale of Experience of Inclusion and the Scale of Well-Being at Work. For research purposes, two samples were collected, and by descriptive statistics, linear regression and analysis of variance, the results were achieved. There was a moderate correlation between experience of inclusion and the factors of positive affect and realization/expressiveness, and moderate negative correlation between experience of inclusion and the negative affect. Moreover, the importance of individual and environmental characteristics for individuals fell more included and happier at work was observed. This study sought to contribute to the advancement of the concept of inclusion, in that it sought to clarify the role of the variable happiness at work in the theoretical model of the experience of inclusion. It also enabled contribute to the importance of promoting inclusion in the workplace so that there is happiness, since the latter concept, according some studies, appear to be antecedent of the performance and effectiveness in organizations.