Associação entre fatores motivacionais e qualidade de vida

Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the analyses and discussions about the relation between motivational factors and life quality in the workplace. From a bibliographical review, one presents a general view about concepts and selected theoretical models on motivation and satisfaction in the workplace. By dealing with the relation of a thematic evolution of some conceptions, including those ones that consider the worker just as mechanically reacting to external factors and the satisfaction in the workplace only existing in relation to salary. Besides, other conceptions that contemplate psychosocial aspects in the workplace and the worker subjectivity that looks for satisfaction levels and motivation which consider the worker at all. In relation to the life quality in the workplace, many expectations of the results were raised by the organization that even covers the best perception of well-being to people until a certain direct or indirect influence in the productivity and in the financial results of the same, searching for, through the relation between the workplace and life quality, better incomes, since one believes that if the worker is motivated, he will present better results. It seems to be a proportional direct relation, therefore, most of the times the motivational factors that guide the worker to perform his function are not related to his life quality. However, it is elementary the worker well-being promotion in the organization. It is also necessary the worker awareness in order to him perceive that his life quality depends on his attitudes and understanding about motivation since not always these factors represent quality of life.