As relações entre a justiça e o entrincheiramento organizacional com a saúde do servidor da UFSM

Abstract

This study aimed to propose management guidelines that contribute on the organizational justice perception, minimize organizational entrenchment and promote higher education public institutions’ workers’ health. An exploratory, descriptive, quantitative research was done, with the UFSM Education Technical Administrative. The data collection was made by questionnaire with Likert scales, more objective and open questions, being divided in four parts: I – Colquitt’s (2001) Organizational Justice perception scale, II – Rodrigues’ and Bastos’ (2015) Organizational Entrenchment Measure, III – Ware’s (1976) Health Perception Questionnaire and IV – Social-demographic data. The information was analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Science program, and the open questions were analyzed by content analysis. Besides, secondary data about health-motivated reports registered in the institution through January, 2018, to June, 2020, were used. The sample was composed by 318 participants, with dominating characteristics being: female, masters’ degree educational level, age range from 31 to 40 years old, up to 9 years of work, monthly income from R$ 4.001,00 to R$ 7.000,00. The majority develop their activities in the municipal headquarters, in teaching units and with higher education positions. Results revealed good health perception, in general. Concerning the perception about the relationship health-work-illness, it was verified that employees are exposed to occupational risks that pummel their physical and psychological health. Regarding the dominant profile in health-related reports during the time period studied, it was observed that it is formed by women, age range from 51 to 60 years, by employees from the Santa Maria University Hospital (HUSM), from 11 to 20 service years, in the category of License for Health Care (LHC), and from 1 to 10 service years in the category of License for Service Accidents (LSA). CID.10, that generates more reports of LHC, refers to mental and behavioristic issues (CID.10.F), while in LSA the injuries, poisoning and some other external-cause consequences prevail (CID.10.S). 5099 reports were registered for LHC, which led to 72.965 work-distance days, and 105 LSA reports, which led to 2.631 work-distance days. Participants notice medium organizational justice levels, with more justice perception on interpersonal and distributive relationships, and less on process and informational dimensions. It was identified that employees present medium level of entrenchment, feeling stuck to the organization, mainly for financial issues, stability and the benefits that would be lost in case of leaving. It was verified that only organizational justice positively impacts on health perception, demonstrating average significative correlation. Based on the research results, management guidelines were presented, which are believed to be able to contribute on the building of healthier workplaces.