Comprometimento organizacional e percepções temporais: um estudo sobre jovens trabalhadores

Abstract

Organizational commitment can be considered important factor for individuals and organizations, that influences work experiences and productivity. Same way, temporal perceptions interfere on how individuals deal with work and conduct their routines. Considering the idiosyncrasies that permeate the young workers, this study had as objective analyze how the organizational commitments dimensions and the temporal perceptions of young workers assisted by the ESPRO -Professional Social Teaching -in the city of Recife (PE) are related and configured. For that, a descriptive, exploratory and quantitative approach was performed with a sample of 229 respondents, selected by the accessibility criteria. The research tool includes questions about demographic and personal information, organizational commitment scale (Meyer & Allen, 1991) and temporal perceptions scale (Bluedorn & Jaussi, 2007). Data analysis was performed using descriptive and bivariate statistics. It was evidenced that, despite the presence of significant correlations regarding organizational commitment and temporal perceptions, these are considered low and grouped mainly in the dimension of affective commitment. This type of commitment was predominant among young workers (mean = 3.62). About the temporal perceptions, they showed greater correlations with personal characteristics and the young workers revealed preferences for monochromic, fast and punctual behaviors, with emphasis on the past and entrainment by leadership, which it may be associated to the situation of social vulnerability and the moment of transition on this phase of life