Assédio moral no ambiente de trabalho: um estudo sobre jovens trabalhadores brasileiros

Abstract

This study analyzed how moral harassment suffered by young workers is perceived by professionals of a vocational training association that aims to include them in the labor market. Therefore, the qualitative approach was used. Initially, an attempt was made to interview the young workers, but the Association denied any contact with them. Thus, interviews with 21 professionals of this Association were carried out. The data were submitted to content analysis. It has been realized that young people suffer vertical top-down moral harassment, horizontal harassment and mixed moral harassment. It has also been seen that harassment has consequences that affect the personal and professional life of young people, such as demotivation and impairment in work performance, as well as low self-esteem and psychological problems. Therefore, although the association avoided the subject, excluding it from its guidelines with the youth, it is necessary to develop actions on the elucidation of the forms of harassment within organizations and practices to combat it in the work environment.