Espiritualidade e ambiente de trabalho: buscando conexões com as relações sociais

Abstract

The present research intends to explore the possibilities of an education in the light of the dimension of spirituality in the search for the subject's balance in social relations in the work environment, even though these should also become an object of transformation. Thus, we sought to investigate the occurrence of bullying within UFMG: how does this process occur in the work environment? What are its psycho-emotional and psychosomatic consequences? How do Administrative Technical Servers in Education (TAEs) deal with this situation? This is a research that adopted a qualitative approach, using the autobiographical narrative. As research instruments, a structured questionnaire was used, which enabled the planning of semi-structured interviews with narratives of the subjects involved, and a bibliographic review. The research took place in three phases: I - selection of the units that would participate in the process and sending an invitation to the TAEs, via email, inviting them to participate in the research by answering a questionnaire containing 28 structured questions relevant to the theme and reporting, briefly, your possible experience(s); II - sorting the questionnaires, separating them according to the classification of moral harassment; and, finally, selection of five civil servants based on the responses to the questionnaire, inviting them to participate in a semi-structured interview, narrating their experiences more broadly. The information collected both in the answers to the questionnaire and in the interviews served as an object of analysis for the conclusion of this work. It is hoped, with this research, that effective policies for preventing and combating moral harassment within the university be rethought and put into practice, considering that, in addition to exercising an ethical function, arising from the unconditional commitment to the values of spirituality, the institution will enable workers to carry out their activities with better quality of life.