Building an airplane in full flight: the influence of physical comfort in the organizational climate of a public higher education institution with its facilities in construction
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1983-4535.2017v10n3p163Abstract
Driven by the Brazilian program Restructuring and Expansion of Federal Universities Brazilian, the federal universities are placed in a setting that has booming,. With that in some units the servers perform their activities on your desktop with unfinished physical facilities and construction. Whereas the physical comfort is one of the dimensions of organizational climate, this article aims to address how the physical environment influences the formation of the organizational climate construction. Therefore, this article is presented with a qualitative approach to measure the phenomenon, obtained through an exploratory research. Data were collected from the records of group discussions through participant observation. The ergonomics point of view, the employees of this institution are greatly affected due to the building being under construction. The problems mentioned were: loud noises, problems of hygiene and cleanliness, insecurity and tremors in the physical structure. It was found that the workers demonstrated insecurity and concern for these work situations that consequently affect the physical comfort, one of the organizational climate factors. However, it was observed that even with the difficulties evaluated, servers end up not fail to perform their duties.Downloads
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2017-11-03
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