Sentidos do trabalho: um estudo com graduandos de cursos de ciências sociais aplicadas da Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa), campus de Santana do Livramento -RS

Abstract

Work has great value in people's lives, not only in the present day, but also throughout human history, since the basis of human development has been through work. The tasks performed by man bring values that will give meaning to his life, practically, determining who he is and what his relevance in the social environment in which he is inserted. With this, the human being attributes characteristics, meanings, motivations, perceptions and inclinations that will define his vision about the meaning of work. In this sense, the present study has as general objective to understand which are the meanings attributed to the work by the probable graduates of the courses of Applied Social Sciences of Unipampa, Santana do Livramento - RS campus. Specific objectives were defined: a) to analyze the meaning, orientation and coherence of the work for the graduates; b) verify the students' perception of the characteristics of a meaningful work; c) investigate the reasons that the students see to work. A descriptive research was developed with a qualitative approach. With the results, it is possible to analyze that the students give different meanings to the work, being: financial, means to reach objectives, recognition, sense of utility, realization of dreams, vocation, among others.Thus, it is concluded that the main meanings attributed to work refer to work as a means of earning financial gains, of the individual feeling useful, establishing interpersonal relationships and having personal satisfaction.