The goal of the present study was to examine the variables that compose work malaise by correlating them with aspects of the culture/organizational culture and with a taxonomic perspective of the factors that constitute a work context. Those variables were obtained after the analysis of an empirical research conducted at a Brazilian public banking institution. The participants were 1,164 bank employees (78% male). For the data treatment, a software for quantitative analysis of textual data was used: Alceste. The results showed five theme cores and two axes that oriented the banking employees' speech, which revealed traits of the organizational culture. These elements were correlated to the concepts of well-being, and the goods and services production context that served as the basis to outline the main focuses of work malaise.
organizational culture; work malaise; public sector; bank work
