The Meaning of Work during Short-term Unemployment

Bendassolli, Pedro F.; Coelho-Lima, Fellipe; Pinheiro, Rafaele de Araújo; Gê, Pollyanna Carvalho de Siqueira

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Articles • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 32 (1) • Jan-Mar 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-37722016012674123132 copy

The Meaning of Work during Short-term Unemployment^¹ 1 Agradecimento - Agradecemos o apoio da Secretaria do Estado de Trabalho, Habitação e Assistência Social do Rio Grande do Norte.

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ABSTRACT

This paper reports the results of an investigation of the meanings unemployed people attribute to their work. The sample comprised 358 short-term (from one to six months) unemployed workers. Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire based on a five-dimensional meaning of work model that was previously adapted to the Brazilian context. The data were submitted to a confirmatory factor analysis. The results suggest that there might not be specificities in the meanings unemployed workers attribute to their work, considering that the five-factor structure of the meaning of work model was empirically supported. The results indicate that the variables length of unemployment, number of formal jobs, age, and schooling were significantly correlated with the number of dimensions of the meaning of work model.

Keywords:
meaningful work; meaning of work; unemployment

Index	Original Model	Respecified Model
χ2	790.36	409.39
Gl	265	177
χ2/df	2.98	2.31
GFI	0.84	0.90
TLI	0.85	0.92
CFI	0.86	0.93
RMSEA	0.07	0.06

Factors	Items	Estimate by ML	Estimation Bootstrap Samples
		SC	LL	UL
(F1) Learning and Development	14	0.77	0.69	0.83
	15	0.76	0.68	0.83
	17	0.75	0.66	0.81
	19	0.72	0.63	0.79
	09	0.65	0.55	0.74
	22	0.63	0.53	0.72
	13	0.59	0.48	0.68
	04	0.55	0.43	0.66
(F2) Quality of Work Relationships	21	0.71	0.56	0.84
	08	0.52	0.35	0.67
	06	0.49	0.34	0.65
	03	0.48	0.33	0.61
(F3) Work Utility	16	0.83	0.76	0.91
	24	0.77	0.68	0.84
	02	0.68	0.57	0.76
	05	0.68	0.56	0.76
(F4) Autonomy	25	0.80	0.71	0.86
	23	0.79	0.71	0.86
	20	0.75	0.66	0.83
(F5) Ethics	11	0.84	0.77	0.89
	12	0.81	0.75	0.86
	18	0.80	0.73	0.86
	10	0.79	0.72	0.84

Factor	Average (DP)	Alpha
(F1) Learning and Development	3.51 (0.55)	0.85
(F2) Quality of Work Relationships	3.56 (0.45)	0.62
(F3) Work Utility	3.58 (0.57)	0.84
(F4) Autonomy	3.04 (0.84)	0.82
(F5) Ethics	3.14 (0.84)	0.87

Factor			Variables
	Gender	Age	Level of Education	Formal Jobs	Time Unemployed
F1	t₍₃₅₆₎=2.84** d = 0.26	r = 0.21** [0.08. 0.31]	F_(5.349) = 4.59*** ω2 = 0.05	r = 0.11* [-0.003. 0.23]
	M >F (ΔM= 0.16) [0.02. 0.31]		ES >HS (ΔM= 0.36) [0.06. 0.67]
			ES >IHE (ΔM = 0.57) [0.18. 0.95]
			ES >CHE (ΔM = 0.40) [0.01. 0.79]
F2	t₍₃₅₆₎=2.52** d = 0.09	r =0.14** [0.08. 0.31]
	M>F (ΔM= 0.12) [0.01. 0.12]
F3		r = 0.24** [0.12. 0.33]	F(5.349) = 2.61* ω2 = 0.02	r = 0.11* [-0.01. 0.23]
			ES >CHE (ΔM = 0.45) [0.04. 0.86]
F4		r= 0.11* [-0.01. 0.24]			r = 0.14** [0.01. 0.25]
F5			F(5.345) = 2.94** ω2 = 0.04		r = 0.12* [-0.15. 0.23]
			ES >GD (ΔM = 0.66) [0.06. 1.25]

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[1] 2 Endereço para correspondência: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Centro de Ciências Humanas Letras e Artes, Departamento de Psicologia, Natal, RN, Brasil. CEP: 59078-970. E-mail: pbendassolli@gmail.com

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The Meaning of Work during Short-term Unemployment1 1 Agradecimento - Agradecemos o apoio da Secretaria do Estado de Trabalho, Habitação e Assistência Social do Rio Grande do Norte.

Sentido do Trabalho em Situação de Desemprego de Curta Duração

ABSTRACT

The Meaning of Work during Short-term Unemployment^¹ 1 Agradecimento - Agradecemos o apoio da Secretaria do Estado de Trabalho, Habitação e Assistência Social do Rio Grande do Norte.