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- Title
AS RELAÇÕES SIMBÓLICAS E A MOTIVAÇÃO NO TRABALHO VOLUNTÁRIO.
- Authors
RODRIGUES LEITE DA SILVA, ALFREDO; DE AGUIAR SALAZAR, KÁSSIA; DIAS FANTINEL, LETÍCIA
- Abstract
The purpose of this article is grasping the symbolic relationships that involve motivation in volunteer work. The locus of the empirical portion of this article is the Associação Voluntária da Apae (Avapae) in Venda Nova do Imigrante, Brazil. The article legitimizes the relevance of studying organizations through approaches focused on organizational symbolism (Morgan, Frost & Pondy, 1983; Gioia, 1986; Carrieri & Saraiva, 2007). This is done herein by recognizing the relationships between the social construction of volunteers' reality (Berger & Luckmann, 1985) and their representations of motivation based on a subjectivity (Rey, 2005) connected to the particularities of volunteer work. Empirical data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with 14 Avapae volunteers, a 3-month non-participant observation period at the volunteers' workplace, and documentary analysis. Data were processed by using the content analysis technique. According to volunteers, work is related to the capacity of, through an embroidery, for instance, producing meanings, such as helping others, having fun, and changing the routine, among others. Motivation, observed through the meanings attached to volunteer work, is based on the feeling of being part of something or changing a way, in the sense of playing a significant role in relation to that social task (Palassi & Vervloet, 2011). The investigation showed the context of Avapae as complex, permeated by symbolism and multiple subjectivities, especially concerning the social constructions of people living in Venda Nova do Imigrante, in addition to the limits of the organization studied. 'Venda-novenses' emerged as a product and producer of the symbolism surrounding the motivation for volunteering. As a final contribution of this study, we argue that the ways to address volunteers' motivation must consider the actions of these social agents and their insertion contexts in terms of the symbolic exchanges experienced within the organization and society as a whole, as it has been observed within the 'venda-novense' community.
- Subjects
VENDA Nova do Imigrante (Brazil); VOLUNTEER service; MOTIVATION research; SYMBOLISM in organizations; SUBJECTIVITY; SOCIAL constructionism; SOCIAL history
- Publication
RAM. Mackenzie Management Review / RAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 3, p171
- ISSN
1518-6776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1678-69712015/admnistracao.v16n3p171-200