Resumo

This research examines the relationship between financial wellbeing as a predictor to perception of the personal state of quality of work life by employees in a Brazilian government organization, and considering the sample characteristics. The dependent variable used in this study is personal state of quality of work life, whit 5 questions, and independent variable InCharge Financial Distress/Financial Wellbeing scale adapted for this study with 6-question self-report subjective measure.

This research examines the relationship between financial wellbeing and the perception of the personal state of quality of work life by employees in a Brazilian public organization, analyzing how much these constructs are predictable e the intern influences with the sample characteristics. Hypotheses proposed: H1: Quality of Work Life can be predicted by Financial Wellbeing. H2: Gender, age, education and annual income implies significant variance in Quality of Work Life.

In developing our conceptual model, we adapted the framework used in the measure of personal state of Quality of Work Life (QWL), called BPSO-96, was based on the studies of Limongi-França (1996, 2009), Martel and Dupuis (2006), Rice et al. (1985) and Paschoal and Tamayo (2004). Also was adapted the framework used in the measure of Incharge Financial Distress/Financial Wellbeing Scale (IFDFW Scale) by Prawitz, Garman, Sorhaindo, O’Neill, Kim and Drentea (2006).

The data were collected from a survey in a Brazilian public organization, the Regional Labor Court of the 15th Region, has the purpose of carrying out justice in the field of labor relations, contributing to social peace and strengthening citizenship within their jurisdiction. The data was collected from 2016 May 10 to June 11. For this study, exploratory factor analyses were conducted for the items making up the IFDFW, and for the items making up the Personal State of Quality of Work Life, and was recoded this items with the means for FinancialWellbeing and QualityWorkLife.

The tests carried out with sample with 179 government employees of the Labor Court of the 15th. Region, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, allowed statistically to verify that in relation to hypothesis 1 is confirmed by the financial well-being have moderate relation to predict the personal state of quality of life at work. Regarding hypothesis 2, it was rejected in the tests because gender, age, education and annual income did not present statistical significance for variation in the level of the personal state of quality of life at work.

The results have important implications for research on these constructs, since it presents a new pertinent relationship, with moderate correlation, for quality of work at work and financial wellbeing, bringing the importance of research in the business environment. Employers, in particular, play an important role in helping their employees improve their financial health by offering specific programs and incentives, nothing that it is where they spend significant time in their lives, and directly affects productivity and organizational results (Garman et al., 1996; Joo & Garman, 1998).

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