Abstract

BENETTI, Idonézia Collodel et al. Social representation of organizational psychology when in the school context. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.1, pp.52-61. ISSN 2177-093X.  https://doi.org/10.20435/2177093X2016107.

The aim of the present study was to research 20 employees from four private schools in the Itajaí Upper Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with the objective of investigating how the psychologists' work are seen by other workers inside those corporations. Based on a field survey, and qualitative in nature, the results showed the clear importance o the psychologists in organizations, in spite of it is still being based on clinical models. The labour of those kinds of professionals, that should be seen as someone in charge of knowing the corporative world reality, in order to comprehend the phenomena that occur inside corporations, was found invisible in terms of type of typical actions such as professional recruitment, employee's evaluation and training, indicating that the psychologists need to work hard in order to have their work more visible. The labour institutions still need help on the issues that span both the organization and the quality of life and mental health of its workforce.

Keywords : Work and organizational psychology; Social representation; Psychologist; School context.

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