Abstract

BALDUCCI, Daniel  and  KANAANE, Roberto. The relevance of staff management at the organizational atmosphere of an engineering company. Bol. - Acad. Paul. Psicol. [online]. 2007, vol.27, n.2, pp. 133-147. ISSN 1415-711X.

This article presents the main results of an exploratory survey with the objective of analysing an engineering company from the level of staff management, and if this contributes effectively toward the organizational atmosphere. The research focuses on the following aspects: the policies and practices of HR, the management of personnel and leadership, communication and motivation (organizational atmosphere) processes. The instrument utilized for collecting data is a questionnaire with 33 questions, in order to obtain the understanding about the variables of the research. The results, applied to a non- probabilistic sample composite of 45 respondents, indicate that the practice of staff management is still incipient; that there are communication difficulties between the hierarchical levels of the organization impacting on the performance of leadership; that the motivational level of the respondents is below their expectations, as they feel underestimated, and that the policies and practices of HR alone cannot guarantee an organizational atmosphere that could fulfill the expectations of the organization's employees.

Keywords : Staff management; Organizational atmosphere; Motivational process.

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