Engajamento no trabalho e autoeficácia: um estudo com servidores de uma universidade federal de ensino superior na região norte do Brasil

Abstract

This study dealt with engagement and self-efficacy at work, positive constructs emerging in the international scientific agenda, responsible for improving results and performance for organizations and people. The research aims to analyze work engagement and self-efficacy and establish the relationship between these constructs, guided by the following questions: what are the characteristics of work engagement and self-efficacy among employees of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and how do these constructs relate? Therefore, a literature review was carried out to theoretically and methodologically support the investigation of how it occurs and what influences engagement and self-efficacy at work. For data collection, questionnaires were applied to employees of the Federal University of Pará with questions adopted in other similar studies to assess engagement and self-efficacy in a sample of 326 employees, including teachers and technicians. From the results, median general indices for the intensity of engagement and self-efficacy of the sample were inferred. The study's hypotheses were tested indicating that there are no significant differences in the scores of men and women regarding work engagement and self-efficacy, similar indices for occupants of managerial position and teaching positions and administrative technicians and more engaged older employees and higher self-efficacy beliefs. One group proved to have the highest intensity of self-efficacy beliefs and high intensities of vigor, dedication and absorption, being classified as having “high self-efficacy beliefs and engagement at work”. The results of this study allowed us to propose developments for other research and interventions within the institution that was the locus of the research.