WORK PSYCHODYNAMICS AND PASTORAL ACTIVITY

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https://doi.org/10.20873/2526-1487V3N3P115

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate pleasure-suffering experiences of evangelical church leaders in Brasília-Brazil under the theoretical perspective of Work Psychodynamic. Specifically, the goals of the study were: to understand work organization; to investigate the strategies to mediate the suffering experience; and to evaluate presence of recognition related to work. Sample was composed by fifteen church leaders in which there were applied individual semi-structured interviews. As results, it was found that participants feel satisfied with their job and identify with tasks, despite strong overcharge of work and lack of recognition. In order to deal with those suffering experiences, church leaders run over defense strategies and do not use mobilization to change work organization. Despite the fact they have not let work in the past twelve months to treat illness, participant are affected by physical, psychological, and social damages related to work.

 

Keywords: Work Psychology, Pleasure-suffering; Work Psychodynamic; Recognition, pastoral work.

Author Biographies

Osmar Oliveira Alves dos Santos, Instituto Brasileiro de Psicologia

Psicólogo graduado na Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB), Bacharel em Teologia pela Faculdade Evangélica de Brasília (FE), Especialista em Psicanálise Clínica pela Associação Nacional de Psicanálise Clínica (ANPC), Especialista em Gestão Eclesiástica pela Faculdade Evangélica de Brasília (FE)

Ana Cláudia Almeida Machado, Universidade de Brasília

Psicóloga (UnB), Especialista em Bioética (UnB), Mestra em Psicologia Social do Trabalho e das Organizações (PSTO-UnB), Doutoranda em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura da Universidade de Brasília (PsiCC – UnB) e ex-docente do Curso de Psicologia da Universidade Católica de Brasília

Emilio Peres Facas, Universidade de Brasília

Colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social, do Trabalho e das Organizações (UnB). Psicólogo, Doutor em Psicologia Social, do Trabalho e das Organizações pela Universidade de Brasília com período sanduíche na UniversitéCatholique de Louvain. Coordenador do Laboratório de Psicodinâmica e Clínica do Trabalho - LPCT/UnB.

Published

2018-12-07

How to Cite

dos Santos, O. O. A., Machado, A. C. A., & Facas, E. P. (2018). WORK PSYCHODYNAMICS AND PASTORAL ACTIVITY. Trabalho (En)Cena, 3(3), 115–138. https://doi.org/10.20873/2526-1487V3N3P115

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