Purpose: This research was based on the "happy, productive worker" hypothesis. The objective was to analyze the predictive relationships, through a multilevel approach, between the variables well-being at work, organizational justice, organizational support, and the dependent variable individual job performance. Originality/value: The multilevel study of individual job performance and its relations with well-being and organizational variables are still a current gap in the literature, as well as the possibility of testing whether well-being at work can be considered a collective phenomenon. The presence of organizational support in the model, operationalized at the team level, represents an important contribution to the development of theories focused on teams' roles in organizations, especially their impact on organizational variables. Design/methodology/approach: Considering the proposed analysis at two different levels, a multilevel design model was adopted. The final sample consisted of 730 individuals and 32 units. The data were collected through a questionnaire composed of four previously validated scales. Data analysis followed the six steps proposed by Hox, Moerbeek, and Schoot (2017) for multilevel models for each of the samples. Findings: The explanatory model presented a predictive relationship between achievement (well-being at work factor), operationalized as an individual-level variable, and individual job performance; a predictive relationship between interactional justice, also operationalized as an individual-level variable, and individual job performance, and a predictive relationship between collective perceptions of organizational support, operationalized as a team-level variable, and individual job performance.

The purpose of this study was twofold. First, it aimed to determine whether there are differences in Brazilian students’ attitudes towards online learning compared to their purpose in seeking for this modality and the localization of the pole where they received face-to-face support. Second, it aimed to identify if Brazilian students’ attitudes towards online learning predict their self-perception of performance in the course. A correlational and explanatory quantitative approach was taken through a survey. Data was collected from 593 undergraduate students enrolled in the online public administration course offered by different Brazilian universities. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, group comparison (ANOVA) and multiple linear regression were employed for data analysis. Findings revealed that there are differences between students’ attitudes compared to their purpose in seeking for online courses and compared to the localization of the pole where they received face-to-face support. Statistically significant differences were found for Favorable personnel and dispositional aspects (PDA), Negative affects (NA) and Internalization and habituation of use (IHU) attitude dimensions. Furthermore, the study identified predictors of students’ self-perception of performance in online courses corresponding to how much students perceive they are accustomed to and capable of taking an online course, represented by the attitude dimension IHU. Results showed significant positive relationship between two attitude dimensions (PDA and PC) and the dimension IHU. In addition, significant negative relationship was found between the biographical variable family income and the dimension IHU. The model explains 40% of the variance of IHU in which PDA represents the strongest predictor.

The lockdown requirement, caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), led to people having to follow a work from home regime. This pandemic made workers more vulnerable, causing emotional disorders that impacted their work performance. This online survey aimed to identify the psychological and emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazilian workers, testing the predictive effect between physical and emotional fatigue factors, and expectations about their performance. The participants were 153 workers from different sectors or departments of the University of Brasilia following the work from home modality. To achieve the main aim of this study, the questionnaire ‘Feeling Fatigue Scale’ by Yoshitake, and the nine items of the ‘Achievement’ factor of the ‘Well-being at Work’ questionnaire by Paschoal and Tamayowere applied. Study data were collected between February and August 2020. Statistically significant differences were found between cognitive aspects (difficulties in attention to work, p = .001,) expectations regarding performance (p = .035), and the impact of fatigue on the body (p = .021) when comparing the profile of workers from the areas of exact sciences, health, and social and human sciences. Workers who reported more extreme difficulty in attention had lower expectations regarding the performance achieved in the exercise of their duties (R² adjusted = .271, p < .001). The results demonstrate the importance of planning public policies aimed at promoting mental and physical health at work.

Resumo Trata-se de um estudo teórico que aborda a avaliação psicológica no contexto de avaliações compulsórias, tanto em concurso público quanto para posse ou porte de arma de fogo. São apresentados os maiores desafios da área, a partir do histórico e da exposição de alguns dos problemas enfrentados na prática, diante das diferentes normativas que regulam este contexto. Na avaliação psicológica em concursos, ressalta-se como um dos maiores desafios a forte influência do poder judiciário nos últimos 60 anos, que inclui a definição ou restrição de procedimentos na atuação do profissional. Quanto à avaliação para porte de arma de fogo, discutem-se as diversas mudanças que ocorreram nos últimos anos e suas implicações. O texto incentiva os profissionais que atuam na área a refletir sobre as consequências sociais que o resultado dessa avaliação pode trazer. No Brasil, as pesquisas realizadas no contexto de avaliação psicológica compulsória ainda são escassas, o que mostra a necessidade de estudos que contribuam para melhoria nesse campo de atuação. É necessário compreender, inclusive, os impactos que a publicação de normativas e a qualidade da atuação dos profissionais podem provocar, bem como seus efeitos sobre a sociedade como um todo.

There has never been so much flexibility and organizational capacity to adjust to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on work. This article examines beliefs and perceptions related to new arrangements imposed by compulsory telework on skills and performance management practices, as well as identifying related advantages and disadvantages associated. This paper draws on 17 in-depth interviews using the collaborative interactive action research method. The authors study how leaders acted in multiple ways, aiming to reduce the negative effects on workers and work design and provide greater balance of actions. The perspective of multiple levels of action was adopted, considering human and social behavior and organizational arrangements made at a macro level. The sense of collectivity and the search for the standardization of routines were privileged in the interpretation of the answers. The main results reflect the influence of compulsory telework to performance factors, essential competencies required, and the main advantages and disadvantages associated to the construct. This study is relevant for organization studies, especially in the kinds of organizational contexts where there is still unpreparedness to deal with the effects of the pandemic or have uncoordinated telework practices.

O presente trabalho objetiva analisar a influência da cultura de uma organização no processo de implementação de novo modelo de gestão, além de descrever as percepções dos empregados sobre transformações na cultura organizacional vigente, mostrando suas crenças e percepções compartilhadas acerca do processo de mudança. Foram realizadas quinze entrevistas semi-estruturadas em uma empresa pública da cidade de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. Os resultados indicaram que crenças dos trabalhadores dificultam a efetiva implementação do planejamento estratégico. Fatores positivos e negativos foram apontados como entraves e/ou facilitadores do referido processo, propondo-se, ao final, iniciativas que promovam mudanças na cultura organizacional, culminando com a adoção da gestão estratégica.