O setor madeireiro em Itaituba, Pará: satisfação de empresários e bem-estar de trabalhadores

Abstract

The economic exploitation of timber, when practiced through sustainable management, brings economic benefits to the region with low impact on the environment, and can be very beneficial to regions that have an abundance of raw material, such as Itaituba-PA. Moreover, evaluating only economic factors and income generation may be insufficient to define that a given productive sector promotes quality of life for the society in which it is inserted. The purpose of this study was to study the satisfaction of entrepreneurs and the subjective wellbeing of workers in the timber sector in the municipality of Itaituba, Pará. The qualitative method was used to study the satisfaction of entrepreneurs, being the instrument for data collection the semi-structured interview. After the transcription, the intervies were analyzed using the Discourse of Collective Subject (DSC) method. Research with the workers was carried out using the quantitative method, using a questionnaire instrument with indicators of personal well-being in the organizations. measuring the level of satisfaction of the respondents in aspects related to the work environment ( using a 5-point Likert scale ). These data were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive statistics, using Excel for Windows® and Statistical Analysis Software (PSPP), version 1.0.1. The results indicate that from a business perspective, there has been a significant decrease in legal logging in recent years, mainly due to the excessive bureaucracy and negligence of the State, allowing unfair competition with people who act illegally in the Itaituban market. Despite an adverse scenario, there is satisfaction with the industry, prevailing the idea that they like the activity and intend to continue struggling to achieve professional achievement. Concerning the subjective wellbeing of workers in the timber sector in the municipality of Itaituba-PA, the average number of grades attributed to the level of well-being reflected a level of 61%. Workers' welfare was strongly influenced by issues related to Environmental Support (73.25%), and Autonomy (42.25%), which deserves greater attention, aiming to improve the level of well-being of workers. It is necessary a joint action between government and companies in the municipality to improve the negative aspects found in the present study, improving the dialogue in all environments, made possible the more flexible action, both through public policies, actions of public servants involved in the sector. Changes in the internal environment of the companies surveyed, could improve the satisfaction of the people in this sector