Liderança, contexto de trabalho e desempenho: uma análise na percepção de trabalhadores da vigilância sanitária

Abstract

Health surveillance is an important component of the National Health System in the process of protecting, promoting and protecting health. This study aimed to analyze the structure of health surveillance of municipalities in Goiás (VISAM), in the perception of their workers, and relate the work processes, conditions and organization of work, social and professional relationships, leadership style exercised by managers and management people and processes. 335 VISAM’s workers participated in the 53 municipalities of Goiás, answering the several instruments adopted in the study. It was used SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) for Windows, version 18, for statistical treatment. It was evident that the management of people and processes occurs more effectively to the development of service activities, without concern about aspects of human resources. Most respondents evaluated the conditions and organization of work as serious or critical and socio-professional relations as satisfactory. The leaders were perceived as having some of the characteristics of charismatic leadership, but which, however, fall short in aspects related to intellectual stimulation. Correlational Tests and multiple regression analyzes showed significant relationships between all the variables, with the dimensions of the work context and the characteristics of leadership explaining 13% to 20% of the variance of the management assessment. It is necessary supply the VISAM resources for it to exert effectively, their functions and contribute towards improving the quality of health of the population.