Work-life balance de profissionais da contabilidade: Um estudo em organizações contábeis na microrregião de Ituiutaba-MG

Abstract

Work and family are two extremely important domains in the life of individuals and therefore it is necessary that there is a balance between them. It is known that when it comes to the balance between work and family, that is, work-life balance, there are two aspects: the conflict and the positive interface. Although most studies present the work-life balance in a negative way (conflict), researchers say that the accumulation of roles may be beneficial for the individual. Considering the two aspects of balance, we investigated the work-life balance of accounting professionals working in the Ituiutaba-MG micro-region, discussing whether the conflicting nature or the positive interface of the work-family relationship prevails. A questionnaire adapted from Aguiar (2016) applied to professionals with active registration in the Regional Accounting Council, who work in offices of the micro-region investigated, was used as research instrument. The research is characterized as descriptive with a quantitative approach and descriptive statistics were used for the treatment of the data. The results evidenced the existence of a positive interface in the relationship between work and family, and this relationship results in spillover positive and valuation, which are dimensions of the positive nature and confirm that professionals use emotions and experiences, as well as values and principles acquired and/or developed in one domain in order to improve its performance in another domain. As for the conflicting nature of the relationship between work and family, the results are not conclusive since the conflict exists only in a variable inserted in the dimension ‘time’ that points out that facts and events perceived in the work influence in some way the family activities.