“Condição adversa” de trabalho e saúde dos trabalhadores: estudo da dupla função dos motoristas de ônibus da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This research, referring to the Master's thesis by the Postgraduate Program in Social Work at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGSS-UERJ), aimed to identify and analyze the relationship between mental wear and the drivers work process of urban buses of the city of Rio de Janeiro, according to perceptions and coping strategies by the workers themselves, under the dual role that they are subject to in their work routine. The interest in studying the mental exhaustion category comes from the difficulties in identifying mental suffering and its relationship with work, which is a phenomenon that is expressed more and more in our society. In the research, held in 2019, a qualitative, exploratory study was carried out, based on a theoretical-bibliographic review, documentary research and fieldwork with the category of bus drivers, through semi-structured interviews with twenty urban drivers of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The research found that the coping strategies used by these workers are an expression of the immense wear that afflicts bus drivers, while the category shows resistance to accentuated exploitation.