PESQUISAS EMPÍRICAS NA ABORDAGEM ERGOLÓGICA NO BRASIL NO PERÍODO DE 1980 A 2018

Abstract

Ergology was originated in the 1980 ́s as an approach focused on understanding human activity and work based on the worker ́s knowledge and experience. The overall objective was to conduct bibliographic research in scientific databases on the ergonomic approach in Brazil from 1980 to 2018. The specific objectives were: to describe the profile of scientific productions of empirical studies within the Brazilian context based on Ergology; to identify and organize the main results of research in Brazil that used the ergologic approach. The methodology consists of a literature review study ofempirical articles published between 1980 to 2018 in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases. Forty-five articles were selected, most of which based on qualitative methods and share efforts showing promising results for the understanding of the relationship between subjectivity and work, revealing how workers from different professional categories related singularly to their work activities. The diversity of experiences presented shows that the ergologicalapproach is consolidated amongBrazilian researchers as a method widely used by research centers and groups from different institutions.

Keywords

• ergology
• work
• qualitative method