ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ILLNESS AT WORK: A REVIEW ON THE RELATIONS AMONG CULTURE, BURNOUT AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS

Abstract

This paper proposes to carry out a narrative review of the national literature of the last 15 years (between 2000 and 2015) on the relationship between organizational culture and two closely related concepts with the employee's illness: occupational stress and burnout. For this, we conducted a literature survey by consulting the databases LILACS, PePSIC, SciElo and the bank of theses (CAPES). In total, eight scientific works were awarded: five about the relations between culture and occupational stress and three about the relationship between culture and burnout. The results indicate the lack of Brazilian studies on the subject. In addition, an important aspect is the difficulty of joint studies, which can be attributed, in some measures, to the use of different instruments for the measure of the same phenomena. Despite the challenges generated by empirical inconsistencies, it was identified that the organizational culture can predict occupational stress development and burnout syndrome. It is believed that this study may contribute to the development of new policies and organizational practices that invest in the quality of organizational culture.