Calidad de vida laboral desde el enfoque de la responsabilidad social empresarial. Caso de estudio : empresa de alimentos de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The purpose of the following study is to determine employee´s working conditions quality at a food processing plant in the city of Guayaquil, from the Company´s Social Responsibility perspective. The study arises from the Company´s Social Responsibility internal analysis, which reflect employee´s working conditions. From the analytical perspective objective and related conditions that make up for the employee´s working conditions quality are identified. These conditions were analyzed from four perspectives: physical, technological, legal, and productive. In this context, employee´s working conditions quality is reflected in their wellbeing, as in the well-being of their families. The study had a quantitative-correlational approach from a sample of 54 employees, in which objective and related conditions regarding employee´s working conditions quality. An evaluation tool of a 46-question quiz that consisted of three possible answers in the Likert scale was used, from which a perception of the employee´s working conditions were obtained. Through the survey it was evident that for the company to be able to say that it exercises employee´s working conditions quality for their employees, it must reinforce aspects related with objective conditions, such as health, working hygiene, and industrial safety. Likewise, actions are to be observed in regards to related motivational aspects such as incentives, professional development programs, and aptitude and abilities recognizance. Consequently, resulting in improvement in employee´s working conditions as well as their quality of life, and morale as a whole.