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RESUMEN Con el objetivo de analizar los aspectos vinculados con la percepción sobre las condiciones de trabajo y su impacto en la salud de los docentes que pertenecen a la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo), Mendoza, Argentina, este artículo analiza los resultados del Primer Censo de Condiciones y Salud Laboral, realizado a fines del año 2013, en dos unidades académicas (una de enseñanza media y otra de nivel universitario) que abarcó a 193 docentes. El sondeo se dedicó a caracterizar el plantel de trabajadores/as y las condiciones que afectan su salud, principalmente en sus aspectos psicosociales, para lo cual se aplicó un cuestionario autoadministrado, cuyas dimensiones fueron debatidas en talleres de sensibilización con docentes que colaboraron en la preparación del instrumento de recolección. Entre sus principales resultados emerge el desgaste físico y emocional de trabajadores altamente calificados, por el efecto combinado de la respuesta comprometida a las exigencias de su labor con la degradación (material y simbólica) de las condiciones en que la desempeña.
ABSTRACT With the objective of analyzing aspects related to the perception of working conditions and their impact on health in the teachers and professors who work for the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo) in Mendoza, Argentina, this work analyzes the results of the Primer Censo de Condiciones y Salud Laboral [First Census on Health and Working Conditions]. The census was conducted in late 2013 in two academic units (one at the high school level and the other at the university level), including 193 educators. The exploration set out to characterize the teaching staff and the conditions affecting their health, primarily with respect to psycho-social health. In order to do, so a self-administered questionnaire was applied, the dimensions of which were discussed in sensitivity workshops with educators who helped to formulate the data collection instrument. Among the primary results emerge the physical and emotional burnout of these highly skilled workers, owing to the combined effect of their committed response to the demands of their work and the deterioration (both material and symbolic) of the conditions in which they carry out that work.
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Humans , Stress, Psychological , Teaching , Burnout, Professional , Argentina , Universities , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
With the objective of analyzing aspects related to the perception of working conditions and their impact on health in the teachers and professors who work for the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo) in Mendoza, Argentina, this work analyzes the results of the Primer Censo de Condiciones y Salud Laboral [First Census on Health and Working Conditions]. The census was conducted in late 2013 in two academic units (one at the high school level and the other at the university level), including 193 educators. The exploration set out to characterize the teaching staff and the conditions affecting their health, primarily with respect to psycho-social health. In order to do, so a self-administered questionnaire was applied, the dimensions of which were discussed in sensitivity workshops with educators who helped to formulate the data collection instrument. Among the primary results emerge the physical and emotional burnout of these highly skilled workers, owing to the combined effect of their committed response to the demands of their work and the deterioration (both material and symbolic) of the conditions in which they carry out that work.