Valores dos trabalhadores da indústria brasileira de softwares e serviço de TI : contribuições para a gestão do conhecimento

Abstract

Values are the principles that drive individuals and are related to fundamental aspects of life. The need to combine knowledge about work values while connecting these values to the organization's strategy is one of the challenges of knowledge management. In an attempt to minimize this gap, this research sought to map the work values of Software and IT Services Industry professionals of by the Work Values Scale. The scale was applied by online questionnaire to select social networks, and gave a return of participants from the software and IT Services Industry from several Brazilian states. The sample was composed of 260 valid responses, which was subjected to statistical analysis. The results of the factor analysis confirmed the structure of the scale with good trustworthiness and good rate factor loadings. The intersection of the variables according to the mean established for each factor shown that the IT Services Industry professionals value the stability and professional achievement, above all.