Conhecimento sobre o PDI e o comportamento pró-ambiental no contexto do trabalho: um estudo com servidores de uma universidade pública

Abstract

Sustainability in public institutions, particularly in federal universities, is not limited to the existence of formal planning instruments; rather, it is directly related to the ways in which these instruments are appropriated, perceived, and operationalized in everyday institutional practices. In this context, this dissertation analyzes the relationship between knowledge of the institutional plans of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), specifically the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) and the Sustainable Logistics Master Plan (PLS), and the adoption of proenvironmental behaviors by technical-administrative staff at the São Cristóvão Campus. The central objective is to understand the extent to which knowledge and perceptions of these plans are associated with environmental practices reported in the workplace and in the personal sphere of life. The study adopts a qualitative approach, with semi-structured interviews addressing themes related to environmental perception, everyday practices in the work environment, knowledge of and participation in institutional instruments, organizational conditions, perceptions of environmental management, and the influence of the university on environmental practices. The study included 47 technical-administrative staff members from different campus sectors, with an average institutional tenure of 14 years; 57.4% were female and 42.6% male. A non-probabilistic, intentional sampling strategy was adopted, seeking to include staff from diverse sectors and functions, with progressive inclusion of participants until theoretical saturation was reached. Data analysis was conducted based on Categorical Content Analysis, articulated with Relational Analysis, and complemented by non-parametric statistical analysis using the chi-square test, applied in a descriptive and exploratory manner to examine associations between variables related to institutional knowledge and reported environmental practices. This combined approach enabled the identification of discursive patterns, thematic recurrences, and descriptive associations between institutional knowledge, environmental practices, and organizational conditions. The results indicate that the pro-environmental behaviors reported by technical-administrative staff are predominantly associated with personal values, prior experiences, and individual perceptions, showing limited association with declared knowledge of and participation in the institutional instruments analyzed. The PDI was more frequently mentioned as a known document, although often in a partial manner and without direct reference to its environmental dimension. In contrast, knowledge of the PLS was limited, having been declared by only three interviewees, indicating its low informational circulation and reduced appropriation in everyday administrative practices. The discussions show that factors such as insufficient institutional communication, infrastructure limitations, weaknesses in organizational coordination, and the absence of systematic monitoring mechanisms condition how environmental practices are expressed on campus, resulting in punctual and weakly articulated actions. In this context, environmental practices tend to depend on individual initiatives, with limited integration into planning instruments. The study contributes to the debate on environmental management in public universities by clarifying the limits of formal planning instruments when dissociated from continuous strategies of communication, operationalization, and organizational articulation.