Occupational suffering, due to its relevance and interdisciplinarity, is a topic that opens the debate to social reality. This study aims to understand the nature and determining factors of suffering at work in different organizational contexts. The theoretical framework is based on theories that address the impact of working conditions on employees' lives, highlighting the occupational stress theory of Karasek & Theorell (1990), the Burnout theory developed by Maslach & Leiter (1997), the theory of role management, the theory of alienation developed by Karl Marx (1844) and the theory of defense mechanisms by Freud (1894). The qualitative approach and the theoretical sampling method were used, for the collection, semi-structured interviews were applied to the participants, whose data obtained were analyzed by the Nvivo 14 Software and subjected to categorical analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis. In general terms, the results of this research demonstrate unanimity in the perception of factors that trigger labor suffering in different companies in Angola. However, the aspects characterized as triggering behavioral disorders analyzed in this research include abusive leadership, nepotism practices, devaluation and ineffective communication. The study concluded that the subject's suffering is influenced by personal experiences and expectations regarding work. It is clear that suffering at work is something intrinsic to work without possible renunciation, as it is a worker's conflict against the demands and work process.

Suffering, Work, Disturbance and Behavior