The meanings of money and work are multidimensional phenomena imbued with contradictory aspects
that are forged in the contemporary context of the capitalist system. Then, weaimed to explore the
relationship between the phenomena in the construction of buildings. We developed the research with 302
workers applying questionnaires and interviews. To the answers of questionnaires, we were applied
descriptive (frequency and mean) and inferential (cluster analysis and ANOVA) statistics techniques. The
interpretation of interviews supports an understanding of antecedents analysis. Among the results, the
followers made salient: the collectivist values incorporated in the pattern ofmoney meanings (PMM); the
tendency from participants of Indifferent Expressive pattern of work meaning (PWM) to present
Expressive Collectivist PMM; and from participants with Optimist PWM presenting less frequently the
Conflicting PMM.