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Mérito académico no ensino superior e carreira profissional: um estudo de caso no feminino
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Ao longo do tempo tem-se assistido a uma atenção no estudo das questões de género
e, também, sobre mulheres eminentes, ou seja, mulheres que alcançam a excelência em áreas e
contextos valorizados socialmente, altamente competitivos e que exigem um nível superior de
conhecimentos especializados. No entanto, alguns fatores foram surgindo na literatura como
inibidores do sucesso à medida que estas mulheres vão exercendo uma atividade profissional,
podendo ser necessária intervenção no sentido de as ajudar a lidar com estas adversidades e a
construir um projeto de carreira, de modo a não privar a sociedade do contributo que podem
oferecer. Neste sentido, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é, numa lógica de estudo de caso,
identificar e analisar de forma exploratória as características e os percursos de vida de um grupo
de alunas de mérito no ensino superior, procurando conhecer os fatores que parecem
condicionar o sucesso académico, a inserção no mercado de trabalho e a construção da carreira.
As participantes são cinco mulheres que receberam pelo menos um prémio/bolsa de mérito
numa universidade pública portuguesa, entre os anos letivos de 1999/2000 a 2012/2013. Os
dados foram recolhidos através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e da aplicação do NEO-PI-R,
Inventário de Personalidade NEO Revisto. As entrevistas foram analisadas através da análise de
conteúdo e foram construídos perfis individuais dos traços avaliados pelo NEO-PI-R. Os
resultados sugerem que, apesar de algumas idiossincrasias, as participantes apresentam fatores
pessoais e contextuais comuns considerados fundamentais para a emergência e manutenção da
excelência na idade adulta, nomeadamente ao nível da personalidade (e.g. abertura à
experiência, conscienciosidade), da motivação (e.g. paixão pela área), da cognição (e.g.
autorregulação). No entanto, verifica-se que no caso destas mulheres o reconhecimento
académico por mérito não significou, até ao momento, sucesso profissional de mérito excecional
e reconhecido. Salienta-se que aspetos como a multipotencialidade, a dificuldade de gestão de
papéis dentro e fora da carreira, as oportunidades e as próprias ambições e opções pessoais
parecem ter condicionado o investimento nas suas carreiras. Finalizamos com a apresentação
das limitações da presente investigação e com algumas sugestões para estudos futuros.
Over time attention has been paid to the study of gender issues and also to eminent women, ie, women that excell in areas and contexts recognized by society as highly competitive and requiring a high level of expertise. However, some factors have emerged in literature as inhibitors of success while these women are engaging in a professional activity suggesting that some of them might need counseling to help them to cope with the adversities and to build a career project. And, if so, society does not become deprived of the contribution that they may offer. Therefore, through a case study, the main purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the characteristics and the life trajectories of college honors students, and understand the factors that seem to condition success, employment and career building. Participants were five women awarded with honors scholarships by a Portuguese public university, between the academic years 1999/2000 to 2012/2013. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and NEO-PI-R, Revised NEO Personality Inventory. The interviews were analyzed through content analysis and individual profiles of the traits assessed by NEO-PI-R were made. The results reveal, despite some idiosyncrasies, presence of common personal and contextual factors considered fundamental for the emergence and maintenance of excellence in adulthood, such us: personality (e.g. openness to experience, counscientiousness); motivation (e.g. passion); cognition (e.g. self-regulation). However, these women do not seem to have, so far, professional success recognized as exceptional. Aspects such as multipotenciality, difficulty in managing roles inside and outside the career, opportunities and personal ambitions seem to have conditioned investment in their careers. We conclude with the presentation of the limitations of the investigation and with some suggestions for future studies.
Over time attention has been paid to the study of gender issues and also to eminent women, ie, women that excell in areas and contexts recognized by society as highly competitive and requiring a high level of expertise. However, some factors have emerged in literature as inhibitors of success while these women are engaging in a professional activity suggesting that some of them might need counseling to help them to cope with the adversities and to build a career project. And, if so, society does not become deprived of the contribution that they may offer. Therefore, through a case study, the main purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the characteristics and the life trajectories of college honors students, and understand the factors that seem to condition success, employment and career building. Participants were five women awarded with honors scholarships by a Portuguese public university, between the academic years 1999/2000 to 2012/2013. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and NEO-PI-R, Revised NEO Personality Inventory. The interviews were analyzed through content analysis and individual profiles of the traits assessed by NEO-PI-R were made. The results reveal, despite some idiosyncrasies, presence of common personal and contextual factors considered fundamental for the emergence and maintenance of excellence in adulthood, such us: personality (e.g. openness to experience, counscientiousness); motivation (e.g. passion); cognition (e.g. self-regulation). However, these women do not seem to have, so far, professional success recognized as exceptional. Aspects such as multipotenciality, difficulty in managing roles inside and outside the career, opportunities and personal ambitions seem to have conditioned investment in their careers. We conclude with the presentation of the limitations of the investigation and with some suggestions for future studies.
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Mulheres Mérito académico Carreira Sucesso profissional Women Honors students Career Professional success . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
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Manuel, M., & Antunes, A. P. (2017). Mérito académico no ensino superior e carreira profissional: um estudo de caso no feminino. Amazônica-Revista de Psicopedagogia, Psicologia escolar e Educação, 19(2), 23-39.
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Universidade Federal do Amazonas