Banca de DEFESA: WESLEY JORDAN PEREIRA DA SILVA

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STUDENT : WESLEY JORDAN PEREIRA DA SILVA
DATE: 21/01/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Sala do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre o Trabalho (Gepet), em formato híbrido
TITLE:

Processes of signification in the work trajectories of young diplomates working outside their field-of-study

 

KEY WORDS:

Young people; higher education; work; processes of signification.

PAGES: 176
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

In the past, young graduates were expected to make a relatively straightforward transition from university to work. However, the expansion of higher education and changes in the world of work have created a scenario in which a diploma no longer guarantees employability. This dissertation arose from an interest in studying the subjective implications of this adverse reality on the way these young people perceive and experience work. This subjective dimension is apprehended through senses and meanings, to capture the new configurations of the encounter be-tween young people and work. Given this, this study aimed to investigate the processes of signification involved in the work trajectories of young graduates working outside their fields of study or unemployed. For this, a tool belonging to semiotic cultural psychology, the Trajectory Equifinality Model, was used. The senses and meanings of the youngsters investigated utilizing this tool as an activity were articulated based on memories, affections/disaffection, and dilemmas/tensions related to not working in their field of study. Two studies were carried out. The first, quantitative and complementary, used a questionnaire to describe the work situations of graduates from a public university. The second, qualitative, consisted of ten in-depth interviews. Intra- and inter-case analyses were carried out on the material. The questionnaire was answered by 590 graduates and revealed that almost half (48%) work outside the field of study, in jobs that do not require higher education or both. The findings of the second study indicated that young people used the meanings of job, career, and calling to delineate their subjective experiences with work. Work was seen as a career or calling when related to the respective fields of study. The research showed that the meanings “inherited” from culture were not enough to structure the processes of signification, leading young people to resort to hybridity and stylization.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 1033183 - FELLIPE COELHO LIMA
Presidente - 1759676 - PEDRO FERNANDO BENDASSOLLI
Externa à Instituição - TATIANA DE LUCENA TORRES - UFPB