WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I GROW UP? SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF STUDENTS STARTING AN UNDERGRADUATE MANAGEMENT COURSE

Authors

  • Janete Lara de Oliveira Departamento de Ciências Administrativas e Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração CEPEAD/FACE da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte/MG.
  • Raquel de Oliveira Barreto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte.
  • Mariana Mauymi Pereira de Souza Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Viçosa/MG
  • Daniel Calbino Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2011.v12n2.167

Keywords:

imaginary, social representation, identity, projection, management.

Abstract

This theoretical and empirical work aimed to understand the social representations of a manager’s career as imagined by students who have chosen this profession. Using an individually applied directive script for two classes of freshman Management students at UFMG, the students were asked to describe their intended professional advancement over a period of approximately ten years beginning after their graduation. The theory of social representations and professional identity were used to support the research and analysis, whilst triangulation between quantitative and qualitative data was used as a research strategy and content analysis was employed as a methodology. The results show that the majority of the students are very concerned with taking post graduate courses, that they wish to gain professional experience at big companies and that they believe they will form solid and conventional family structures. Furthermore, it is possible to see that these students hold shared representations about the symbolic meaning of a manager’s career as regards success, status and the lifestyle that is socially related to the management profession.

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Author Biographies

Janete Lara de Oliveira, Departamento de Ciências Administrativas e Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração CEPEAD/FACE da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte/MG.

Doutora em Administração pela CEPEAD/FACE/UFMG
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Gestão de Empresas Familiares; Governança; Ensino e Pesquisa em Administração.

Raquel de Oliveira Barreto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte.

Mestranda em Administração pela CEPEAD/UFMG
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Estudos Organizacionais.

Mariana Mauymi Pereira de Souza, Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Viçosa/MG

Mestre em Administração pela CEPEAD/UFMG
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Estudos Organizacionais; Indústria Cultural e Análise do Discurso.

Daniel Calbino, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte.

Doutorando em Administração pela CEPEAD/UFMG
Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Estudos Organizacionais.

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, J. L. de, Barreto, R. de O., Souza, M. M. P. de, & Calbino, D. (2011). WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I GROW UP? SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF STUDENTS STARTING AN UNDERGRADUATE MANAGEMENT COURSE. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 12(2), 237–264. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2011.v12n2.167

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011): Abril-Junho

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