O talento em uma perspectiva feminina : características individuais e familiares de pesquisadoras de destaque no Brasil

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2010

RESUMO

The increasing feminine participation in the academic and scientific environment has brought significant contributions to the study of talent. Researchers in the area have pointed out the influence of social and cultural forces in the performance of adult women, limiting and preventing an outstanding performance. An example is the feminine underrepresentation among researchers of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) within the highest category of this agencys classification (1A). In virtue of this, the present study aimed to identify the individual and family characteristics of prominent researchers in Brazil. The study investigated the researchers profiles, promoting and inhibiting factors to the development of potential throughout their professional trajectories, as well as family characteristics and the impact of their talent in the family dynamics. The theoretical assumptions of the Model of Talent Realization in Women were adopted. The research occurred in two stages. In the first, 111 1A researchers from CNPq participated in the study. Then, 8 researchers were selected at random to compose the second stage. Three instruments were selected for the collection of data: a sociodemographic questionnaire, documental analysis and a semi structured interview. The results indicated the predominance of women researchers in the southeast region of Brazil, in public institutions and in the following areas: Humanities, Biological Sciences and Health Sciences. As for personal characteristics, the most frequent ones were pleasure in the accomplishment of tasks and dedication. This study verified that dedication to the professional career is superior to the devotion of participants in the personal, family, and social areas. This may indicate both emotional involvement with work, as well as the overload it generates. The excess of work demand, the structure and conditions for the accomplishment of Brazilian scientific work were pointed out by researchers as inhibiting factors. The existence of conflicts to conciliate career and family life were frequently pointed as a result of gender stereotypes presence, both in the division of domestic tasks, as well as the existence of prejudice in the professional environment. The impact of participants talent and professional success was positive in relation to children, but negative in the marital subsystem. This study had an exploratory character, providing useful information to the development of research in Brazil in the area of talent, family and gender relationships in the perspective of the adult human development. The results offer subsidies to the elaboration and implementation of programs and services to talented children and adolescents and their families, as well as of public policies headed to the women who work, in special, to those beginning their academic careers.

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talento feminino womens talent academic career pesquisadoras família carreira acadêmica relações de gênero psicologia do desenvolvimento humano family gender relationships female researchers

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