Contemporary patterns of career construction of a group of urban workers in São Paulo (Brazil)

Ribeiro, Marcelo Afonso

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.008

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“…Our main findings have confirmed the former statement, since we have realised in the set of participants two opposed and equally significant current narrative movements: the movement of searching for stability and the movement of searching for flexibility, which is a view confirmed by Alvesson & Willmott (2002), ILO (2017), Sullivan andBaruch (2009), Sultana (2013), and Touraine (2007) in the global North, and by Krein (2013), Ribeiro (2015) and Soto (2011) in the global South, as well as hybrid models (Ribeiro, 2015;Sullivan & Baruch, 2009) and crisis situations (Castel, 2009).…”

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“…From the outset, it is necessary to stress that "in the postmodern work world, individuals must respond to and interact with ambiguous social opportunities and complex societal offerings" (Savickas, 2015, p. 137), including simultaneous and parallel movements that maintain past models of living focused on stability, homogeneity and linearity, on the one hand, and seek new ways of living based on flexibility, constant change and fluidity, on the other hand (Bardon, Josserand & Villesèche, 2015;Strangleman, 2012). Moreover, hybrid experiences (Latour, 1993;Sullivan & Baruch, 2009;Ribeiro, 2015), transitional situations (Carruthers & Uzzi, 2000;Marhuenda, Martínez & Navas, 2004;Rascován, 2017) and crisis livingness (Sveningsson & Alvesson 2003;Touraine, 2007) have emerged in a systematic and more intensively way.…”

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Working identity constructions and workplace learning modes in a global South country: Exploring relations through a narrative approach

Ribeiro

2020

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This research is placed among the current studies discussing the relationship between working, education and modes of subjectification within the present context by means of specific phenomena in identity constructions as well as workplace learning processes. By means of a qualitative narrative research with in-depth interviews among urban workers in São Paulo, Brazil -a global South country, this paper aimed to identify and analyse their main narrative patterns of workplace learning modes and combined to corresponding narrative patterns of working identity construction previously proposed in the literature. A content analysis of the narratives of 40 participants, over 35 years of age, intentionally selected, with an approximate distribution of men and women, was carried out. The study identified three narrative patterns of workplace learning mode with five corresponding narrative patterns of working identity construction marked by two opposed movements, equally significant: search for stability and use of formal learning modes (organisational, professional and occupational identity narrative pattern); and search for flexibility and use of informal and relational learning modes (networking identity narrative pattern). Moreover, the interrelation between the modes has defined hybrid identity narrative patterns, and the absence of workplace learning modes has delineated transitory identity narrative patterns, which is understood as a transitional crisis. In conclusion, traditional models of identity construction coexist with flexible models, as well as formal learning modes coexist with informal and relational models. In both cases hybrid modes arise as a merger or a joint construction between preexisting modes.

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Working identity constructions and workplace learning modes in a global South country: Exploring relations through a narrative approach

Ribeiro

2020

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“…First, the psychosocial element is central and can be defined, based on Frosh (2012), “as a process that is neither ‘psychological’ nor ‘social,’ but transcends the separation of these elements to create something new – the psychosocial” (Ribeiro, 2015, p. 20). Second, social constructionist thought is based on the notion of relational ontology according to Gergen (1997), who states that the “reality is not objectively constituted, but intersubjectively constructed by means of the narratives and social practices generated in relational processes” (Ribeiro, 2015, p. 20). And, finally, it is based on the notion of narratability proposed by the life designing paradigm (Savickas et al, 2009) and understood as the psychosocial capacity to meaningfully narrate one’s life history to oneself and others.…”

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Discussing the Notion of Decent Work: Senses of Working for a Group of Brazilian Workers without College Education

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Despite recent stability and socioeconomic development, Brazil’s history is marked by social inequality, informality, precarious work, and psychosocial vulnerability, with little opportunity for decent and meaningful work, as recommended by the International Labour Office (ILO), for people in the country. Nevertheless, based on a social constructionist view, the hypothesis can be raised that there is no substantive definition of decent work, but rather a psychosocial one, constructed based on the discourse, narratives, and practices produced through the relational processes which grant sense and meaning to work. Therefore, the examination of narratives and discourses is an important methodological strategy to understand the socio-occupational reality of Brazil. Thus, this study aims to understand the senses attributed to working through content analysis of the narratives produced by a set of 20 urban workers and contrast them with the ILO definition of decent work, in an effort to analyze the relationships, similarities, and differences between an established collective social discourse and the interviewees’ singular narratives. The main results point out that the participants look for working with fair wages, social protection, safety, and personal development opportunities, as the ILO recommends. The main difference is that these characteristics do not derive from the State’s actions, as in the employment and formal qualification model, but come from informal sources, such as family and community relationship networks. The informal relationship networks produce job opportunities as well as social protection; qualification takes place through practical learning from more experienced colleagues; the opportunity to be able to keep working (employed or working informally) leads to success and safety; and the possibility to make choices and have control over one’s life translates into personal and occupational development. In conclusion, the participants searched for working according to the principles recommended by the ILO. Nevertheless, in contexts of vulnerability and with restricted support from the State, these principles are constructed in the community and not offered by the public power, which generates distinguished forms of decent work.

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“…El resultado es la emergencia de las llamadas carreras transicionales (Rascován, 2016) o híbridas (Ribeiro, 2015;Sullivan & Baruch, 2009) Así, el mundo del trabajo contemporáneo está convirtiéndose más complejo y heterogéneo, generando la construcción de carreras flexibles y mutantes, simultáneamente a la continuidad de la existencia de las tradicionales carreras más lineares y estables, y de modelos híbridos que articulan estabilidad y flexibilidad. Este marco pone una pequeña parte de las personas en situación de integración social y una gran parte en situación de vulnerabilidad, como indicó Castel (2009).…”

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Comprensiones híbridas y diálogo intercultural: dos principios básicos para la construcción de propuestas contextualizadas en orientación y asesoramiento para la carrera

Ribeiro¹

2018

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Comprensiones híbridas y diálogo intercultural: dos principios básicos para la construcción de propuestas contextualizadas en orientación y asesoramiento para la carrera 1Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro* Resumen:Las prácticas de orientación y asesoramiento para la carrera son fundamentadas en epistemologías del Norte global sin considerar las especificidades locales, lo que está generando prácticas descontextualizadas y dificultando el auxilio efectivo a los latinoamericanos que viven en el Sur global. Así, cambios en la construcción de estas prácticas son necesarias a través de la incorporación de enfoques contextualizados.Con base en el construccionismo social, este artículo propuso dos principios básicos para la construcción de enfoques contextualizados en orientación y asesoramiento: el hibridismo y la interculturalidad. A pesar de haber sido pensado para contextos latinoamericanos, el marco teórico híbrido e intercultural propuesto para la orientación *Doctor en Psicología Social, Máster en Psicología del Desarrollo Humano, Experto en Asesoramiento para la Carrera, y licenciado en Psicología por la Universidad de São Paulo (Brasil). Actualmente, es profesor de pregrado y posgrado del Instituto de Psicología de la Universidad de São Paulo (Brasil). Correo Electrónico: marcelopsi@usp.br. 1 Este artículo fue apoyado por CNPq -Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brasil (Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Brasil) (308786/2013-0) y por FAPESP -Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil (Fundación de Amparo a la Investigación del Estado de São Paulo, Brasil) (2016/23681-1). Volumen 15 número 34 enero-junio 2017, pag 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31206/rmdo032018 y el asesoramiento sugiere una manera de construir conocimientos, no postula conceptos. Esto permite con que sea potencialmente utilizado en cualquier contexto donde haya prácticas descontextualizadas de orientación y asesoramiento. REVISTA MEXICANA DE ORIENTACIÓN EDUCATIVAPalabras-clave: Contextos de trabajo; Asesoramiento profesional y para la carrera;Construccionismo social; Epistemologías del Sur; Latinoamérica. Abstract:Latin American practices of career guidance and counseling draw heavily on global Northern epistemologies without considering local specificities. This has engendered de-contextualized practices and has led to difficulties in helping people who lives in the global South, as well as the need of changes into these practices, mainly by incorporating contextualized approaches. Based on social constructionism, this paper aimed to present two basic principles for contextualizing guidance and counseling approaches: hybridism and interculturality. Although it was designed for the Latin American contexts, the proposed hybrid and intercultural framework for career

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Contemporary patterns of career construction of a group of urban workers in São Paulo (Brazil)

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

Working identity constructions and workplace learning modes in a global South country: Exploring relations through a narrative approach

Working identity constructions and workplace learning modes in a global South country: Exploring relations through a narrative approach

Discussing the Notion of Decent Work: Senses of Working for a Group of Brazilian Workers without College Education

Comprensiones híbridas y diálogo intercultural: dos principios básicos para la construcción de propuestas contextualizadas en orientación y asesoramiento para la carrera

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