'Demasiados académicos' para o 'mundo real'? doutorados e suas perspectivas de carreira no sector empresarial



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Carlos Cabral-Cardoso

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This paper addresses the integration of scientists and technologists in industry and reports some of the findings of a major study conducted in Portugal. A survey of a large sample of doctoral students and newly graduated Ph.D.s was conducted and completed with in-depth interviews of a smaller sample of respondents. The paper aims to identify career prospects and assess the extent to which doctors are receptive to a job in industry. It is based on the assumption that such attraction depends on the individuals' attitudes towards science as a profession and towards different academic and business activities and on their exposure to academic values and work practices. It was also found that Ph.D.s perceive themselves as being overqualified for current jobs available in the Portuguese industry.

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Cabral-Cardoso, C. (2018). ’Demasiados académicos’ para o ’mundo real’? doutorados e suas perspectivas de carreira no sector empresarial. Journal of Contemporary Administration, 5(spe), 141-162. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-65552001000500008
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Carlos Cabral-Cardoso, Manchester Business School

Doutor em Comportamento Organizacional e Gestão de P&D pela Manchester Business School, UK. Professor Associado de Gestão e responsável pelos Programas de Mestrado e Doutorado em Estudos Organizacionais e Gestão de Recursos Humanos da Escola de Economia e Gestão da Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Suas áreas de interesse em pesquisa são o papel da função de recursos humanos na empresa, gestão de cientistas e acadêmicos, questões éticas no contexto organizacional, comportamento político nas organizações, problemática da igualdade de oportunidades e gestão da diversidade.