Abstract

MACIEL, Regina Heloisa Mattei de Oliveira; VALE, Sílvia Fernandes do; MATOS, Tereza Glaucia Rocha  and  VIANA FILHO, Marcizo Veimar Cordeiro. Context of work and human cost in post-graduation stricto sensu in the state of Ceará. Estud. psicol. (Natal) [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.1, pp. 57-68. ISSN 1413-294X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20200006.

The implementation of innovations in stricto sensu post-graduation courses, based on a management that involves objectivist institutional and individual evaluations may lead to demanding working situations that can make professors/researchers get sick. The aim of this research was to analyze the work context of post-graduation professors in Ceará (Brazil) and its human cost. A total of 238 professors that are part of different programs and universities took part in the research. The assessment scales of Context and Human Cost in the Workplace from the Workplace and Risks of Sickening Inventory were used. The results showed that five out six factors that constitute the two scales were evaluated as moderate/critical and only one was satisfactory. Thus, the professors' evaluations seem to indicate that the work in post-graduation courses may, in fact, lead to sickening. It is possible that these risks are related to the introduction of the managerialism logic in the Brazilian post-graduation evaluation, that modifies the work, its meaning and the professors' subjectivities.

Keywords : postgraduate studies; teaching work; work context; human cost.

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