Abstract

MANDELE, Marcos Júlio Dala. The meaning of being unemployed: the case of the egresses from the Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, Angola. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.2, pp. 795-816. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n2p795-816.

This article presents the psychosocial reality of unemployment and its impacts on the lives of graduates of Agostinho Neto University, in the city of Luanda, Angola. It synthesizes the ideas built from the research carried out in that city, from 2010 to 2012. It was based on a field research, with a qualitative approach, about the meanings of the unemployed condition, in which 15 graduates from the following courses have been interviewed: Accounting and Auditing, Law, Economy, Philosophy, Physics, Public Management and Administration, Languages and literature, Math, Pedagogy and Sociology. The sample of participants was given through the snowball strategy. The discussion revolved around the concepts of employment and unemployment, having a theoretical framework based on the following authors: Araújo (2010), Beck (2010), Castel (2006), Gaulejac (2006), Jahoda (1987), Lhuilier (2011), Sanchis (1997) and Santos (2008). Documentary research was also used. The discussion of the interview data was carried out through content analysis, by Bardin, (2004). The results of the research demonstrate that unemployment causes difficulties for graduates to enter society and carry out their life projects. It was also found that university education, in Angola, ends up training students for unemployment and a series of professional uncertainties.

Keywords : Angola; Empleo; Desempleo; Desafiliación; Sufrimiento.

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