Research into work time has focused on multiple themes such as social struggles to reduce it, links with technological and organisational innovation and the emergence of new ways of reorganising it in economic organisations (Epstein and Kalleberg, 2001, van den Scott, 2014). In this context, the 4-day work week (4DWW) has become a topic of growing international interest (Bird, 2010; Fitzgerald, 1996; Gomes, 202...
This article analyses workaholism in Portuguese corporate law f irms, seeking to measure this phenomenon through the Work Addiction Risk Test (WART) – a self-assessment tool on dimensions related to compulsive tendencies, lack of control, impaired communication and self-absorption, inability to delegate and self-esteem. It is based on a survey applied to a convenience sample of corporate lawyers. The study show...
Na atualidade a situação no mercado de trabalho dos diplomados universitários do ensino superior constitui um objeto de análise de interesse renovado para a sociologia e demais ciências sociais. Razões de natureza institucional e de curiosidade científica podem explicar tal fato. O presente artigo aborda precisamente a satisfação dos mestres da Universidade do Porto com o seu trabalho. Satisfação que constitui ...
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Helena Hirata
Company visits are common in Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, but much less frequent in undergraduate business educa tion. The purpose of this article is to advocate a framework for place based learning multilevel approach, illustrating how each level can be incorporated into a sociology of organizations course in the bachelor of business administration featuring company visits. Considering e...
The situation in the labor market of university graduates of higher education constitutes an object of analysis of renewed interest for sociology and other social sciences. Institutional reasons and scientific curiosity can explain this fact. This article addresses precisely the satisfaction of the masters of the University of Porto with their work. Satisfaction is one of the relevant dimensions of working life...
This article focuses on burnout in higher education, understood as a phenomenon consisting of the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and lack of personal fulfilment. It analyses separately the burnout associated with teaching and research activities, relating its development to antecedent and consequent variables such as gender, contractual relationship, perceived pressure, the imbalance betw...