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Self-career management: intervention wiht research grand holders

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Resumo:This article reports the findings of the assessment of the effectiveness of a self-career management intervention, named "Self-Career Management Seminar", specifically developed for, and implemented in a group of research grant holders. The program invites participants to foster their self-knowledge, the knowledge about advanced training opportunities, employment creation and attainment, as well as, life-career planning and decision-making competencies. The intervention was applied in 80 research grant holders (50, 62.5% experimental group; 30, 37.5% control group; 51, 63.8% women; Mage = 28.94, SDage = 5.83), at a public university in the northwest of Portugal, who completed measures of career exploration, and of career concerns, at a pre and post-test. Results showed equivalence between experimental and control groups, at pre- -treatment, in almost all assessed dimensions. Furthermore, in comparison with the control group, research grant holders who attended this intervention had, at post-test, higher levels of career exploration. This study intends to emphasize the need for the development of intervention programs tailored to specific population groups, such as the research grant holders.
Autores principais:Pinto, Joana Carneiro
Outros Autores:Taveira, Maria do Céu
Assunto:Self-career management Intervention Effectiveness References
Ano:2011
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:This article reports the findings of the assessment of the effectiveness of a self-career management intervention, named "Self-Career Management Seminar", specifically developed for, and implemented in a group of research grant holders. The program invites participants to foster their self-knowledge, the knowledge about advanced training opportunities, employment creation and attainment, as well as, life-career planning and decision-making competencies. The intervention was applied in 80 research grant holders (50, 62.5% experimental group; 30, 37.5% control group; 51, 63.8% women; Mage = 28.94, SDage = 5.83), at a public university in the northwest of Portugal, who completed measures of career exploration, and of career concerns, at a pre and post-test. Results showed equivalence between experimental and control groups, at pre- -treatment, in almost all assessed dimensions. Furthermore, in comparison with the control group, research grant holders who attended this intervention had, at post-test, higher levels of career exploration. This study intends to emphasize the need for the development of intervention programs tailored to specific population groups, such as the research grant holders.