ID: 51628
Autoria:
Elza Fátima Rosa Veloso, Leonardo Nelmi Trevisan, Rodrigo Cunha da Silva, Joel Souza Dutra.
Fonte:
Revista de Gestão, v. 25, n. 4, p. 340-357, Outubro-Dezembro, 2018. 18 página(s).
Palavras-chave:
Career anchors , Careers , Intelligent careers , New technologies , Young professionals
Tipo de documento: Artigo (Inglês)
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PURPOSE – The purpose of this paper is to, which involved 123 students in their last year of an administrationcourse at a private university in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, evaluate the importance of analyzing thepressure from new technologies on the careers of young university students from a career theory perspective. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – From the perspective of traditional theories, the authors used“careeranchors,”and from the perspective of non-traditional theories,“intelligent careers,”in which people developthree competency groups that are transferable between organizations: knowing why; knowing how; andknowing whom. The hypotheses the authors raised were analyzed using statistical techniques and thefollowing results were obtained: young people do not see new technologies as a threat to their current job;people who see the“Knowing How” competence as being more developed feel less pressure from newtechnologies; non-traditional theories show a greater potential to analyze technological pressure thantraditional theories; and, finally, the nature of people’s jobs produces different impacts on the pressure of newtechnologies on their careers, since people who occupy positions involving more human interaction withinternal or external clients feel less threatened. FINDINGS – It was found that the lowest mean among the constructs analyzed was the pressure fromtechnology on career. The correlations between the competencies of intelligent careers and the perception ofthe pressure from technology on career were weak, but significant, whereas the“Knowing How”competencywas negatively correlated with the pressure caused by technology. There was no significant influence of theanchors on the pressure from technology on career. However, incorporating the competencies of intelligentcareers improved the statistical model’s fit. In associating job positions with the pressure from technology oncareer, administrative and operational positions showed higher averages than sales associate andmanagement positions. ORIGINALITY/VALUE – Broadly speaking, it can be noted that traditional career theories, especially thevocational counseling approach, are not sufficient to explain the impact of new technologies on careers. At thesame time, one way of coping with the pressure brought about by technological advances may be in usingtechnology itself to develop“useful professional skills,”in a manner consistent with “intelligent careers.”
