A inquietante estranheza no transexualismo

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção do grau de Mestre na especialidade de Clínica

Constraints to the efficacy of risk management process in entrepreneurial companies

This paper highlights potential factors that affect the degree of efficacy of a formal risk management framework in entrepreneurial organisations. The understanding of entrepreneur’s self-schemas, entrepreneurial organisational culture and working environment is crucial to evaluate the efficacy of a risk management process. This research pointed out two main issues: i) the entrepreneurial decision making process with presence of biases and heuristics in judgement under uncertainty; and ii) the entrepreneurial organisational context that might create constraints to the implementation of a risk management framework.

O plano de marketing: Um estudo discursivo

O artigo tem como propósito contribuir com a discussão sobre a relevância do plano de marketing no contexto das atividades de marketing. O trabalho foi estruturado sob a modalidade de ensaio, e compõe-se de uma revisão do referencial teórico, mediante uma análise conceitual crítica de alguns aspectos pertinentes ao assunto. O tema é tratado sob uma perspectiva de um sistema hierárquico de decisões, pondo-se em destaque o marketing como uma função da troca e o papel do marketing no direcionamento da gestão estratégica. É estudada, ainda, a importância do plano de marketing e principais equívocos. O trabalho conclui com a afirmação de que o plano de marketing não é uma solução para todos os problemas de uma empresa. Entretanto, ele auxilia na antecipação dos estados futuros desejados, direcionando o caminho a ser trilhado. É sobre tudo, um instrumento facilitador, integrador e “potencializador” das estratégias empresariais, em cenários competitivos caracterizados por crescente complexidade, volatilidade e incerteza.

Coping as a moderator of the influence of economic stressors on psychological health

Since 2008, there has been a decline in the economy of several European countries, including Portugal. In the literature, it is emphasized that periods of economic uncertainty propitiate the appearance of mental health problems and diminish populations’ well-being. The aim of the present study, with 729 Portuguese participants, 33.9% (n=247) males and 66.1% (n=482) females with an average age of 37 years old (M=36.99; SD=12.81), was to examine the relationship between economic hardship, financial threat, and financial well-being (i.e., economic stressors) and stress, anxiety, and depression (i.e., psychological health indicators), as well as to test the moderation effect of coping in the aforementioned relationship. To achieve these goals, a cross-sectional design was implemented and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the obtained data. Our results underline that coping affects the relationship between economic stressors and psychological health since subjects with lower coping levels are more vulnerable to economic stress factors than those with higher coping levels. The moderation effect was more evident in the relationships between economic hardship and stress, anxiety, and depression. The main implications of this study are presented, as well as its’ limitations and suggestions for future research.