Bailado nacional…emanação da terra e da história. Contributo para o estudo da Companhia de Dança Verde Gaio.

A Companhia de Bailados Portugueses Verde Gaio foi organizada através do SPN/SNI entre os anos 40 a 70 em Portugal. Como primeira Companhia de Dança no país a ser constituída durante o Estado Novo, procura-se averiguar neste trabalho a sua constituição, o seu funcionamento, os seus intervenientes e repertório, as diversas solicitações realizadas para se apresentarem em espectáculos, evidenciar as suas digressões em diferentes municípios portugueses e em território não português, assim como descobrir o seu público e locais onde se apresentaram, esperando contribuir para o panorama da dança neste período

Luz, câmara, acção: a mulher como jornalista

Este Relatório de Estágio é o complemento dos seis meses de estágio, como componente não lectiva do Mestrado em Jornalismo, necessária para a conclusão do 2º Ciclo. O estágio mencionado foi realizado na SIC Notícias em Carnaxide, tendo sido iniciado a 21 de Outubro de 2013 e terminado a 17 de Abril de 2014. O estágio e o respectivo relatório contaram com a orientação da Professora Carla Baptista da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas e o Jornalista Martins Cabral, responsável pelos estagiários na SIC Notícias. O principal objectivo deste relatório é dissertar o tema das mulheres no jornalismo. Será feito um enquadramento histórico e social da mulher como jornalista profissional, posteriormente irei revelar algumas das características do jornalismo VII televisivo e consequentemente da emissora onde foi realizado o estágio. Numa fase final falarei da mulher no cargo de pivô e em como a imagem poderá ter influência.

Self-initiation expatriation: A focus on Italian and Portuguese students

The purpose of this work project is to analyze the phenomenon of self-initiated expatriation (SIE) through its link to the Protean Career and Career Capital theories, focusing in particular on Italian and Portuguese students attending a Master in the business area. The main research questions are to understand the reasons driving the intention to expatriate, after the conclusion of the academic path, using three main categories (Adventure Motivation, Work Characteristic Motivation and instrumental Motivation) and the intention to repatriate. A sample of Italian and Portuguese students was obtained. Italians show a higher intention to expatriate relative to Portuguese; nevertheless, no other significant differences were found among the two populations, because of the similar cultural background and economic situation. Additionally, several heterogeneities were observed considering other clusters defined by Gender, Teaching Language of the Master and Past International Experiences, across the two nationalities. Furthermore, possible future researches and practical implications were discussed.

Work satisfaction and affective commitment of classical musicians: The European Union Youth Orchestra

This work project investigates career paths in the music field, by testing the application of general career and social theories for musicians. Using a sample from the European Union Youth Orchestra’ Alumni, the Boundaryless Career Theory, Intelligent Career Framework and Social Identity Theory were analysed through the impact on individual outcomes - musicians’ Overall work satisfaction and Affective commitment to the orchestra. Results suggest support for the three theories, and show their applicability for classical musicians’ careers.

Stratification and peer effects: An analysis of Lisbon public schools

Educational stratification has been a difficult subject to deal with having yet no study shown a quantitative measure of it. Using the idea of distribution comparison a measure based on parents’ education is built for the primary schools in Lisbon. Upon the confirmation that Lisbon is stratified, I use the measure of peer effects based on stratification and determine its impact on test scores, concluding that the existence of stratification improves scores of students in schools with more educated parents and decreases scores of students in schools with less educated parents. Moreover, using fixed effects I derive the conclusion that the measure of peers’ characteristics helps explain most of differences among schools.

Caracterização clínica e radiológica da tuberculose pulmonar em crianças infectadas e não infectadas por VIH na Guiné-Bissau

A incidência de tuberculose em crianças em 2011, segundo dados da Organização Mundial de Saúde, foi estimada em 490000, 6% da incidência total. Ao “potencial” epidémico da tuberculose, associa-se a dificuldade diagnóstica pela inespecificidade clínica, radiológica e pela baixa sensibilidade dos exames microbiológicos disponíveis em países em vias de desenvolvimento. Nas crianças, a elevada prevalência de outras causas de infecção respiratória e a dificuldade na colheita de amostras biológicas são com frequência fonte de atraso no diagnóstico. A co-infecção com o vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH) condiciona a orientação diagnóstica, pela sua incidência e apresentação clínica e radiológica atípica, e terapêutica, pelas interacções farmacológicas. O estudo realizado teve como principal objectivo identificar critérios clínicos, laboratoriais e radiológicos para diagnóstico de tuberculose em crianças e adolescentes entre os seis meses e os 17 anos infectadas e não infectadas por VIH. Este trabalho teve um componente retrospectivo (crianças diagnosticadas entre Janeiro de 2011 e Dezembro de 2013) e um componente prospectivo (diagnóstico efectuado entre Janeiro e Abril de 2014). Após dois meses de tratamento as crianças foram reavaliadas clínica e radiologicamente. Foram colhidos dados retrospectivos de 103 crianças, acompanhadas 9 crianças em tratamento e efectuado o diagnóstico de tuberculose pulmonar a 6 crianças. No estudo retrospectivo verificou-se que 29,4% apresentaram serologia positiva para infecção VIH. Foram identificados critérios clínicos de tuberculose nas crianças infectadas VIH e não infectadas, cujos resultados são comparáveis a estudos efectuados em África e na América Latina. Em critérios como a perda de peso e a descoloração cutâneo-mucosa as crianças VIH apresentaram frequências estatisticamente superiores às das não infectadas. Os padrões radiológicos mais frequentes nesta amostra foram a consolidação unilateral e o infiltrado micronodular bilateral, menos frequentes em outros estudos. A identificação do M. tuberculosis foi possível em 30% das crianças VIH e em 22,2% das não infectadas VIH. Foi realizada a prova tuberculínica em todas as crianças com diagnóstico de Tuberculose entre Janeiro e Abril de 2014, observando-se menor enduração na criança VIH positiva. Pretendeu-se com este estudo identificar e analisar os critérios clínicos, radiológicos e bacteriológicos das crianças observadas por Tuberculose no Hospital de Cumura entre Janeiro de 2011 e Abril de 2014 e propor estratégias para aumento da efectividade diagnóstica.

Wealth Management in Africa: The Cape Verde Opportunity

This work project consists of a comprehensive study of the possibility of opening a Wealth Management (WM) firm located in Cape Verde (CV), and was made at the request of NovoBanco’s Research Sectorial team. WM is a growing industry that consists in the set of financial services provided to wealthy clients. After taking into account the expected industry growth of the Sub-Saharan region, the preferences of the African wealthy, the current industry structure, and the advantages and disadvantages of locating a WM business in CV, it is concluded that a business opportunity exists. The reasons for thus, along with relevant recommendations, including which services a new business should offer and whom to target specifically, are presented in the final section.

Banks and sovereigns: An econometric analysis of an entangled relationship

In this discussion OLS regressions are used to study the factors that influence sovereign yield spreads and domestic bank indeces for a set of euro area countries. The results show that common factors explain changes in bank indeces better than in the yields. Moreover, although there is some country differentiation, a common pattern among all is visible. A contemporary spillover effect between banks and sovereigns emerged after bank bailouts and became stronger with the burst of the sovereign debt crisis. The vicious cycle between the two has contributed to the escalation of spreads and to painful austerity measures.

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The importance of succession planning in family-owned Small and Medium Enterprises in Portugal

This work project addresses the importance of succession planning in family-owned Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This is directly related with Human Resources Management (HRM) given that there is an HRM long term vision in order for the succession to be planned on time and benefit the companies. This study focused on SMEs since these are the entities that have a minor focus on HRM practices. A total of 22 in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed. Selected SMEs owners/managers and successors/antecessors were interviewed with the purpose of acquiring more insight on the level of succession planning, using a qualitative methodology from which the process of succession was derived. This study unveils that the first step in this process is related to the definition of criteria to be a good successor, followed by the choice of possible successors, being the children the natural successors, but also considering other potential ones, and finally some considerations on the future of these companies.

The impact of job insecurity on adaptive performance via burnout

Difficult and unpredictable times, due to economic instability, lead employees to feel high job insecurity. Organizations’ only way to subsistence is to search innovative ways of solving problems and find creative solutions. This study focuses on the impact that job insecurity has on adaptive performance, a recent measure integrating the response of creativity, reactivity in the face of emergencies, interpersonal adaptability, training effort, and handling work stress, and, mediated by burnout. From the responses of two questionnaires (????????1=252; ????????2=145), we conclude that job insecurity leads to exhaustion, but not to disengagement. In turn, it is the latter that demonstrates to have negative relations with some measures of adaptive performance. Thus, it is crucial to understand how organizations can minimize the inherent process.

Social impact bond feasibility study

Youth unemployment is one of the most pressing social issues in Portugal, often associated to a lack of skills. Faz-Te Forward (FFWD), a Portuguese employability programme, has demonstrated great potential for impact in solving this issue, especially amongst a neglected segment of the population – those belonging to “sandwich families”. The present thesis, integrated in the SIB Research Programme from the Social Investment Lab, evaluates the feasibility of this programme to be financed through a Social Impact Bond, an innovative outcomes-based financing model. From a data analysis undertaken to FFWD’s historical information, a business case for a SIB was developed.

A breakthrough wine concept

Double degree