Empreendedorismo feminino no Ensino Superior

O presente trabalho pretende analisar a temática do empreendedorismo, enquanto atividade de modificação, intervenção e criação de emprego à luz dos modelos teóricos de base. Reflete-se sobre a evolução deste conceito: desde a sua conceção como decisão para fazer qualquer coisa até à conceção de atividade do indivíduo que está na origem de uma empresa ou organização. Especificamente, o trabalho incide sobre as características específicas do empreendedorismo no feminino, procurando avaliar as diferenças entre homens e mulheres nas suas motivações, razões para optar pelo empreendedorismo e/ou motivos que sustentam essa sua decisão. A metodologia usada consiste num questionário e posterior análise quantitativa das respostas obtidas. Pretendeu aferir se as mulheres inquiridas admitem a hipótese de entrar no mundo do empreendedorismo, analisando as suas principais motivações e razões que as conduzem à entrada nessa via de negócio. De acordo com os dados recolhidos, as principais conclusões revelam que não existe uma noção concreta de características associadas ao empreendedor. Por outro lado, não são reconhecidas pelas respondentes a existência de características pessoais do empreendedor, encarando este apenas como tendo competências profissionais e de gestão. Os dados permitem concluir ainda acerca de algum desconhecimento relativamente aos apoios disponibilizados para empreendedores na criação do próprio negócio.

Fostering autonomous learning by using a workbook to improve reading and writing skills in students of basic level at ASE

Tesis (Licenciado en Lenguas Castellana, Inglés y Francés).--Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ciencias de La Educación. Licenciatura en Lengua Castellana, Inglés y Francés, 2014

A importância da gestão das expectativas dos colaboradores no aumento da motivação e do comprometimento organizacional: estudo de caso

O panorama atual da sociedade e das organizações carece de compreender e conhecer se as competências dos colaboradores estão ou não a ser aproveitadas dentro da organização e/ou se as suas necessidades profissionais e pessoais estão a ser valorizadas. O presente estudo pretende evidenciar a importância da gestão das expectativas na motivação e comprometimento organizacional de 152 colaboradores de uma organização do setor farmacêutico português. A análise quantitativa dos dados foi realizada através do software SPSS e a qualitativa através de matrizes de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostram quais são as expectativas dos colaboradores desde a sua integração, os fatores que contribuem para os elevados níveis de motivação e comprometimento e como o trabalho desenvolvido pelas chefias comtempla a gestão das expectativas e motivações. Consideramos que as expectativas são um pilar fulcral na gestão das equipas em prol da motivação e do comprometimento; The importance of managing the expectations of employees in increasing the motivation and organizational commitment – Case Study Abstract: The current situation of society and organizations lack the understanding and knowing that the skills of employees are either not being utilized within the organization and / or their professional and personal needs are being valued. This study aims to highlight the importance of managing expectations in motivation and organizational commitment of 152 employees of an organization of the Portuguese pharmaceutical sector. The quantitative data analysis was performed using SPSS software and qualitative matrices through content analysis. The results show what the expectations of employees since its integration, the factors contributing to the high levels of motivation and commitment and how the work done by managers contemplates the management of expectations and motivations. We believe that the expectations are a key pillar in the management of teams for the sake of motivation and commitment.

Beauty and personal care in mass market: A strategic analysis of perfumery and cosmetics at Sonae MC

Directed internship

Communities of practice as professional and organizational development strategy in local public health organizations in Québec, Canada : an evaluation model

Communities of practice (CoPs) are among the professional development strategies most widely used in such fields as management and education. Though the approach has elicited keen interest, knowledge pertaining to its conceptual underpinnings is still limited, thus hindering proper assessment of CoPs' effects and the processes generating the latter. To address this shortcoming, this paper presents a conceptual model that was developed to evaluate an initiative based on a CoP strategy: Health Promotion Laboratories are a professional development intervention that was implemented in local public health organizations in Montreal (Quebec, Canada). The model is based on latest theories on work-group effectiveness and organizational learning and can be usefully adopted by evaluators who are increasingly called upon to illuminate decision-making about CoPs. Ultimately, validation of this conceptual model will help advance knowledge and practice pertaining to CoPs as well as professional and organizational development strategies in public health.

Psicomotricidade na anorexia nervosa : Unidade de Internamento/Ligação de Pedopsiquiatria no Hospital Dona Estefânia

O presente relatório descreve as atividades de estágio desenvolvidas no âmbito do Ramo de Aprofundamento de Competências Profissionais (RACP) do Mestrado de Reabilitação Psicomotora, que decorreu na Unidade de Internamento/ligação de Pedopsiquiatria integrada no Hospital Dona Estefânia do Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central. O objetivo do estágio centrou-se na implementação da intervenção psicomotora em saúde mental na pedopsiquiatria deste serviço, no qual se acompanharam oito casos com Perturbação do Comportamento Alimentar (PCA), nomeadamente com Anorexia Nervosa (AN). O relatório integra um enquadramento teórico que inclui a revisão bibliográfica da saúde mental em Portugal e a terapia psicomotora em saúde mental, especificamente na prática com PCA e AN. Este relatório agrega também o enquadramento da prática profissional que aborda a organização das atividades desenvolvidas, a caracterização da população atendida e de dois estudos de caso. No período de estágio foi permitido à aluna incluir-se numa equipa multidisciplinar, onde foi possível desenvolver as suas competências pessoais e profissionais. Conclui-se que os objetivos de estágio foram alcançados, na medida em que se verificou que a intervenção psicomotora nesta unidade foi fundamental para a evolução dos casos seguidos em internamento/ligação e, posteriormente, existiu a oportunidade de alargar a terapia a outras perturbações além da PCA.

Terapia psicomotora no Serviço de Psiquiatria do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca

O presente relatório descreve as atividades de estágio desenvolvidas no âmbito do Ramo de Aprofundamento de Competências Profissionais (RACP) do mestrado em Reabilitação Psicomotora da Faculdade de Motricidade Humana. O estágio profissionalizante realizou-se no serviço de psiquiatria do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, e contou com sessões de observação participada e intervenção psicomotora na equipa de pedopsiquiatria e de psiquiatria de adultos. O relatório inclui um enquadramento teórico com uma revisão legal da saúde mental e o enquadramento profissional do psicomotricista, da prática psicomotora em saúde mental e uma revisão de literatura das psicopatologias mais prevalentes, destacando os principais objetivos da psicomotricidade em cada uma delas. Inclui também o enquadramento da prática profissional, no qual se descreve a organização das atividades de estágio, a caracterização dos utentes acompanhados e do processo terapêutico com dois estudos-caso. Este estágio permitiu a participação da aluna numa equipa multidisciplinar, e contribuiu positivamente para a sua formação profissional e pessoal, no âmbito dos objetivos definidos pelo RACP no contexto da prática em saúde mental. Considerando as evoluções observadas nos diferentes utentes acompanhados conclui-se que a intervenção psicomotora realizada foi pertinente quer no contexto pedopsiquiátrico, quer no contexto psiquiátrico.

Relatório final de estágio realizado na Escola Básica e Secundária de Carcavelos

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Otimismo, carreira e bem-estar subjetivo em estudantes do ensino superior

Dissertação de Mestrado, Psicologia da Educação, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Is financial instability male-driven? Gender and cognitive skills in experimental asset markets

The hypothesis that price stability would reliably increase with the fraction of women operating in financial markets has been frequently suggested in policy discussions. To test this hypothesis we conducted 10 male-only, 10 female-only and 10 mixed-gender experimental asset markets, and compared the effects of gender composition, confidence, risk attitude and cognitive skills. Male and female markets have comparable volatility and deviations from fundamentals, whereas mixed-gender markets are substantially more stable. On the other hand, higher average cognitive skills of the group are associated with reduced market volatility. Individual-level analysis shows that subjects with higher cognitive skills trade at prices closer to fundamental values and earn significantly higher profits; similarly, mixed markets exhibit lower mispricing, particularly for traders with lower cognitive skills. Our results are demonstrated to hold in other experimental asset market studies, suggesting that a mixed-gender composition reduces mispricing across different types of asset markets.

THE EFFECT OF EASTERN KENTUCKY COAL FIRES ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND PERSONAL HEALTH

The purpose of this project was to investigate student learning in the areas of earth science and environmental responsibility using the subject of coal fires. Eastern Kentucky, where this study was performed, has several coal fires burning that affect the local air quality and may also affect the health of people living near them. This study was conducted during the regular education of 9th grade Earth Science classroom in Russell Independent Schools, located in Russell, Kentucky. Students conducted internet research, read current articles on the subject of coal fire emissions and effect on local ecology, and demonstrated what they learned through summative assessments. There were several aspects of coalmines and coal fires that students studied. Students were able to take this knowledge and information and use it as a learning tool to gain a better understanding of their own environment. Using the local history and geology of coalmines, along with the long tradition of mine production, was a very beneficial starting point, allowing students to learn about environmental impact, stewardship of their local environment, and methods of preserving and protecting the ecosystem.

An Examination of Psychological Meaningfulness, Safety, and Availability as the Underlying Mechanisms linking Job Features and Personal Characteristics to Work Engagement

The present study tested a nomological net of work engagement that was derived from its extant research. Two of the main work engagement models that have been presented and empirically tested in the literature, the JD-R model and Kahn’s model, were integrated to test the effects that job features and personal characteristics can have on work engagement through the psychological conditions of meaningfulness, safety, and availability. In this study, safety refers to psychological perceptions of safety and not workplace safety behaviors. The job features that were tested in this model included person-job fit, autonomy, co-worker relations, supervisor support, procedural justice, and interactional justice, while the personal characteristics consisted of self-consciousness, self-efficacy, extraversion, and neuroticism. Thirty-four hypotheses and a conceptual model were tested in order to establish the viability of this nomological net of work engagement in which it was expected that meaningfulness would mediate the relationships between job features and work engagement, safety would mediate the relationships that job features and personal characteristics have with work engagement, and availability (physical, emotional, and cognitive resources) would mediate the relationships that personal characteristics have with work engagement. Furthermore, analyses were run in order to determine the factor structure of work engagement, assess whether or not it exhibits differential validity from organizational commitment and job satisfaction, and confirm that it is positively related to the outcome variable of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The final sample consisted of 500 workers from an online labor market who responded to a questionnaire composed of measures of all constructs included in this study. Findings show that work engagement is best represented as a three-factor construct, composed of vigor, dedication and absorption. Furthermore, support was found for the distinction of work engagement from the related constructs of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. With regard to the proposed model, meaningfulness proved to be the strongest predictor of work engagement. Results show that it partially mediates the relationships that all job features have with work engagement. Safety proved to be a partial mediator of the relationships that autonomy, co-worker relations, supervisor support, procedural justice, interactional justice, and self-efficacy have with work engagement, and fully mediate the relationship between neuroticism and work engagement. Findings also show that availability partially mediates the positive relationships that extraversion and self-efficacy have with work engagement, and fully mediates the negative relationship that neuroticism has with work engagement. Finally, a positive relationship was found between work engagement and OCB. Research and organizational implications are discussed.

Funtional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Language, Joint Attention and Motor Skills

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an emerging non-invasive optical neuro imaging technique that monitors the hemodynamic response to brain activation with ms-scale temporal resolution and sub-cm spatial resolution. The overall goal of my dissertation was to develop and apply NIRS towards investigation of neurological response to language, joint attention and planning and execution of motor skills in healthy adults. Language studies were performed to investigate the hemodynamic response, synchrony and dominance feature of the frontal and fronto-temporal cortex of healthy adults in response to language reception and expression. The mathematical model developed based on granger causality explicated the directional flow of information during the processing of language stimuli by the fronto-temporal cortex. Joint attention and planning/ execution of motor skill studies were performed to investigate the hemodynamic response, synchrony and dominance feature of the frontal cortex of healthy adults and in children (5-8 years old) with autism (for joint attention studies) and individuals with cerebral palsy (for planning/execution of motor skills studies). The joint attention studies on healthy adults showed differences in activation as well as intensity and phase dependent connectivity in the frontal cortex during joint attention in comparison to rest. The joint attention studies on typically developing children showed differences in frontal cortical activation in comparison to that in children with autism. The planning and execution of motor skills studies on healthy adults and individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) showed difference in the frontal cortical dominance, that is, bilateral and ipsilateral dominance, respectively. The planning and execution of motor skills studies also demonstrated the plastic and learning behavior of brain wherein correlation was found between the relative change in total hemoglobin in the frontal cortex and the kinematics of the activity performed by the participants. Thus, during my dissertation the NIRS neuroimaging technique was successfully implemented to investigate the neurological response of language, joint attention and planning and execution of motor skills in healthy adults as well as preliminarily on children with autism and individuals with cerebral palsy. These NIRS studies have long-term potential for the design of early stage interventions in children with autism and customized rehabilitation in individuals with cerebral palsy.