Submitted by PPG Psicologia (psicologia-pg@pucrs.br) on 2018-01-25T13:21:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PATRICIA_BOCK_BANDEIRA_DIS.pdf: 1682684 bytes, checksum: bd08542f1b37700f81fcfe9fce6b584e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br) on 2018-01-31T11:57:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PATRICIA_BOCK_BANDEIRA_DIS.pdf: 1682684 bytes, checksum: bd08542f1b37700f81fcfe9fce6b584e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-31T12:00:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PATRICIA_BOCK_BANDEIRA_DIS.pdf: 1682684 bytes, checksum: bd08542f1b37700f81fcfe9fce6b584e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-09 / This study was conducted within the Group of Studies in Career Development of the field of Social Psychology, in the Psychology Faculty of Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul. The research?s main objective was to investigate the female entrepreneurial career in order to understand its motivations under a contemporary career model: the Kaleidoscopic Career Model. Brazil is among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of entrepreneurship in the world, with almost equivalent rates between men and women - the difference is less than 2. Although female entrepreneurship growth has been 16% in the last 10 years compared to male?s 7%, this activity is still strongly associated with male careers. In this context, the specificities of female entrepreneurship may be overshadowed, just as there is a difference between the motivations that lead women and men to open their own businesses. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to verify if there are differences between men and women regarding their motivations for entrepreneurship, according to the parameters of the Kaleidoscopic Career, theoretical model developed based on female career trajectories. To achieve this goal, a narrative review of the literature on the model was carried out, which analyzed 16 articles available in national and international scientific databases on the Kaleidoscopic Career Model, and its relation with female career trajectories. Afterwards, the first empirical study that composes this dissertation has adapted this instrument to Brazilian context within a sample of 272 Brazilian professionals. For the validation, confirmatory factorial analysis has been used, with maximum likelihood estimation method. The final version of the scale presented 19 items, distributed in the predicted factors, with precision values of: Balance (?=.78), Challenge (?=.76) and Authenticity (?=.65). Using this adapted scale, the second empirical study aimed to verify if there is difference between women?s and men?s motivation for opening their own businesses. In addition to the Kaleidoscopic Career Parameter Scale adapted to Brazilian context, a sociodemographic survey and entrepreneurial trajectory and business characteristics questionnaire were used with the respondents. The sample was composed by 416 professionals, in which 54.6% were women and 48.6% were entrepreneurs. Although professionals with their own business had significantly higher averages (M = 3.86) compared to non-entrepreneurs in Challenge parameter [M = 3.53; F (416,1) = 15.15; p <0.001, ?? = 0,4], there was no significant difference between the parameters according to respondent?s sex. Corroborating this result, the main reasons for opening a company - identification of business opportunity, desire for autonomy and work according to personal values - were the most frequently answers among male and female entrepreneurs. By contributing to demystify the idea that the motivations for female entrepreneurship are essentially different from the masculine, we expect results to contribute for a greater awareness and promotion of female entrepreneurship. / Este estudo foi realizado junto ao Grupo de Estudos em Desenvolvimento de Carreira da ?rea de concentra??o em Psicologia Social, da Faculdade de Psicologia da Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul, e teve como principal objetivo investigar a carreira empreendedora feminina no intuito de compreender suas motiva??es ? luz de um dos modelos de carreira contempor?neos: o Modelo de Carreira Caleidosc?pica. O Brasil est? entre os 10 pa?ses com as maiores taxas de empreendedorismo do mundo, com ?ndices quase equivalentes entre homens e mulheres - a diferen?a ? inferior a 2%. Embora o crescimento do empreendedorismo feminino tenha sido de 16% nos ?ltimos 10 anos ante 7% do masculino, essa atividade ainda ? fortemente associada a carreiras masculinas. Nesse contexto, podem-se ofuscar especificidades do empreendedorismo feminino, tais como poss?veis diferen?as entre as motiva??es de mulheres e homens para empreender. Neste sentido, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi verificar se h? diferen?as entre homens e mulheres em rela??o ?s motiva??es para o empreendedorismo, segundo os par?metros da Carreira Caleidosc?pica, modelo te?rico desenvolvido com base nas trajet?rias de carreira femininas. Para atingir esse objetivo, realizou-se primeiramente uma revis?o narrativa da literatura sobre o modelo, que analisou 16 artigos dispon?veis em bases de dados nacionais e internacionais a respeito do Modelo de Carreira Caleidosc?pica e sua rela??o com as trajet?rias de carreira femininas. Ap?s, foi conduzido o primeiro estudo emp?rico que comp?e esta disserta??o, que adaptou o instrumento para mensura??o dos par?metros do modelo utilizando uma amostra de 272 profissionais brasileiros. Para a valida??o, realizou-se an?lises fatoriais confirmat?rias, com m?todo de estima??o da m?xima verossimilhan?a. A vers?o final apresentou 19 itens, distribu?dos nos fatores previstos, com os valores do coeficiente de precis?o: Balan?o (?=,78), Crescimento (?=,76) e Autenticidade (?=,65). Utilizando a escala adaptada, realizou-se o segundo estudo emp?rico com o objetivo de averiguar se h? e como se d? a diferen?a entre mulheres e homens ao optarem por abrir seus pr?prios neg?cios. Al?m da Escala de Par?metros da Carreira Caleidosc?pica adaptada para o contexto brasileiro, foi utilizado um question?rio sociodemogr?fico e um acerca da trajet?ria empreendedora e caracter?sticas dos neg?cios dos participantes empres?rios. Participaram desta etapa 416 profissionais maiores de idade, dos quais 54,6% mulheres e 48,6% empreendedores. Embora profissionais que possuam um neg?cio pr?prio tenham apresentado m?dias significativamente mais altas (M=3,86) em rela??o a n?o-empreendedores no par?metro Crescimento [M=3,53; F(416,1)=15,15; p<0,001, ?? = 0,4], n?o foi verificada diferen?a significativa entre os par?metros segundo o sexo. Corroborando este resultado, as principais raz?es para abertura da empresa ? identifica??o de oportunidade de neg?cio, desejo por autonomia e atua??o segundo valores pessoais ? foram as mais frequentemente citadas entre empreendedoras e empreendedores. Ao contribuir para desmistificar a ideia de que as motiva??es para o empreendedorismo feminino sejam essencialmente diferentes do masculino, espera-se ampliar a conscientiza??o sobre e a promo??o desta atividade, especialmente entre mulheres.