In the post-industrial society, career management has become vitally important for assisting workers to be employable. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between career anchors and employability. The effort of researching these concepts is geared towards adding to the knowledge base in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, so that the current organisation from which the sample was chosen and other organisations in South Africa can adopt a strong career management culture. A quantitative survey using primary data was conducted on a convenience sample (N=108) of full-time employees in a South African financial company. The Career Anchors Inventory (COI) and the Employability Attribute Scale (EAS) were used to gather data. The study found a statistically significant positive relationship between career anchors and employability. In addition, there were significant correlations between the sub-constructs of career anchors and employability, while significant differences in career anchor preferences and employability perceptions between males and females emerged. The only differences in career anchor preferences were detected between racial and age groups. The results indicate a mutual and positive relationship between career anchors and employability, which can be useful in career guidance in the 21st century. / Industrial & Organisational Psychology / M. A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

In the post-industrial society, career management has become vitally important for assisting workers to be employable. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between career anchors and employability. The effort of researching these concepts is geared towards adding to the knowledge base in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, so that the current organisation from which the sample was chosen and other organisations in South Africa can adopt a strong career management culture. A quantitative survey using primary data was conducted on a convenience sample (N=108) of full-time employees in a South African financial company. The Career Anchors Inventory (COI) and the Employability Attribute Scale (EAS) were used to gather data. The study found a statistically significant positive relationship between career anchors and employability. In addition, there were significant correlations between the sub-constructs of career anchors and employability, while significant differences in career anchor preferences and employability perceptions between males and females emerged. The only differences in career anchor preferences were detected between racial and age groups. The results indicate a mutual and positive relationship between career anchors and employability, which can be useful in career guidance in the 21st century. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

Whenever you’ve built something, before you can fully rely on your invention’s functionality, you have to be positive and sure that it actually works. Testing is something we all do for all of our creations and it is because it is necessary. The same goes for software, it too needs testing. One could assume then that testing would play a major part in a software engineer’s education but through research it was discovered that such was not the case. Studies have shown that newly graduated software engineers are not prepared enough for the challenges of the industry in regards to software testing. It was through the acquiring of this knowledge, the motivational flame for this study was lit. To take action against this issues the study was formed with the goal of identifying underlying reasons for why this has come to be and what can be done to reverse it. Through interviews with software engineers early in their career, this research will provide insight and awareness needed to get a grasp of what developers think and feel about their acquired skills and education from university in software testing. This study will also display potential solutions that companies, educational institutions as well as to independent developers can adopt in order to better prepare their workers, their students, or themselves in regards to software testing. As per the hypothesis for this study the result showed that it too was in line with the result of other studies in the same field, showing that the newly graduated software engineers were not ready for the challenges in software testing that they faced from the industry. On a positive note the result also shows that there are available actions for everyone involved to take, meaning that it is possible to turn this negative trend around and make it so that our future generations of developers are able to create better, more reliable and more robust software.

This study has as its theme the ways of teaching in Basic Education, Technical and Technological (EBTT), finding themselves tied to the line of research: training, knowledge and Professional Development of the program of postgraduate education (PPGE) at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The research aims to understand the General configuration of the ways of teaching, pedagogical training to the first years of operation, in the scenarios of Basic Education, Technical and Technological (EBTT), with emphasis on operations in the upper Courses of Technology (CST). The qualitative approach and has developed research as a tool were conducted interviews with narratives teachers alumni active in early period of teaching at ETH Ragamuffin and attended the Graduate Special Program PEG, teacher training for vocational education, offered by UFSM. The data were analyzed and interpreted through Discursive Textual Analysis (MORAES; GALIAZZI, 2007). On construction of conceptual reflective array include authors such as: Cunha (2010); M (2009); Isaia (2006); Isaia; Bolzan (2010) who conceptualize about the early years of teaching and its complexity. Thus, we consider that this research has contributed towards meeting the dilemmas faced by the teachers to EBTT join in and take classes CST; describe the training needs that have arisen in the teaching career and in confronting the specificities of the CST; analyze the contributions of training of graduates from the PEG at the beginning of the professional experience teaching in Higher Education (CST). The search results served as reflective analysis for issues related to this area of training as well as highlight significant information regarding the training and reflective suggestions to contribute to the formation of professional technological education. / Este estudo tem como tema caminhos da docência no instituto federal farroupilha: da formação aos primeiros anos da carreira na educação profissional e tecnológica, encontrando-se vinculado à Linha de Pesquisa: Formação, Saberes e Desenvolvimento Profissional do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGE) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). A investigação tem como objetivo geral compreender a configuração dos caminhos da docência no instituto federal farroupilha: da formação aos primeiros anos da carreira na educação profissional e tecnológica com destaque à atuação nos Cursos Superiores de Tecnologia (CST). A pesquisa desenvolvida tem enfoque qualitativo e como instrumento foram realizadas entrevistas narrativas com professores bacharéis atuantes no período inicial da docência no Instituto Federal Farroupilha e frequentaram o Programa Especial de Graduação PEG, Formação de Professores para a Educação Profissional, ofertado pela UFSM. Os dados foram analisados e interpretados por meio da Análise Textual Discursiva (MORAES; GALIAZZI, 2007). Na construção da matriz conceitual reflexiva destacam-se autores como: Cunha (2010); Maciel (2009); Isaia (2006); Isaia; Bolzan (2010) que conceituam sobre os anos iniciais da docência e sua complexidade. Assim, consideramos que esta pesquisa veio contribuir no sentido de conhecer que os dilemas enfrentados pelos/as docentes ao ingressar na EBTT e assumir turmas de CST discorrem de seu processo de formação bem como descrever as necessidades de formação surgidas no ingresso na carreira docente e no enfrentamento das especificidades do CST; analisar as contribuições da formação dos egressos do PEG no início da experiência profissional docente na Educação Superior (CST). Os resultados da pesquisa serviram como análise reflexiva para temas relacionados a esta área de formação bem como destacam informações significativas como cursos de aperfeiçoamentos e estágios docentes a respeito da formação e sugestões reflexivas para contribuir na formação na educação profissional tecnológica.