Advisor: Frank I. Moore. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-169).

This thesis offers a mixed-method exploratory investigation of global scientific mobility. Contextualised as an important factor in the development of national capacities in science and innovation, global scientific mobility has so far remained a relatively underdeveloped subject in current scholarship. In this doctoral research, the focus on the impact of global scientific mobility that entails change of affiliation on (1) research practice, in particular, boundaries of academic activities, and (2) career development trajectories, increasingly affected by globalisation, is assumed. This research responds to the interest among academic and policy communities in the role of human resources in science-driven economic growth. It integrates three sets of literature, encompassing systems approach to studying learning and innovation; transnational approach to migration studies, and social studies of science that focus on academic citizenship, to explain global transformations in scientific mobility flows across countries and regions; and the post-migration impact of scientists in host organisations and communities. Empirically, this research focuses on career trajectories and elements of academic practice of Russian-speaking nanoscientists educated in post-Soviet countries and working abroad. The Soviet Union was an internationally isolated research system and developed peculiar norms of organisation, communication and governance of science. After the breakdown, post-Soviet countries experienced large-scale human capital flight. Nanotechnology is a generic technology, thought to aggregate advanced use-inspired areas of physics, chemistry and engineering. Around the world, nanotechnology has significant political importance. Policy and public-driven emerging technology agendas reveal contribution of competent post-Soviet scientists, but also elicit differences in approaches and rewards. This study finds significant transformations in scientific mobility flows caused by globalisation-induced opportunities. As relocation becomes easier to accomplish, scientists increasingly build their careers not only in multiple organisations, but also in multiple countries. At the same time, national differences in career development paths and norms of academic community membership have significant influence on career development opportunities of scientists. However, unique skills developed during mobility open up alternative options for globally mobile Russian-speaking nanoscientists, such as engagement in transnational science diaspora networks. This research contributes to understanding of scientific mobility as a simultaneous, continuous, network-based process. It further provides insight into development of multidisciplinary research area that encompasses broader understanding of roles, activities, contributions and opportunities of foreign-born scientists in the globalising world.

Syftet med studien är att studera kvinnliga akademikers upplevelser av möjlighet till akademisk karriär. Studien besvarar följande frågeställningar: Hur uppfattar kvinnliga akademiker karriärstrukturen vid lärosätet utifrån ett genusperspektiv? Vilka möjligheter och hinder till karriärutveckling har kvinnliga akademiker identifierat och kan de i sådana fall kopplas till kön/jämställdhet? För att besvara vårt syfte och våra frågeställningar används en kvalitativ metod i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor vid det berörda lärosätet. De teoretiska utgångspunkter som används för att analysera det empiriska materialet är Yvonne Hirdmans genussystem och Rosabeth Moss Kanters förklaringsmodell. Resultatet visar att kvinnor vid lärosätet upplever möjligheten till akademisk karriär som begränsad eftersom karriärstrukturen vid lärosätet är anpassad efter en manlig norm, vilket får en hindrande effekt för kvinnors karriärutveckling. Vidare bekräftar resultatet tidigare forskning som visar på att kvinnor möter hindrande faktorer kopplade till kön när de försöker avancera i karriären. / The aim of this study is to investigate female academics’ experiences of the opportunity for academic career. The study answers the following research questions: How do female academics perceive the career structure by the university from a gender perspective? Which opportunities and obstacles to career development did they identify and can they be connected to gender/gender equality? In order to answer our aim and our research questions a qualitative method is used in the form of semi-structured interviews with women at the university concerned. The theoretical starting points used to analyze the empirical material are Yvonne Hirdman’s gender system and a model by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. The result shows that women at the university experience the opportunity for academic career as limited since the career structure is adapted to a male norm, which contributes to an impeding effect on women’s career development. Furthermore, the result confirms previous research that shows women face impeding factors linked to gender when trying to advance in their careers.

Ce travail a pour objectif d’étudier l’ubiquité professionnelle exercée par les enseignants-chercheurs libanais, qui joignent le travail académique à l’activité entrepreneuriale. La revue de littérature s’organise autour des thèmes de l’acadépreneuriat, de la théorie du déplacement et du concept de vision stratégique. Le cadre légal de l’ubiquité professionnelle, de la recherche scientifique, et du métier de l’enseignant-chercheur libanais au privé comme au public a été ensuite étudié.Une étude préliminaire ayant pour but la formation d’un échantillon regroupant le plus grand nombre possible d’enquêtés a été mise en oeuvre. Ensuite, à la lumière des données collectées auprès d’une centaine d’enseignants libanais, cinq enquêtés ont été identifiés, sachant que six ont été contactés en amont. Onze individus forment alors le second échantillon sujet de l’étude qualitative. Les résultats de cette dernière montrent que la satisfaction de l’enseignant envers sa carrière dépend de son profil, de la profession de sa conjointe, des compensations indirectes offertes par son établissement universitaire et que la majorité des enseignants-chercheurs ne sont pas satisfaits par le niveau de rémunération dans leur université. D’autre part, les titulaires d’un doctorat mènent en général une trajectoire professionnelle réfléchie, et leur projet entrepreneurial a été créé en aval de leur statut d’enseignant, contrairement à ceux qui ne sont pas titulaires d’un doctorat. L’ubiquité professionnelle est durable lorsqu’elle est réfléchie et si elle ne nécessite pas de travaux manuels. Enfin, les enseignants qui ne mènent pas de travaux de recherche dans le cadre de leur établissement universitaire sont en quête d’une réputation sociale. / The aim of this work is to study the professional ubiquity of Lebanese lecturers who are also working as entrepreneurs. The literature review is organized around the themes of acadepreneurship, the theory of displacement and the concept of strategic vision.Then, the legal framework related to the studied phenomenon, the scientific research and the Lecturer profession in Lebanon was studied.A preliminary study was carried out in order to identify a sample of the largest possible number of respondents.Then, in the light of the data collected from about a hundred Lebanese lecturers, five respondents were identified, giving that six were contacted upstream. Eleven individuals are subject to the qualitative study.The results of the qualitative study show that the lecturer's career satisfaction depends on his profile, spouse's profession and some indirect compensations offered by his academic institution. They also indicate that the majority of the lecturers are not satisfied by the amount of pay offered by their university.On the other hand, Ph.D. holders generally pursue a strategic career path and their entrepreneurial activity has been created before the start of their academic career, unlike those who do not have a Ph.D.Professional ubiquity is sustainable when thoughtful and when it doesn’t require any manual work. Finally, lecturers who do not carry out any research project as part of their academic career are usually looking for social reputation.

Der Beitrag ist eine „wissenschaftliche Autobiographie“, in der der wissenschaftliche sowie persönliche akademische Werdegang des Verfassers mit seinen positiven (der internationalen Rezeption seiner Schriften) und der negativen Seiten (Hürden, Stereotypisierungen, Etikettierungen) beschrieben wird. Dazu werden wissenschaftliche Vorbilder außerhalb (der akademischen Arbeit bei Claudio Arrau und die Begegnungen mit Giuseppe Sinopoli) und innerhalb der Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften (Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, Marcele Bataillon, Alexander Parker, u.v.a.) sowie prägende Theorien berücksichtig sowie die konkreten Ziele, die eingeführten eigenen Theorien und Wissenschaftskonzepte dargelegt. / The article is a “scientific autobiography” in which the scientific and personal academic career of the author is described with its positive (the international reception of his writings) and negative sides (hurdles, stereotyping, labelling). In addition, academic role models outside (the academic work with Claudio Arrau and the encounters with Giuseppe Sinopoli) and within literary and cultural studies (Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, Marcel Bataillon, Alexander Parker, and many others) as well as his own theories are taken into account and the concrete goals, the introduced own theories and scientific concepts are presented. / El artículo es una “autobiografía científica” en la que se describe la trayectoria académica y personal del autor con sus aspectos positivos (la recepción internacional de sus escritos) y negativos (obstáculos, estereotipos, etiquetado). Además, se tienen en cuenta los modelos académicos externos (el trabajo académico con Claudio Arrau y los encuentros con Giuseppe Sinopoli) y dentro de los estudios literarios y culturales (Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, Marcel Bataillon, Alexander Parker, y muchos otros). También se describen las teorías introducidas por el autor, sus objetivos concretos y conceptos científicos.

Submitted by FABIANA DA SILVA FRANÇA (fabiana21franca@gmail.com) on 2018-02-08T13:48:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivo Total.pdf: 2033854 bytes, checksum: 2c9fff6500db9886cada67079bd5c89a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-08T13:48:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivo Total.pdf: 2033854 bytes, checksum: 2c9fff6500db9886cada67079bd5c89a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-01 / This study aimed to analyze the process of sexual division of labor and gender relations that shape the professional trajectories of female teachers in the courses of Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, considered the most masculine in a Federal Institution of Higher Education of the Brazilian Northeast. Some questions guided this research: how are drawn both the professional and life trajectories of female teachers in male areas? How did gender relations affected the careers of these college professors? Based on the assumption that there is hierarchy, prestige and status in the distribution of academic activities between men and women, how do these divisions occur in the departments researched? Do these teachers perceive gender and sex discrimination in the relationship with co-workers and students? In order to understand the central subject of the study, I reviewed its theoretical foundation, addressing studies on women in academy, especially in the departments where they are a minority, highlighting the literature on gender, sexual division of labor, habitus, culture and academic field. As evidence, narrative interviews were conducted with eleven female teachers from those areas were carried out. In this qualitative investigation, the narratives gave support to the construction those teachers’ biographies and discourse analysis was used as a tool to support the analysis of the data. The results indicate that there are obstacles in the career development of these women teachers who do not occupy prestige and power spaces in respective areas. In the relationship with male pairs and students, both career and teachers’ behavior are influenced by gender division as well as by male habitus in the academic field. In addition, it has been observed that it is difficult for the interviewees to balance work and family life, since the domestic tasks and care for the family continue to be an obstacle to the full professional development of women. This research concluded that these teachers, despite a solid academic background, some with more than one postdoctoral degree, are kept out of the center of production and academic prestige. Thus, it is evident that the relations of male domination are far from being abolished from the academy. Finally, some recommendations were presented, aiming to contribute to the development of research involving knowledge in the area of gender studies, academic careers and labor relations, and on the relationships between men and women in the context of Brazilian higher education. / Este estudo teve como objetivo geral analisar o processo de divisão sexual do trabalho e as relações de gênero que configuram as trajetórias profissionais de mulheres docentes nos cursos de Engenharia Mecânica, Física e Matemática, considerados os mais masculinos em uma Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior do nordeste brasileiro. Algumas questões nortearam esta investigação: como são desenhadas as trajetórias profissionais e de vida das docentes em departamentos masculinos? Como as relações de gênero afetaram as carreiras dessas docentes? Partindo do pressuposto de que ha hierarquização, prestigio e status na distribuição das atividades acadêmicas entre homens e mulheres, como essas divisões ocorrem nos departamentos pesquisados? Estas docentes percebem a discriminação de sexo e gênero na relação com os colegas de trabalho e com os alunos? Para compreender a temática central do estudo, realizei uma fundamentação teórica, abordando estudos sobre as mulheres na academia, principalmente nos departamentos em que elas são minoria, destacando a literatura sobre gênero, divisão sexual do trabalho, habitus, cultura e campo acadêmico. E como evidencias foram realizadas entrevistas narrativas com onze mulheres docentes desses departamentos. Nesta investigação qualitativa, as narrativas deram suporte para a construção das biografias docentes e foi empregada a análise de discurso como ferramenta para dar suporte à análise dos dados. Os resultados apontam que existem obstáculos e desenvolvimento da carreira destas docentes que não ocupam espaços de prestígio e poder nos departamentos. Na relação com os pares masculinos e discentes são influenciadas pela divisão de gênero e o habitus masculino do campo acadêmico influencia tanto na carreira quanto no comportamento das docentes. Além disso, foi observado que é difícil para as entrevistadas conseguirem equilibrar a vida pessoal e familiar, uma vez que as tarefas domésticas e o cuidado com a família continuam sendo empecilho ao pleno desenvolvimento profissional das mulheres. Concluiu-se que essas docentes, apesar de uma formação acadêmica sólida, algumas com mais de um pós-doutorado, são mantidas fora do centro de produção e prestígio acadêmico. Com isso, fica evidente que as relações de dominação masculina estão longe de serem abolidas da academia. Por fim, foram apresentadas algumas recomendações, objetivando contribuir para o desenvolvimento de estudos envolvendo conhecimentos na área dos estudos de gênero, carreiras acadêmicas e relações de trabalho, e sobre as relações entre homens e mulheres no contexto do ensino superior brasileiro.

Cette thèse reconstruit et analysent les trajectoires professionnelles des professeurs d'université de l'enseignement supérieur privé à Porto Alegre et de la région métropolitaine qui ont connu la démission de leur carrière universitaire. Il s'agit d'une étude explicative dont l'échantillon, pas probabilistes et intentionnel, se compose de 16 enseignants qui ont travaillé dans des établissements privés d'enseignement supérieur. Les données montre que: le développement de la carrière académique de l'influence positive des trajectoires professionnelles; à haute titrage, de doctorat ou une maîtrise, le temps combiné de l'expérience universitaire, a été essentiel pour le sort des professionnels de chemin vertueux à l'intérieur et en dehors de l'industrie universitaires, les enseignants licenciés, avec moins d'expérience et pas un autre emploi ou de travail, a moins bien les destinations pour ceux qui ont un degré plus élevé de l'employabilité, a démissionné de ressembler à eux-mêmes les processus dans la forme et les motifs, essentiellement des raisons économiques et politiques, la recherche de professeurs permanents dans des établissements conduit à la formation de ghettos institutions qui sont mus par des intérêts politiques, des réseaux de contacts professionnels aidé les enseignants licenciés à se réinsérer plus rapidement sur le marché du travail, la famille a servi de principal affectif, social et économique. Data analysis suggère que le licenciement des enseignants dans les trajectoires professionnelles provoquer une rupture dans les liens de confiance et le sens de la carrière académique, qui influent sur la virtuosité de sa destination. Il indique aussi qu'elles sont affectées par des facteurs, principalement, d'une cycliques, structurels et politiques et que l'action des enseignants n'est pas une réponse suffisante pour changer et commencer à trouver que les obstacles à leur performance professionnelle / Essa tese reconstitui e analisa as trajetórias profissionais dos professores universitários do ensino superior privado de Porto Alegre e Região Metropolitana que passaram pela experiência da demissão nas suas carreiras acadêmicas. Trata-se de um estudo explicativo cuja amostra, não probabilística intencional, é constituída de 16 docentes que atuaram em instituições de ensino superior privado. A análise dos dados mostra que: o desenvolvimento da carreira acadêmica influencia de maneira positiva as trajetórias profissionais; a alta titulação, doutorado ou mestrado, aliada ao tempo de experiência acadêmica, mostrou-se essencial para o destino virtuoso das trajetórias profissionais dentro e fora do setor acadêmico; os professores demitidos, com menor experiência e sem alternativas de emprego ou trabalho, apresentaram destinos menos virtuosos que aqueles com maior grau de empregabilidade; os processos demissionais são similares quanto à forma e razões alegadas, predominando motivos econômicos e critérios políticos; a busca da permanência nas instituições leva os docentes à formação de guetos institucionais que são movidos por interesses políticos; redes de contatos profissionais auxiliaram os professores demitidos a se reinserirem mais rapidamente no mercado de trabalho; a família atuou como o principal suporte afetivo, social e econômico. A análise dos dados sugere que a demissão nas trajetórias profissionais dos professores ocasiona uma ruptura nos laços de confiança e no significado da carreira acadêmica, influenciando a virtuosidade do seu destino. Indica também que estas são impactadas por fatores, predominantemente, de ordem conjuntural, estrutural e política e que a ação dos docentes não é uma resposta suficiente às transformações e entraves que passam a encontrar na sua atuação profissional. / This thesis reconstructs and analyzes the professional trajectories of university teachers of private higher education in Porto Alegre and the metropolitan area that lived the demission experience on yours academic careers. It is an explanatory study whose sample, no probabilistic and intentional, consists of 16 teachers who worked in private institutions of higher education. The data analysis shows that: the development of the academic career of a positive influence the professional trajectories; at high titration, doctoral or master's degree, combined time of the academic experience, was essential for the fate of the virtuous path professionals within and outside the industry academic, the teachers dismissed, with less experience and no alternative employment or work, had less righteous destinations for those with a higher degree of employability, resigned resemble the processes are similar in shape and reasons, mainly economic reasons and political criteria, the search for permanent teachers in institutions leads to the formation of ghettos institutions that are driven by political interests, networks of professional contacts helped the teachers dismissed to reintegrate more quickly in the labor market, the family served as the main emotional, social and economic. Data analysis suggests that the dismissal of teachers in professional trajectories cause a rupture in ties of trust and the meaning of the academic career, influencing the virtuosity of its destination. It also indicates that they are affected by factors, primarily, of a conjunctural, structural and politic and that the action of teachers is not a sufficient response to change and begin to find that barriers in their professional performance.

Cette thèse reconstruit et analysent les trajectoires professionnelles des professeurs d'université de l'enseignement supérieur privé à Porto Alegre et de la région métropolitaine qui ont connu la démission de leur carrière universitaire. Il s'agit d'une étude explicative dont l'échantillon, pas probabilistes et intentionnel, se compose de 16 enseignants qui ont travaillé dans des établissements privés d'enseignement supérieur. Les données montre que: le développement de la carrière académique de l'influence positive des trajectoires professionnelles; à haute titrage, de doctorat ou une maîtrise, le temps combiné de l'expérience universitaire, a été essentiel pour le sort des professionnels de chemin vertueux à l'intérieur et en dehors de l'industrie universitaires, les enseignants licenciés, avec moins d'expérience et pas un autre emploi ou de travail, a moins bien les destinations pour ceux qui ont un degré plus élevé de l'employabilité, a démissionné de ressembler à eux-mêmes les processus dans la forme et les motifs, essentiellement des raisons économiques et politiques, la recherche de professeurs permanents dans des établissements conduit à la formation de ghettos institutions qui sont mus par des intérêts politiques, des réseaux de contacts professionnels aidé les enseignants licenciés à se réinsérer plus rapidement sur le marché du travail, la famille a servi de principal affectif, social et économique. Data analysis suggère que le licenciement des enseignants dans les trajectoires professionnelles provoquer une rupture dans les liens de confiance et le sens de la carrière académique, qui influent sur la virtuosité de sa destination. Il indique aussi qu'elles sont affectées par des facteurs, principalement, d'une cycliques, structurels et politiques et que l'action des enseignants n'est pas une réponse suffisante pour changer et commencer à trouver que les obstacles à leur performance professionnelle / Essa tese reconstitui e analisa as trajetórias profissionais dos professores universitários do ensino superior privado de Porto Alegre e Região Metropolitana que passaram pela experiência da demissão nas suas carreiras acadêmicas. Trata-se de um estudo explicativo cuja amostra, não probabilística intencional, é constituída de 16 docentes que atuaram em instituições de ensino superior privado. A análise dos dados mostra que: o desenvolvimento da carreira acadêmica influencia de maneira positiva as trajetórias profissionais; a alta titulação, doutorado ou mestrado, aliada ao tempo de experiência acadêmica, mostrou-se essencial para o destino virtuoso das trajetórias profissionais dentro e fora do setor acadêmico; os professores demitidos, com menor experiência e sem alternativas de emprego ou trabalho, apresentaram destinos menos virtuosos que aqueles com maior grau de empregabilidade; os processos demissionais são similares quanto à forma e razões alegadas, predominando motivos econômicos e critérios políticos; a busca da permanência nas instituições leva os docentes à formação de guetos institucionais que são movidos por interesses políticos; redes de contatos profissionais auxiliaram os professores demitidos a se reinserirem mais rapidamente no mercado de trabalho; a família atuou como o principal suporte afetivo, social e econômico. A análise dos dados sugere que a demissão nas trajetórias profissionais dos professores ocasiona uma ruptura nos laços de confiança e no significado da carreira acadêmica, influenciando a virtuosidade do seu destino. Indica também que estas são impactadas por fatores, predominantemente, de ordem conjuntural, estrutural e política e que a ação dos docentes não é uma resposta suficiente às transformações e entraves que passam a encontrar na sua atuação profissional. / This thesis reconstructs and analyzes the professional trajectories of university teachers of private higher education in Porto Alegre and the metropolitan area that lived the demission experience on yours academic careers. It is an explanatory study whose sample, no probabilistic and intentional, consists of 16 teachers who worked in private institutions of higher education. The data analysis shows that: the development of the academic career of a positive influence the professional trajectories; at high titration, doctoral or master's degree, combined time of the academic experience, was essential for the fate of the virtuous path professionals within and outside the industry academic, the teachers dismissed, with less experience and no alternative employment or work, had less righteous destinations for those with a higher degree of employability, resigned resemble the processes are similar in shape and reasons, mainly economic reasons and political criteria, the search for permanent teachers in institutions leads to the formation of ghettos institutions that are driven by political interests, networks of professional contacts helped the teachers dismissed to reintegrate more quickly in the labor market, the family served as the main emotional, social and economic. Data analysis suggests that the dismissal of teachers in professional trajectories cause a rupture in ties of trust and the meaning of the academic career, influencing the virtuosity of its destination. It also indicates that they are affected by factors, primarily, of a conjunctural, structural and politic and that the action of teachers is not a sufficient response to change and begin to find that barriers in their professional performance.

Cette thèse reconstruit et analysent les trajectoires professionnelles des professeurs d'université de l'enseignement supérieur privé à Porto Alegre et de la région métropolitaine qui ont connu la démission de leur carrière universitaire. Il s'agit d'une étude explicative dont l'échantillon, pas probabilistes et intentionnel, se compose de 16 enseignants qui ont travaillé dans des établissements privés d'enseignement supérieur. Les données montre que: le développement de la carrière académique de l'influence positive des trajectoires professionnelles; à haute titrage, de doctorat ou une maîtrise, le temps combiné de l'expérience universitaire, a été essentiel pour le sort des professionnels de chemin vertueux à l'intérieur et en dehors de l'industrie universitaires, les enseignants licenciés, avec moins d'expérience et pas un autre emploi ou de travail, a moins bien les destinations pour ceux qui ont un degré plus élevé de l'employabilité, a démissionné de ressembler à eux-mêmes les processus dans la forme et les motifs, essentiellement des raisons économiques et politiques, la recherche de professeurs permanents dans des établissements conduit à la formation de ghettos institutions qui sont mus par des intérêts politiques, des réseaux de contacts professionnels aidé les enseignants licenciés à se réinsérer plus rapidement sur le marché du travail, la famille a servi de principal affectif, social et économique. Data analysis suggère que le licenciement des enseignants dans les trajectoires professionnelles provoquer une rupture dans les liens de confiance et le sens de la carrière académique, qui influent sur la virtuosité de sa destination. Il indique aussi qu'elles sont affectées par des facteurs, principalement, d'une cycliques, structurels et politiques et que l'action des enseignants n'est pas une réponse suffisante pour changer et commencer à trouver que les obstacles à leur performance professionnelle / Essa tese reconstitui e analisa as trajetórias profissionais dos professores universitários do ensino superior privado de Porto Alegre e Região Metropolitana que passaram pela experiência da demissão nas suas carreiras acadêmicas. Trata-se de um estudo explicativo cuja amostra, não probabilística intencional, é constituída de 16 docentes que atuaram em instituições de ensino superior privado. A análise dos dados mostra que: o desenvolvimento da carreira acadêmica influencia de maneira positiva as trajetórias profissionais; a alta titulação, doutorado ou mestrado, aliada ao tempo de experiência acadêmica, mostrou-se essencial para o destino virtuoso das trajetórias profissionais dentro e fora do setor acadêmico; os professores demitidos, com menor experiência e sem alternativas de emprego ou trabalho, apresentaram destinos menos virtuosos que aqueles com maior grau de empregabilidade; os processos demissionais são similares quanto à forma e razões alegadas, predominando motivos econômicos e critérios políticos; a busca da permanência nas instituições leva os docentes à formação de guetos institucionais que são movidos por interesses políticos; redes de contatos profissionais auxiliaram os professores demitidos a se reinserirem mais rapidamente no mercado de trabalho; a família atuou como o principal suporte afetivo, social e econômico. A análise dos dados sugere que a demissão nas trajetórias profissionais dos professores ocasiona uma ruptura nos laços de confiança e no significado da carreira acadêmica, influenciando a virtuosidade do seu destino. Indica também que estas são impactadas por fatores, predominantemente, de ordem conjuntural, estrutural e política e que a ação dos docentes não é uma resposta suficiente às transformações e entraves que passam a encontrar na sua atuação profissional. / This thesis reconstructs and analyzes the professional trajectories of university teachers of private higher education in Porto Alegre and the metropolitan area that lived the demission experience on yours academic careers. It is an explanatory study whose sample, no probabilistic and intentional, consists of 16 teachers who worked in private institutions of higher education. The data analysis shows that: the development of the academic career of a positive influence the professional trajectories; at high titration, doctoral or master's degree, combined time of the academic experience, was essential for the fate of the virtuous path professionals within and outside the industry academic, the teachers dismissed, with less experience and no alternative employment or work, had less righteous destinations for those with a higher degree of employability, resigned resemble the processes are similar in shape and reasons, mainly economic reasons and political criteria, the search for permanent teachers in institutions leads to the formation of ghettos institutions that are driven by political interests, networks of professional contacts helped the teachers dismissed to reintegrate more quickly in the labor market, the family served as the main emotional, social and economic. Data analysis suggests that the dismissal of teachers in professional trajectories cause a rupture in ties of trust and the meaning of the academic career, influencing the virtuosity of its destination. It also indicates that they are affected by factors, primarily, of a conjunctural, structural and politic and that the action of teachers is not a sufficient response to change and begin to find that barriers in their professional performance.

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