Industrial and organisational (I-O) psychology is a profession which entails a broad spectrum of working activities. One of these activities is workplace counselling which forms a significant part of the internship programme. However, interns often lack the necessary skills to provide counselling. In order to function in a counselling role, the I-O psychologist should have the necessary training to be equipped with counselling skills. It is evident from previous studies that I-O psychology practitioners often feel they lack the ability to counsel individuals sufficiently. Therefore it is important for I-O psychology students to focus on their development to become effective counsellors by focussing on their inter- and intrapersonal skills as part of the skills package as a counsellor. Personal Growth Initiative (PGI) is one way of measuring a person’s intrapersonal skills in terms of the individual’s intention to change and grow. The main aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of PGI among I-O psychology students. Participation in this study was limited to I-O psychology students (N = 568). The students differed in terms of gender, age, ethnicity, and language. The results provided the researcher with an indication of what the students’ intention to grow and develop as an individual entails in order to provide a basis for further research, namely to develop a training programme for I-O psychology students as workplace counsellors.. The PGI of the students were measured by means of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS). This is a nine-item instrument with a six-point Likert type scale ranging from 0 (definitely disagree) to 6 (definitely agree). The results indicated that PGI is prevalent among the I-O psychology students. Furthermore, the study showed that PGI is relevant to all gender and ethnic groups amongst I-O psychology students. Significant differences were found for the different ages and languages. From the results it is recommended that higher education institutions adapt training programmes to foster personal growth initiative amongst I-O psychology students. Future research can also make use of the PGIS-II to measure PGI as this is the latest version of the construct. In terms of the organisation it is recommended that I-O practitioners should be more growth focussed. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Industrial and organisational (I-O) psychology is a profession which entails a broad spectrum of working activities. One of these activities is workplace counselling which forms a significant part of the internship programme. However, interns often lack the necessary skills to provide counselling. In order to function in a counselling role, the I-O psychologist should have the necessary training to be equipped with counselling skills. It is evident from previous studies that I-O psychology practitioners often feel they lack the ability to counsel individuals sufficiently. Therefore it is important for I-O psychology students to focus on their development to become effective counsellors by focussing on their inter- and intrapersonal skills as part of the skills package as a counsellor. Personal Growth Initiative (PGI) is one way of measuring a person’s intrapersonal skills in terms of the individual’s intention to change and grow. The main aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of PGI among I-O psychology students. Participation in this study was limited to I-O psychology students (N = 568). The students differed in terms of gender, age, ethnicity, and language. The results provided the researcher with an indication of what the students’ intention to grow and develop as an individual entails in order to provide a basis for further research, namely to develop a training programme for I-O psychology students as workplace counsellors.. The PGI of the students were measured by means of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS). This is a nine-item instrument with a six-point Likert type scale ranging from 0 (definitely disagree) to 6 (definitely agree). The results indicated that PGI is prevalent among the I-O psychology students. Furthermore, the study showed that PGI is relevant to all gender and ethnic groups amongst I-O psychology students. Significant differences were found for the different ages and languages. From the results it is recommended that higher education institutions adapt training programmes to foster personal growth initiative amongst I-O psychology students. Future research can also make use of the PGIS-II to measure PGI as this is the latest version of the construct. In terms of the organisation it is recommended that I-O practitioners should be more growth focussed. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: THE COMPETENCY PROFILE OF A TRAUMA DEBRIEFER IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE: Trauma debriefing interventions are done in the South African Police Service to prevent the onset of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The existing trauma debriefing team rendering this service consists of psychologists, social workers and chaplains. There is currently no selection model or procedure available to select successful trauma debriefers and evidently not all professionals can automatically function effectively in a trauma work environment. The need has thus arisen to develop a competency profile of a successful trauma debriefer from which a selection battery can be develop. Before a profile can be compiled, a job analysis has to be done to discover the competencies of a trauma debriefer. For the purpose of this study the functional job analysis method was used and it can be described as: "Who performs what action for wat reason with which tools, equipment or job aids following what instructions." The information gathered from questionnaires to debriefers, questionnaires to victims of trauma, the critical incident method and a focus group were used to compile a job description for a trauma debriefer. Information was also obtained regarding the competency potential of a successful trauma debriefer specifically concerning knowledge (capacity) and personality traits (dispositions). Ten different trauma debriefer competencies were identified and discussed in conjunction with the mentioned competency potential. The given profile can now form the basis for the development of a selection battery for a successful trauma debriefer. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Trauma-ontlonting in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie diens word gedoen om Posttraumatiese Stresversteuring sover moontlik te voorkom. Trauma-ontlonters, wat uit sielkundiges, maatskaplike werkers en kapelane bestaan, word gebruik om die diens te lewer. Daar bestaan egter geen keuringsmodel vir die keuring van die traumaontlonters nie. Die literatuur en die praktyk het dit bewys dat nie alle professionele persone noodwendig effektiewe traumawerkers is nie. Die nodigheid het dus ontstaan om 'n bevoegdheidsprofiel van 'n suksesvolle ontlonter saam te stel en daaruit 'n keuringsbattery te ontwikkel. Alvorens 'n profiel saamgestel kan word, moet 'n posontleding gedoen word om inligting oor die bevoegdhede van die trauma-ontlonter te bekom. Vir die doeleindes van hierdie studie is die funksionele posontledingsmetode gebruik wat beskryf kan word as: "Who perform what action for what reason with what tools, equipment or job aid following what instruction." Om die inligting te bekom is van vraelyste aan ontlonters, vraelyste aan getraumatiseerde lede, kritieke insident metode en 'n fokusgroep gebruik gemaak. Hieruit is die trauma-ontlonter se posbeskrywing opgestel. Verder is inligting bekom oor bevoegdheidspotensiaal van 'n suksesvolle traumaontlonter. Dit behels kennis (kapasiteite) en persoonseienskappe (disposisies). Dit is ook uit die literatuur en vanaf onderwerpkundiges bekom. Tien ontlontersbevoegdhede is geïdentifiseer wat omskryf is en waarby die bevoegdheidspotensiaal ingeweef is. Vanuit hierdie profiel kan 'n keuringsbattery ontwikkel word.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the current South African context the Government places a great deal of emphasis on the importance of adult training and development as a solution for addressing many social and economic problems. It is therefore important to investigate all aspects regarding the training context in order to optimise learning. The trainer plays an integral part within this system. Although literature regards the trainer as very important for training success, very little substantial research has been documented with regards to the influential factors on the training style orientation that trainers use when training adults. In order to investigate this problem, a study of the relevant literature is done. The following topics are examined for this purpose: The training system and the components thereof, andragogy and pedagogy as training style orientations, several trait theories of personality as the basis of the study, locus of control as a personality trait, and the influence of personality and more specifically locus of control within work-related settings. Three questionnaires were administered on a sample of 100 respondents, i.e. a Demographic questionnaire, the Training Style Inventory and the Locus of Control Inventory in order to generate data to investigate the research problem and hypotheses. The Demographic Questionnaire collected data regarding gender, age, qualifications, training experience, ethnicity, subject area of the training content, and type of organisation. The Training Style Inventory measured the training style orientation of the trainer respondents, and the Locus of Control Inventory was used to measure the locus of control of respondents. The results indicate support for the hypothesis that there is a statistical significant correlation between locus of control and training style orientation. More specifically, there is a statistically significant correlation between internal locus of control and the andragogical training style orientation, and also between external locus of control and the pedagogical training style orientation. The main objectives of this study were successfully achieved and documented. Conclusions and recommendations for further research are made. It is recommended that future research replicate the study with a greater and random sample of respondents, within the South African context. Also, investigating the effectiveness of the trainers as a result of their locus of control and training style orientation is an interesting possibility for future research. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: DIE VERBAND TUSSEN LOKUS VAN BEHEEROPLEIERS EN OPLEIDINGSTYLORIËNTASIE Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering plaas groot klem op die belangrikheid van volwasse opleiding en ontwikkeling in die huidige Suid-Afrikaanse konteks as 'n moontlike oplossing vir etlike sosiale en ekonomiese probleme. In 'n poging om leer te optimeer, is dit dus noodsaaklik om alle aspekte binne die opleidingskonteks deeglik in oënskou te neem. Die opleier speel 'n baie belangrike rol in die sukses van die opleidingsintervensie. Alhoewel die opleier binne die literatuur wel as In belangrike rolspeler in die sukses van opleidingsintervensies geag word, is daar baie min navorsing gedokumenteer oor die faktore wat die opleidingstyl wat opleiers tydens intervensies gebruik, beïnvloed. 'n Studie van die beskikbare literatuur ondersoek hierdie probleem. Die volgende onderwerpe is vir die doelondersoek: Die opleidingstelsel en die komponente daarvan, andragogie en pedagogie as opleidingstyloriëntasies, verskeie persoonlikheidstrekteorieë as die grondslag van die studie, lokus van beheer as 'n persoonlikheidstrek, en die invloed van persoonlikheid en meer spesifiek lokus van beheer binne die werksplek. Die data wat nodig is om die navorsingsprobleem te ondersoek en die hipoteses te toets, is ingesamel deur 100 respondente elk drie vraelyste te laat voltooi, naamlik 'n Demografiese vraelys, 'n Opleidingstylvraelys en 'n Lokus van Beheer-vraelys. Die demografiese vraelys het inligting ingesamel ten opsigte van geslag, ouderdom, kwalifikasies, opleidingservaring, etnisiteit, onderwerp van die opleidingsinhoud en die tipe organisasie betrokke. Die Opleidingstylvraelys het die opleidingstyloriëntasie van die opleiers wat deelgeneem het aan die studie gemeet, en die Lokus van Beheer vraelys is gebruik om die lokus van beheer van respondente te bepaal. Die resultate bevestig die hipotese dat daar 'n statisties beduidende verband bestaan tussen lokus van beheer en opleidingstyloriëntasie. Daar bestaan verder 'n statisties beduidende verband tussen interne lokus van beheer en 'n andragogiese opleidingstyloriëntasie, en ook tussen eksterne lokus van beheer en 'n pedagogiese opleidingstyloriëntasie. Die hoofdoelwitte van hierdie studie is suksesvol bereik en gedokumenteer. Gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings vir toekomstige navorsing word ook gemaak. Die aanbeveling is dat toekomstige navorsing hierdie studie herhaal binne die Suid- Afrikaanse konteks. Die studie behoort ook 'n groter en ewekansige steekproef in te sluit. Die effektiwiteit van die opleiers as 'n resultaat van hul lokus van beheer en opleidingstyloriëntasie is ook 'n interessante moontlikheid vir verdere navorsing.

Thesis (MA) -- Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the human race enters the new millennium it is challenged by factors such as continuos changed, demand for improved quality and increased competition of global proportions. This requires of organisations to be more responsive to change as well as that individuals will need to position themselves to meet the challenges of the knowledge era. These challenges demand creativity in order to meet the demands for value adding contributions to the organisation. The above mentioned situation gives rise to a number of questions: Firstly, how can the creative processes of an individual be assessed? Secondly, what role does personality play as an indicator of creativity? Lastly, can the knowledge concerning the relationship between creativity and personality be applied to enhance the expression of creativity in the working environment? This research is aimed at investigating the relationship between personality dimensions and creative thinking preferences. 305 managers from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reporting levels of an organisation in the aviation maintenance and manufacturing industry took part in the study. Two instruments were used namely the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II, to assess the personality dimensions and the Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI) to assess the subjects creative thinking preference. A Pearson Product Moment analysis was conducted to determine the correlation between the subscales of the MBTI Step II personality dimensions and the NBI. Next a Principal Component analysis was conducted to determine if any of the NBI thinking style preferences measure the same factor as the subscales of the MBTI Step II, as well as to reduce the number of variables used to determine if a significant relationship exists between the principle dimensions of the MBTI and thinking styles of the NBI. Finally, a regression analysis was performed to determine if the principle dimensions of the MBTI Step II are significantly related to the thinking style dimensions of the NBI. The results of the Pearson Product Moment correlation indicated that significant correlations exist between the sub-scales of the MBTI Step II and the NBI thinking preferences. However, the significance of these correlations range from weak to strong, posing a challenge with regard to determining which of these correlations have any practical value. The results of the Principle Component analysis indicated the existence of four distinct factors, which are common to both the MBTI Step II, and the NBI. However, it was of interest to note that two of the dimensions of the NBI each loaded on two of the factors leading to the conclusion that these two dimensions each measure two unique factors. The results of the Regression analysis provided evidence that the NBI measures two dimensions of the MBTI Step II. Firstly, a preference for thinking is measured by the L1, Upper Left quadrant scale of the NBI and a preference for feeling is measured by the R2, Right Lower quadrant scale of the NBI. Secondly, that a combination of the Judging/Perceiving and Sensing/Intuition preferences are related as follows. The R1, Right Upper quadrant preference scale measures a combination of Perceiving and Intuition. The L2, Left Lower quadrant scale appears to measure a combination of Judging and Sensing. An obvious question that arises is, which personality type is more creative? The process perspective on creativity would appear to indicate that certain personality types have a preference for contributing more effectively to specific parts of the creative process. Thus it can be concluded that no single personality type is more creative than the other is, but that creativity requires the use of all the functions of Personality Type. The key to creativity is the integration of all the Type functions both preferred and not preferred in a synergistic manner. This requires recognition that creativity will require the expenditure of significant amounts of psychic energy to apply non-preferred functions in the process of being creative. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Organisasies wat die nuwe millenuim betree het, staar toenemende uitdagings in die gesig. Faktore soos konstante verandering, toenemende eise vir die verbetering van kwaliteit en die verhoging in kompetisie wereldwyd, stel aan organisasies hoer eise om vinniger te reageer op verandering. Dit verg ook van individue om hulself te posisioneer ten einde die uitdagings van die kennis-era aan te durf. Die uitdagings vereis kreatiwiteit om aan die eise van waarde-toevoeging in die organisasie by te dra. Die voorafgenoemde situasie laat 'n paar vrae ontstaan. Eerstens, hoe ‘n individu se kreatiewe prosesse geevalueer kan word, tweedens watter rol persoonlikheid speel as ‘n aanduider van kreatiwiteit en laastens of kennnis van die verband tussen kreatiwiteit en persoonlikheid prakties toegepas kan word om die uitdrukking van kreatiwiteit in die werksomgewing te verhoog. Hierdie navorsing is daarop gemik om die verband tussen persoonlikheidsdimensies en kreatiewe denk voorkeure te ondersoek. 305 bestuurders in die eerste, tweede en derde rapporteringsvlak van 'n lugvaart vervaardiging en onderhoud organisasie het aan die navorsing deelgeneem. Twee meetinstrumente is gebruik in die navorsing naamlik die Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II, om die persoonlikheidsdimensies te meet en die Neethling Brein Instrument (NBI) om die individue se kreatiewe denkvoorkeure te meet. Die Pearson Produk Moment ontleding is gebruik om die korrelasie tussen die persoonlikheidsdimensie sub-skale van die MBTI Step II en die NBI te bepaal. Daarna is 'n Hoofkomponent ontleding uitgevoer om te bepaai of enige van die NBI denk voorkeurstyle dieselfde faktor as die MBTI Step II subskale meet, asook om die aantal veranderlikes te verminder om sodoende te bepaai of daar ‘n betekenisvolle verband bestaan tussen die hoofdimensies van die MBTI Step II en die denkstyle van die NBI. Laastens is ‘n Regressie ontleding gebruik om te bepaai of die hoofdimensies van die MBTI Step II ‘n betekenisvolle verband toon met die denkstyl dimensies van die NBI. Die resultate van die Pearson Produk Moment ontleding het daarop gedui dat daar ‘n betekenisvolle korrelasie bestaan tussen die sub-skale van die MBTI Step II en die NBI denk voorkeure. Die betekenisvolheid van die korrelasies wissel egter van swak tot sterk korrelasies, wat ‘n uitdaging skep in terme van die bepaling van die korrelasies wat enige praktiese waarde inhou. Die resultate van die Hoofkomponent ontleding het die bestaan van vier kenmerkende faktore aangedui wat biede algemeen is in die MBTI Step II, en die NBI. Dit was egter interressant om te merk dat twee van die NBI se dimensies op twee verskillende faktore gelaai het. Die gevolgtrekking wat gemaak word is dat die twee dimensies elk twee afsonderlike faktore meet. Die resultate van die Regressie Ontleding het aangedui dat die NBI twee dimensies van die MBTI Step II meet. Eerstens, word ‘n voorkeur vir “Thinking” gemeet deur die L1, Linker Bokantste kwadrant op die NBI en 'n voorkeur vir “Feeling” word gemeet deur die R2, Regter Onderkantste kwadrant van die NBI. Tweedens, dat 'n kombinasie van “Judging/Perceiving” en "Sensing/Intuition” voorkeure die volgende verband toon. Die R1 Regter Bokantste kwardrant meet 'n voorkeur vir ‘n kombinasie van “Intuition” en “Perceiving”. Die L2 Linker Onderkantste kwadrant meet ‘n voorkeur vir 'n kombinasie van “Sensing" en “Judging”. ‘n Ooglopende vraag wat gevra word is die van watter persoonlikheidstipe meer kreatief is? Uit die prossess perspektief wat geneem is in die studie, wil dit voorkom dat sekere persoonlikheidstipes ‘n voorkeur het om meer effektief te kan bydra tot specifieke gedeeltes van die kreatiewe prosess. Die afleiding kan dus gevorm word dat geen enkele persoonlikeidstipe meer kreatief is as die ander nie, maar eerder dat die gebruik van al die funksies van persoonlikheidstipe nodig is om kreatiewiteit te ontsluit. Die sleutel tot kreatiewiteit is dus die sinergistiese integrasie van al die Tipe funksies, beide die waarvoor ‘n voorkeur bestaan en die waarvoor daar nie ‘n voorkeur is nie. Dit verg ook die besef dat kreatiwieteit die spandering van groot hoeveelhede psigiese energie benodig, om funksies waarvoor daar nie 'n voorkeur is nie, toe te pas om die kreatiewe process te volbring.

Thesis (MA) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of a nomological model for the assessment of psychological measurement validity with reference to personnel selection. The model, which can be traced to Thorndike (1949), Campbell and Fiske (1959), Nunnally (1967, cited in Duvenage, 1990), Guion (1974, cited in Duvenage, 1990), Binning and Barrett (1989) and Duvenage (1990), provides the evidential bases for two empirically founded validation strategies, namely criterion- and constructrelated validity. Theoretically, the Nomological Model for Psychological Measurement Validity Assessment proved to be applicable for validating that a measure is able to predict job performance. An easily understandable empirical investigation was required to verify the scientific utility of the model for selection validation. The model was used to validate the procedure for selecting machine operators in a large food manufacturer. The investigation illustrated that by utilising Route 1 of the nomological model, evidence of criterion-related validity, as described by legal and professional standards, is generated. Furthermore, the study indicated that by utilising Route 2 of the model, evidential requirements of construct-related validity as set by legal and professional standards are met. The results of the study proved that the Nomological Model for Psychological Measurement Validity Assessment is theoretically, professionally, legally and practically applicable for the validation of personnel selection procedures. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om die toepasbaarheid van 'n nomologiese model vir die bepaling van die geldigheid van sielkundige meting ten opsigte van personeelkeuring vas te stel. Die model, wat sy oorsprong in die werk van Thorndike (1949), Campbell en Fiske (1959), Nunnally (1967, aangehaal uit Duvenage, 1990), Guion (1974, aangehaal uit Duvenage, 1990), Binning en Barrett (1989) en Duvenage (1990) het, verskaf getuienis basisse vir twee ernpirles gefundeerde valideringsstrategiee, naamlik kriterlum- en konstruk-verwante geldigheid. Daar is teoretiese bewyse gevind vir die toepasbaarheid van die Nomologiese Model vir Sielkundige Meting Geldigheids Raming vir die validering van metingsvoorspelbaarheid van werksprestasie. 'n Maklik verstaanbare empmese ondersoek was nodig om die model se wetenskaplike nut vir keuringsgeldigheid te bepaal. Die model was gebruik vir die validering van keuringsprosedure-geldigheid van masjienoperateurs in 'n groot voedselverwerkingsmaatskappy. Die ondersoek het ge"illustreer dat deur die toepassing van Roete 1 van die nomologiese model, bewyse gegenereer is vir kriterium-verwante geldigheid, 5005 voorgeskryf deur relevante wetgewing en professionele standaarde. Verder, deur die toepassing van Roete 2 van hierdie model, word voldoende bewyse vir konstruk-verwante geldigheid, 5005 voorgeskryf deur wetlike en professionele standaarde, verkry. Die resultate van die studie bewys dat die Nomologiese Model vir Sielkundige Meting Geldigheids Raming teoreties, professioneel, wettig en prakties toepasbaar is vir die validering van personeel keu ri ngsprosed ures.

A carreira surgiu como forma de estruturar a trajetória dos funcionários no interior das empresas através da sistematização prévia de um caminho a ser percorrido composto de cargos e funções, sendo, em termos práticos, uma ferramenta administrativa para a gestão de pessoas, e, em termos teóricos, uma concepção a ser estudada por pesquisadores e teóricos nas universidades. Tradicionalmente, a literatura assinala uma dicotomia entre os modelos teóricos e as práticas do mercado de trabalho, que parecem constituir campos distintos e não interrelacionados. Os principais estudos contemporâneos apontam que carreira deixou de ser apenas um plano sistematizado e uniforme nas empresas, a chamada carreira organizacional, e se ampliou, alcançando o mundo do trabalho como um todo, o que gerou outros modelos como a carreira proteana, sem fronteiras, multidirecional, caleidoscópio, portfolio e arco-íris, com características mais heterogêneas e mais determinadas pelos trabalhadores do que pelas empresas. A partir das considerações teóricas feitas sobre carreira, a proposta deste estudo foi construir um paralelo entre as teorias e práticas do mercado de trabalho através da análise do discurso produzido pela publicação anual Guia Você S/A Exame As melhores empresas para você trabalhar, importante veículo de comunicação nacional, que tem como objetivo informar o público sobre as melhores práticas de gestão de pessoas nas empresas. Para tal tarefa, realizou-se o levantamento e a compreensão de como o termo carreira foi empregado ao longo dos 14 anos da publicação (1997-2010), quais concepções foram abordadas, quais práticas foram apresentadas e quais relações podiam ser estabelecidas entre o conteúdo apresentado pela revista e a literatura, buscando pontos de convergência e divergência. Os resultados mostraram que, ao contrário do que apontava a literatura especializada, ainda há traços da carreira organizacional nas práticas relatadas pela publicação. Apenas a partir da edição de 2006 foi assinalada a necessidade de incluir todos aqueles que trabalham na empresa (funcionários, prestadores de serviços e temporários) como objetos de programas de gestão da carreira, o que pareceu indicar uma concepção da carreira sem fronteiras que pode ser construída dentro e fora das empresas, com vínculos temporários, transitórios ou permanentes. Ao longo das edições é possível identificar práticas relacionadas principalmente a carreira de Proteu e multidirecional, e predomínio da metáfora da jornada. Em termos de gestão prática da carreira, ao contrário do que apontava parte da literatura especializada de que agora a carreira seria de responsabilidade da pessoa, ainda há uma concepção de que a empresa deve fornecer as bases deste processo, no qual o funcionário pode participar através da oferta de oportunidades de carreira como recrutamento interno, programas de aprendizagem contínua e avaliações de desempenho. Esta visão é congruente com alguns modelos da literatura especializada, como uma tentativa de gestão compartilhada, em que o funcionário possa gerenciar sua carreira e a empresa gerenciar as oportunidades de desenvolvimento (carreira multidirecional). Como conclusão, tem-se que a dicotomia entre os modelos teóricos e as práticas do mercado de trabalho permanece, mas se inicia um processo lento de mudança e aproximação entre conceito e prática / The career concept was developed as a way to structure the course of employees and workers inside the companies through the systematization of a previously assigned path comprised by defined functions and roles. In practical terms, an administrative tool for managing people, and, in theoretical terms, a conception to be studied by researchers and theorists in universities. Traditionally, literature points out a dichotomy between theoretical models and practices in the labor market, which seem to be distinct and not related. The main contemporary studies indicate that career is no longer a systematic and uniform plan in the corporations, the so called organizational career has expanded, reaching the whole world of labor, and resulting in other career models, such as Protean, boundaryless, multidirectional, kaleidoscope, portfolio, and rainbow, those are more heterogeneous and driven by the workers rather than the companies. Starting from theoretical considerations about career, the purpose of this study was to build a comparison between the labor market theories and practices through the analysis of the articles published at Guia Você S/A Exame As melhores empresas para você trabalhar, a well-respected annual Brazilian publication that aims to inform the general public regarding people management best practices inside the organizations. This study was based on an extensive survey and analysis on how the term career was used over the last 14 years (1997-2010) of the referred publication, what conceptions were addressed, which practices were introduced and which relations could be established between the content presented by the magazine and literature, seeking points of convergence and divergence. The results showed opposite trends compared to what was pointed by the literature. There are still traces of organizational career practices reported by the publication. Only from the Edition of the year 2006, it was marked the necessity to include all those who work in the company (employees, contractors and temporary) as objects of career management programmes, which seemed to indicate a boundaryless career conception that can be built inside and outside the companies, with temporary or permanent bond. Along the editions it is possible to identify practices related mainly to the Protean and multidirectional career models, and the predominance of the Journey metaphor. In terms of practical career management, on the opposite side of what was pointed by part of the specialized literature, regarding that career is now under the individuals responsibility, there is still a conception that even though the employee will contribute, the company must provide the foundation of this process, by offering career opportunities such as internal recruitment, continuous learning programs and performance reviews. This vision is aligned with some specialized literature models, such an attempt of shared management, in which the employee could manage his career and the company would manage the development opportunities (multidirectional career). As a final conclusion, it is noticed that the dichotomy between theoretical models and practices in the labor market remains, however a slow process of change and alignment between concept and practice has been started

O uso recente do termo Empregabilidade refere-se às competências, habilidades e atitudes gerais esperadas para uma pessoa conquistar e manter um trabalho ou emprego. O crescimento das exigências de qualificação laboral e a complexidade do tema têm aumentado o número de pesquisas na área, destacando-se o estudo das características pessoais, crenças e atitudes que podem exercer influência sobre a eficácia nessa conquista. A presente pesquisa objetivou a construção e validação de uma Escala de Empregabilidade que visa avaliar quais os fatores que estão relacionados a um resultado positivo na busca de emprego. A amostra inicial foi composta por 628 estudantes universitários de ambos os sexos, dos cursos de Administração, Engenharias e Psicologia de instituições públicas e privadas do Estado de São Paulo. O instrumento proposto foi composto por 88 itens, referentes a 11 (onze) fatores/variáveis, aplicados de maneira coletiva, em uma escala tipo Likert de quatro (4) pontos cujos descritores são "seguramente sim", "creio que sim", "creio que não" e "seguramente não". Após 9 (nove) meses da primeira aplicação os participantes foram contatados por email para saber se estavam ou não empregados em sua área de formação, o que resultou em 274 retornos. Tal amostra serviu de base para a validação do instrumento. As análises estatísticas permitiram redefinir a Escala obtendo-se 57 itens, dispostos em 4 fatores/variáveis denominados: Eficácia de Busca; Dificuldade de busca; Otimismo; e Responsabilidade e Decisão. Os valores estatísticos foram suficientes para confirmar sua fidedignidade e indicá-la para estudos futuros. Dentre os resultados mais significativos tem-se que os sujeitos com maior índice de auto-eficácia de busca de emprego conseguem colocação mais rapidamente, bem como as auto-valorações positivas como confiança, extroversão e auto-estima foram diferenciais significativos na conquista de uma ocupação, entendendo-se que a obtenção do emprego é mais influenciada pelos traços de personalidade, do que pelas características biográficas. Os alunos das Engenharias apresentaram melhor desempenho que aqueles da Administração e da Psicologia, notando-se ainda que os formandos de instituições privadas obtiveram melhor pontuação total no instrumento. Conclui-se que a Escala de Empregabilidade proposta conseguiu discriminar adequadamente os comportamentos relacionados a um resultado positivo na busca de emprego. Vale ressaltar que, os agrupamentos realizados neste estudo demonstraram uma relação importante com a conquista profissional, o instrumento também diferenciou satisfatoriamente os participantes que conseguiram êxito dos que não conseguiram êxito profissional. A criação da Escala de Empregabilidade buscou compreender mais sobre as variáveis relevantes à conquista profissional e espera contribuir para as áreas de Psicologia do Trabalho e Avaliação Psicológica. / The recent usage of the expression Employability refers to skills, abilities and general attitudes that a person is expected to have in order to gain and keep an occupation or an employment. The growing demands of working qualifications bringing an increase of research in this area, particularly in the study of personal features, beliefs and attitudes that can exert influence on the efficacy for conquering a job. This study had the purpose of constructing and validating an Employability Scale designed to evaluate factors related to a positive result in the search of an employment. The initial sample comprised 628 university students, both male and female, attending administrative, engineering and psychology courses from public and private institutions in the state of São Paulo. The instrument had initially 88 items referring to 11 factors/variables, applied in a collective way in a type of four-point Likert scale, in which the descriptors were "surely yes", "I believe so", "I believe not" and "surely not". Nine months after the first application the respondents were invited by e-mail to inform whether they had jobs or not within their area of study, which resulted in 274 answers. This sample was the basis for the validation of the instrument. The statistical analyses allowed the redefinition of the scale obtaining 57 items arranged in the following four factors/variables: Efficacy of Search; Difficulty of Search; Optimism; Responsibility and Decision. The statistical values were sufficient to confirm the trustworthiness of the scale and to recommend it for future researches. Among the most significant results, it showed that subjects with a greater score of self-efficacy in the search of a job manage to find a position faster, and that positive attitudes such as confidence, extrovert and self-esteem were meaningful differentials to obtain an employment. It was understood that the conquest of a job is more influenced by personality traits than biographic characteristics. Engineering students showed a better performance than the administrative and psychology ones. Also, graduates from private institutions had a better total punctuation. It can be concluded that the proposed Employability Scale managed to adequately discriminate the behaviors related to a positive result in the search of a job. It is worth stressing that the groupings arranged in this study showed an important relationship with professional success. The instrument satisfactory differentiated the successful participants from the ones that did not succeed. The creation of the Employability Scale tried to understand more about the relevant variables for professional success and is intended to contribute to the areas of Psychology of Work and Psychologic Evaluation.

This study proposed a model to specify the influence of negative expectations of the manager in regard to working with a consultant, the level of cynicism of the manager, the client-consultant relationship and the level of management change skills on a manager's client satisfaction.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the distribution and function of talk in workplace meetings contributes to differential outcomes for women and men in Australian organisations. This study explores how patterns of male advantage and female disadvantage are reproduced in workplace meetings through the different communication styles which tend to be employed by men and women, and through the way that these different performances are judged. Workplace meetings emerge as a critical site where leadership potential is identified yet, it is argued, men and women do not meet as equals when they meet at work. The thesis includes an evaluation of the current literature on women's and men's communication styles, and the findings of the present study are discussed in terms of the extent to which they correlate with or diverge from existing views. The implications for social change are explored and recommendations provided for the consideration of organisations seeking to broaden the pool of talent from which future leaders are drawn. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)