Gerentes de projeto : um estudo sobre a relação entre perfis psicodemográficos, desempenho e progressão profissional

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Luiz Gustavo Mauro de
• Orientador(a): Rego, Marcos Lopez
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Diversity; Career; Barriers; Organizações temporárias; Projetos; Diversidade; Carreira; Gerente de projeto; Barreiras
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Temporary organizations; Project; Project managers
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/11283

Given the increasing structuring of permanent organizations in temporary organizations, here represented as projects, there is a proportional demand for qualified professionals to act as conductors of these contracts – the project managers (GP’s). This master s course dissertation research aims to study how different psycho - demographic traits , to wit: gender, ethnicity , sexual orie ntation and physical appearance , impact on life and professional development of the GP who holds them , under the prospect of t hese professionals . In the search for po ssible answers to this question , we went through the theory looking for the subsidies needed by the GP to satisfactorily perform his/her professional ac tivity and go up on the career ladder . We have seen that the har d skills of these professionals are designed and enriched by the methodologies and best practices brought by several international ass ociations of project management . However , the prescriptive actions of these methodologies only outline the broad contours of the soft s kills . This skill set has prove d crucial to the GP in his/her work , being apprehended empirically and enriched by the experience. Moreover , the career progression of a GP has been perceived by the growing complexity of the projects subordinated to him/her , as also by taking a strategic and less operational path . We have based the research on Brazilian culture , used as a framework to understand how these professionals perform such relations of leadership , communication, collaboration a nd respect with his/her stakeholders , i . e ., their soft skills , and orchestrate the necessary activities for the satisfactory completion of a project . On such a basis , we seek to understand potential biases and barriers for the different psycho - demographic and, in sequence , observe which impacts have been perceived by the GP ’ s in t he exercise of their activities , as well as in t he progression of their careers . We have b rought from t he f ield interviews with various GP 's holding different psycho - demographic t raits . Discourse analysis lent us the tools to analyze field data , embracing conclusions supported by the theoretical framework . As a result , we realized that Brazilian culture still features domination mechanisms embodied by a n androcentric , ethnically white and heterosexual group , with regulations and s tandards on overall physical appearance . We have also seen that the soft skills are influenced by the local culture , especially when exercised by minorities rejected by the dominant group . We perceive the existence of glass doors and ceilings in the life of a GP that embodies certain psycho - demographic traits , as well as an internalization of the androcentric logic. These professionals carry out their functions with a cost gre ater than that performed by ma le, white , heterosexuals and good - looking professionals, as well as need to prove resilient to such domination. The barriers for females also rise when the woman GP , even in the context of a temporary organization leadership , has exercised her motherhood .