Subjective Well-Being and Time Use of Brazilian PhD Professors1

Abstract

The university professor suffers high pressure to achieve productivity and performs under work conditions that are not always satisfactory. This study seeks to analyze the subjective well-being, the time-use strategies, and the satisfaction with their use of time of PhD-holding professors with and without productivity grants from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). A total of 83 professors participated in the study (48 with productivity grants), with an average age of 50 years. A total of 89% of participants were from public institutions. The majority of the participants exhibited high levels of negative affect and low-average levels of satisfaction with their use of time. There was no difference in the subjective well-being or in the satisfaction with the use of time when comparing professors who had received a CNPq grant with professors who had not received a CNPq grant. The most important reason for dissatisfaction with the use of time was an excess of work, whereas peer recognition was the primary achievement obtained with the work. How work demands and conditions influence the well-being of the professors is discussed in this study.

Dinámicas contextuales, recursos individuales y empleabilidad: El caso del profesorado universitario

“…Sin embargo, diferentes autores cuestionan su impacto en la educación y su sostenibilidad futura. Dentro de los argumentos que sustentan estas posturas se refiere el debilitamiento de la comunidad académica, que surge como resultado de la ausencia de relevo generacional, la fragmentación y precarización de las condiciones de trabajo (Bosi, 2007;Courtney, 2013;Ferreira, 2012;Jones, 2013;Lemos, 2011;Nunes, Hutz, Pires, & Oliveira, 2014;Tamez González, & Pérez Domínguez, 2009). Las implicaciones de estas tendencias contextuales en la dimensión individual del profesorado resultan relevantes, dado que son ellos quienes asumen la presión del entorno y deben acomodarse para responder a las nuevas demandas.…”

Dimensões Pessoais e Contextuais da Excelência: Estudo com Cientistas Brasileiros

“…Para tanto, várias instituições têm procurado investir em infraestrutura física e tecnológica, incentivando parcerias acadêmicas internacionais e investindo em pesquisas e publicações (Camargo, 2015), apesar do impacto que as instituições sofrem com as crises econômicas contínuas em nosso país. Por outro lado, conhecida a multiplicidade de tarefas dos pesquisadores em seus contextos acadêmicos, a conciliação de tarefas e a gestão do tempo são aspectos descritos na literatura como exercendo impacto na excelência da pesquisa, requerendo muitas vezes dos pesquisadores níveis elevados de controle emocional (Borsoi, 2012;Nunes, Hutz, Pires, & Oliveira, 2014). Certamente o controle emocional é bastante exigido das mulheres cientistas considerando que estas necessitam balancear as atividades familiares com a carreira profissional e lutar com estereótipos sociais sobre gênero (Prado & Fleith, 2012).…”

The Exploration of the Phenomenon of Psychological Time

“…Thus, time, as a psychological phenomenon, is a system-forming factor in the organization of human life, providing the ability to adapt to dynamic situations of real life and self-regulation of activity, providing the possibility of 'self-preservation' [2,4,5,7].…”