Adaptabilidade de carreira e percepção de futuro da aposentadoria: um estudo com trabalhadores (as) brasileiros (as)

Abstract

In a context of population aging and increased life expectancy, investigations into retirement should be frequent. Based on the premise that people, when building their careers, are also building their lives, it is of fundamental importance that studies on the career area are concerned about this phase of the career path. From this point of view, the present dissertation presents an investigation of Latin American scientific production on work and retirement from the perspective of Psychology, through a bibliometric review of the literature (Study 1) and also through the analysis of the psychometric properties of Career Adapta-ability Scale + Cooperation Scale along with older workers, besides examining the explanatory potential of the factors of career adaptability regarding the perception of the future of retirement (Study 2). From the query in the databases SciELO, Google Scholar, Portal de Periódicos CAPES, LILACS, Redalyc e PePSIC, 44 empirical scientific articles were selected for analysis on Study 1. The results showed a growth of publications in the last six years, high concentration of publications by brazilian authors and also greater preference for qualitative studies. For Study 2, an empirical research was conducted with Brazilian workers who were 40 years old or older, regardless of whether they were working or unemployed. The data were colected through a sociodemographic questionnaire, of Career Adapta-ability Scale + Cooperation Scale (CAAS+C) and from the Perception of the Future of Retirement Scale (EPFA). Descriptive statistical methods were applied, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, internal and correlational consistency analyses, t test, ANOVA and structural equation modelling. The results revealed good factorial structure and internal consistency of the scale and a positive correlation between the concern factor of career adaptability and the health perception fator and perception of the future of general retirement, raising indications that career adaptability can be an important construct for understanding the phenomenon of retirement and its measurement can be useful in retirement preparation programs.