Professional careers in Porto Alegre’s gyms: an analysis of students’ and professionals’ perceptions

Objective: This article looks into how careers in Gyms – according of students’ and professionals’ perceptions about realities and expectations – mobilize or promote contracts with the company or with the person in question. Methods: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted, including 10 profes...

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Autores: Myskiw, Mauro, Manfro, Pedro Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)
Repositorio:Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.e-revista.unioeste.br:article/22026
Acceso en línea:https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/22026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Perception
Professional careers
Gyms
Porto Alegre.
La percepción
Carreras Profesionales
Clubes
Percepção
Carreiras profissionais
Academias
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Sumario:Objective: This article looks into how careers in Gyms – according of students’ and professionals’ perceptions about realities and expectations – mobilize or promote contracts with the company or with the person in question. Methods: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted, including 10 professionals/students linked to gyms in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, through semi-structured interviews. The content of the interviews was analyzed with an exercise of textual reduction, production of categories and subcategories. Results: The emerging categories were: devaluation and instability of relationships; the presence of interns acting as professionals; professional career paths in academia; self-initiated skills development efforts; working in gyms and developing networks of opportunities. Conclusion: Our conclusion indicates that, while the perception about the importance of self-initiated efforts is noticeable – that is, of situations in which the teachers/students interviewed show some autonomy to decide on their careers – it can be said that such perception ignores the relevance of programs and structures that the Gyms offer and materialize.