THE MEANING OF BEING UNEMPLOYED: THE CASE OF THE EGRESSES FROM THE AGOSTINHO NETO UNIVERSITY, LUANDA, ANGOLA

Authors

  • Marcos Júlio Dala Mandele

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n2p795-816

Keywords:

Angola, Employment, Unemployment, Disaffiliation, Suffering

Abstract

This article presents the psychosocial reality of unemployment and its
impacts on the lives of graduates of Agostinho Neto University, in the city
of Luanda, Angola. It synthesizes the ideas built from the research carried
out in that city, from 2010 to 2012. It was based on a field research, with a qualitative approach, about the meanings of the unemployed condition,
in which 15 graduates from the following courses have been interviewed:
Accounting and Auditing, Law, Economy, Philosophy, Physics, Public
Management and Administration, Languages and literature, Math,
Pedagogy and Sociology. The sample of participants was given through
the snowball strategy. The discussion revolved around the concepts of
employment and unemployment, having a theoretical framework based on
the following authors: Araújo (2010), Beck (2010), Castel (2006), Gaulejac
(2006), Jahoda (1987), Lhuilier (2011), Sanchis (1997) and Santos (2008).
Documentary research was also used. The discussion of the interview
data was carried out through content analysis, by Bardin, (2004). The
results of the research demonstrate that unemployment causes difficulties
for graduates to enter society and carry out their life projects. It was also
found that university education, in Angola, ends up training students for
unemployment and a series of professional uncertainties.

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Published

2021-09-25

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