Work Identity, Meaning and Meaningfulness of Work: Brazilian Women Immigrants in the USA

Silvana Campos; Sônia Maria Guedes Gondim; Lígia Carolina Oliveira-Silva; Yuri Sá Oliveira Sousa

doi:10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.2158

Identidad laboral, significado y significado del trabajo: mujeres brasileñas inmigrantes en Estados Unidos

Autores/as

Silvana Campos Universidade Federal da Bahia
Sônia Maria Guedes Gondim Universidade Federal da Bahia
Lígia Carolina Oliveira-Silva Universidade Federal de Uberlândia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7487-9420
Yuri Sá Oliveira Sousa Universidade Federal de Uberlândia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-5543

Resumen

Objetivo: Analizar las narrativas sobre la identidad, significado y significación del trabajo de mujeres que interrumpen su vida profesional para acompañar a sus maridos que emigran a trabajar a otro país. Método: Estudio cualitativo y longitudinal con 12 mujeres brasileñas, esposas de inmigrantes, residentes en los Estados Unidos de América (EE.UU.), que fueron entrevistadas en cuatro momentos diferentes. Análisis de Datos: Análisis léxico apoyado en el software Iramuteq. Resultados y Conclusiones: En general, las esposas participantes reconstruyeron su identidad laboral, sentido del trabajo y sentido del trabajo, al necesitar adaptarse a un nuevo país y gestionar las consecuencias provocadas por la pandemia, reestructurando planes profesionales y rutinas de actividades. Además, este estudio contribuye al conocimiento sobre género, trabajo y familia al mostrar cómo el proceso de inmigración con fines profesionales sigue estando diferenciado por género, ya que los hallazgos evidencian que las mujeres soportan desproporcionadamente la carga de la reubicación geográfica.

Palabras clave

Inmigración, Trabajo, Significado del trabajo, Identidad laboral

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Biografía del autor/a

Silvana Campos, Universidade Federal da Bahia

PhD from the Social and Work Psychology Program at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), master from the same program, graduated in Psychology and Specialist in People Management. Currently, she is an analyst at Salvador City Hall, having previously been Training Manager at Empresa Baiana de Águas e Saneamento.

Sônia Maria Guedes Gondim, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Psychologist and retired Full Professor at the Institute of Psychology at UFBA, with a master’s degree in Social Psychology from Gama Filho University and a doctorate in Psychology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Lígia Carolina Oliveira-Silva, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Professor at the Institute of Psychology and the Postgraduate Program in Psychology at the Federal University of Uberlândia. PhD and Master’s degree from the Postgraduate Program in Social, Work and Organizational Psychology (PSTO) at the University of Brasília (UnB).

Yuri Sá Oliveira Sousa, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Psychologist (2010), Master (2013) and Doctor (2017) in psychology from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), with a doctoral internship (2014-2015) at the Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale at Aix-Marseille Université. He is currently Adjunct Professor III at the Institute of Psychology at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).