Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Barroso, M.
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28623
Resumo: In this article we analyze the educational and work trajectories of middle managers at the same multinational company in Sweden and Portugal. Based on the analysis of the company’s documentation and on qualitative interviews with middle managers in both countries, results show four different types of trajectories in this group of professionals: linear specialist, linear generalist, reoriented and disrupted. In the Portuguese establishment, all interviewed managers had a higher education degree in areas related to management, and most of them had a reoriented type of trajectory. In Sweden, the educational levels and fields of study were more diversified and most of the interviewees had a disrupted trajectory. The article discusses the co-existence of different educational paths leading to similar professional outcomes and the effects of the institutional context in shaping individual trajectories and company strategy.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
title Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
spellingShingle Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
Barroso, M.
Educational trajectories
Management
Managers trajectories
Portugal
Sweden
title_short Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
title_full Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
title_fullStr Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
title_sort Many roads lead to Rome: Educational and work trajectories of middle managers in Sweden and Portugal
author Barroso, M.
author_facet Barroso, M.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barroso, M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Educational trajectories
Management
Managers trajectories
Portugal
Sweden
topic Educational trajectories
Management
Managers trajectories
Portugal
Sweden
description In this article we analyze the educational and work trajectories of middle managers at the same multinational company in Sweden and Portugal. Based on the analysis of the company’s documentation and on qualitative interviews with middle managers in both countries, results show four different types of trajectories in this group of professionals: linear specialist, linear generalist, reoriented and disrupted. In the Portuguese establishment, all interviewed managers had a higher education degree in areas related to management, and most of them had a reoriented type of trajectory. In Sweden, the educational levels and fields of study were more diversified and most of the interviewees had a disrupted trajectory. The article discusses the co-existence of different educational paths leading to similar professional outcomes and the effects of the institutional context in shaping individual trajectories and company strategy.
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