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Neste artigo pretende-se encetar uma reflexão em torno Sociologia do Trabalho e da centralidade do conceito "trabalho" nas sociedades contemporâneas. A partir da experiência de leccionação da disciplina nos últimos anos, a autora tem vindo a assumir que a Sociologia do Trabalho, antes de ser um campo disciplinar específico, é uma Sociologia. Tal pressupõe que se apresentem algumas considerações prévias e introdutórias a esta disciplina, estimulando a compreensão crítica das temáticas em torno dos fenomenos relacionados com o trabalho.

O presente artigo compartilha com o leitor algumas reflexões que emergiram de minha pesquisa de Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso em Licenciatura em Teatro, pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Com o objetivo de investigar as relações entre teatro, infâncias e comunidades, a pesquisa se desenvolveu tendo as crianças da Associação Esperança (Camobi, Santa Maria/RS) como parceiras de trabalho e sujeitos da investigação. A questão da pesquisa se delineou a partir da interrogação: o que as crianças criam a partir da linguagem teatral? Nos encontros que se realizaram semanalmente, foram experimentadas as práticas de Ilo Krugli e do Teatro Ventoforte, que possibilitaram que as crianças, que não haviam tido contato anteriormente com a linguagem teatral, pudessem criar e se expressar por meio dessa arte.

This scientific article analyzes fundamental rights and guarantees that regulate social, political and legal aspects of Brazilian citizens lives. In particular, this paper explores constitutional principles that guarantee workplace diversity – specifically, a right stemming from the dignity of the human person. In this sense, this study initially questions whether stopping and frisking employees is an abuse of the employer's directive power and, therefore, violates an employee's contract. In order to better illustrate this context, this paper also analyzes the successive and significant technological advances of the twenty first century, which, with the advent of machines, have been used to monitor employees, in order to prevent them from being stopped and frisked – a practice which can be significantly embarrassing for the employee. Finally, this research draws a parallel between the current progress of automation in the workplace and the arrival of artificial intelligence in the labor market as a strong ally for progress within business spaces. In order to reach our conclusions, this study utilized the inductive method with the use of comprehensive scientific observations.

If youth entrepreneurship is far from being the solution regarding unemployment, it is likely to be part of a response, fostering the access to the labour market, the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills and the social tolerance for risk. Based on the research project "The Entrepreneurial Potentials at the University of Minho", and main results gathered both in quantitative and qualitative approaches (online survey administered to 283 graduates and in-depth interviews with 8 graduates from different scientific areas who finished the course between 2002 and 2008) we intend: 1) to present some reflections regarding the role of higher education to develop the entrepreneurial potential and also understand how activities in an academic context and a political environment (NSRF 2007-2013) may be useful to foster a more favorable atmosphere for innovation and entrepreneurship in the European context; 2) to discuss how academia can (or can not) change the lives of graduates, considering the fact that social capital is crucial to innovative sectors in order to provide intensive knowledge for starting-up a business, and women's options continue to remain anchored in the traditional sexual division of labour, in regard to the two main portraits of entrepreneurial potential identified in our research; 3) and discuss to what extent social capital, gender and the entrepreneurial potential of graduates can be an obstacle to innovation and how higher education contributes towards changing the economic patterns of specialization in Portugal. DOI:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p134

The composition of the corporate structure constitutes a relevant indicator of the entrepreneurial and economic dynamism of a certain country or territory. In contrast to past estimates over the past 45 years, the importance of small or very small scale entreprises has been steadily decreasing in the Portuguese business universe. The Portuguese socio-entrepreneurial fabric is predominantly constituted by small and very small scale businesses (micro companies): in 2015, 99,9% of the non financial Portuguese sector were SME [Small and Medium-size companies], and the micro scale companies represented around 96% of the total number of SME. In this context, family businesses acquire greater relevance due to/for the estimated weight they have on the economy (between 70% to 80% of the SME, also including great companies quoted on the stock exchange markets), on the creation of jopbs and on the role they play in the local development. Notwithstanding, there still is a significant unawareness of the business layouts of the family companies. In effect, these tend to be heterogeneousin terms of size, activity sector and degree of professionalization of the respective government models and human resources.The ongoing project, "Roadmap for the Portuguese family businesses" (2016-2018), financed by the NORTE 2020/ FEDER has as a central goal to contribute to a better acknowledgement and assessment of the impact of family companies in the northern region, as far as the local, national and international economy is concerned. For this purpose, it will build a database of the Portuguese northern region, mapping all the companies that present the layout of a family business and apply an online survey, combined with in-depth interviews to the various types and segments of family businesses, reinforcing their economic and social roles.

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