Percepção de carreira e intenções de permanência ou de saída da organização: um estudo de caso com oficiais intendentes da Marinha do Brasil

Abstract

The choice of career has its roots in childhood an d youth and has consequences for the whole life of an individual. A t the same time, the professional choice is a continuous process comprising several d ecisions made over time. This has occurred in an environment called a new deal at work, where the market operates within organizations and the logic of exte rnal labor market predominates with more and more flexible forms of work. Under th is context, this study aimed to examine how are the officers perception of their ow n career, using as an object for study case, the supply officers ( Intendentes ) of the Brazilian Navy. The researcher sought to understand which mechanisms influence the intention to remain in career as well as to turnover. For that was made an explor atory qualitative research with seventeen interviews with supply officers ( Intendentes ) with different duty time in the career. This study indicates two main periods of fo rmation of the terms of the psychological contract and indicated that the commi tment is the strongest variable acting on the retention of officers. Additionally, it was perceived how the retirement and the possibility of a second career affects the perception of career over time.