TRAJETÓRIAS DE LÍDERES EXECUTIVOS: sentidos e significados na contemporaneidade

Abstract

Leadership in the organizational universe is marked by contemporary influences on the activities of leaders, management and personal and professional development. Through this dissertation, we sought, as a general objective, to understand how executives of medium and large organizations in the Immediate Region of Varginha/MG signify their life and career trajectories in contemporary times. In relation to the specific objectives, through the executives' narrative, we sought to identify the remarkable events related to training and career, to know the leadership experience and to analyze the senses and meanings attributed to the remarkable events expressed in the narratives about the life trajectory. This is research with a qualitative approach, guided by the (auto)biographical method. Initially, an open-ended interview was conducted, guided by a guiding script, with each of the 6 participants. The transcripts were schematized in biograms, which allowed the identification and analysis of critical incidents common to the group of interviewed leaders. The formation and socialization process of leaders, the construction of identity through self-recognition through work and leadership experience through their career paths were defined as categories and subcategories for data analysis. The analysis of the results revealed that leadership was not presented as a purpose chosen by the subjects. Leadership was the result of an identity construction based on the influences of primary, secondary and professional socialization. This construction also took place based on the experiences lived in the work environment that allowed the subject to recognize himself through his professional attributes. And, finally, influenced by the experiences lived in leadership activities in organizations throughout their careers.