The growing competition in Brazilian science: rites of passage, stress and burnout
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 36(9): 1135-1141, Sept. 2003. ilus, tab
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RESUMO
Brazil's scientific community is under pressure. Each year there is an increase in its contribution to international science and in the number of students who are trained to do research and teach at an advanced level. Most of these activities are carried out in state and federal universities, but with government funding that has decreased by more than 70 percent since 1996. Interviews with graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and professors in one university department with a strong research tradition illustrate the level of stress engendered by the conflict between increasing competition and diminishing resources, and serve to underscore the negative effects on creativity and on the tendency to choose science as a career
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Assunto principal:
Pesquisa
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Pesquisadores
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Esgotamento Profissional
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Escolha da Profissão
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Comportamento Competitivo
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article