The Human Resilience in the Academic Environment of Stricto Sensu Courses

Abstract

This study came from the interest to understand how to address the issue of resilience of stricto sensu postgraduate in academic environment in which individuals are faced with demands of high dedication and effort that requires forming a new embodiment of activities. As a research strategy, it was used the comparative case study by empirical method of collecting qualitative with cross-temporal court. Were selected two ancient and renowned institutions of higher education in Southern Brazil, one public and another private, in which eight students were interviewed in strict sense courses Business Administration area. Data from the interviews were matched with participant observation and results of a psychological diagnosis instrument of internal pillars of resilience. The analysis showed that there seems to be some relationship between the individual internal aspects and the external conditions faced. People who have greater extent of intrinsic attributes of resilience were more prepared to deal with external pressures. However, the question of personal meaning of completion of the strict sensu course emerged as a major source of resilience for these people. This research showed the enormous complexity of the issue and how broad the spectrum of characteristics that determine individual resilience.