Motivations of retired professors to return to work activities at a public university

Objective: to understand the motivations of professors of a public university to return to teaching after retirement. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 13 professors at a public university who returned to work activities after they retired. Data were collected through semi-structured inter...

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Main Authors: Ana Cláudia Souto Santos, Benedita Gonçalves de Assis Ribeiro, Júlia Trevisan Martins, Maria José Quina Galdino, Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz Robazzi, Renata Perfeito Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2016-08-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4977
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Summary:Objective: to understand the motivations of professors of a public university to return to teaching after retirement. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 13 professors at a public university who returned to work activities after they retired. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis. Results: four categories emerged: the feeling of missing the contact with students, financial increase, peak of career experiencing idleness and disease. Conclusion: professors return to the same labor activity after retirement because of desire to remain experiencing feelings of well-being that work promotes, as well as to prevent illness resulting from idleness.
ISSN:1517-3852
2175-6783