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Motivations, Challenges and Difficulties Experienced by Entrepreneurial Psychologists: Qualitative Study

Abstract

Entrepreneurship maximizes professional opportunities in precarious job and labor contexts. However, productions on the theme are scarce, which makes important producing about entrepreneurship practices in Psychology. this paper aimed to identify motivations, challenges and difficulties reported by entrepreneurial psychologists. We used the qualitative method with semi structured interview in six Brazilian entrepreneurial psychologists. Interview reports were analyzed through content analysis to identify motivations, challenges and difficulties faced by psychologists in the entrepreneurial process. This study shows an initial mapping of entrepreneurship among psychologists, requiring that future studies verify the theoretical saturation and empirical validity of results in other contexts and samples. The main contribution is the centrality of entrepreneurship and management content in psychology graduation to improve the entrepreneurial process among psychologists. For such purpose, professionals, researchers and entities must include the entrepreneurship as one topic developed by Brazilian psychologists that preserves the plurality of professional practice.

Keywords:
Psychologists; Entrepreneurs; Occupations; Entrepreneurial Education; Professional Education

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