CAREERS IN CONTEXT AND AGENCY IN TENSION

ANALYZING THE NARRATIVES OF NON-TRADITIONAL TOURISM PROFESSIONALS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Camila Müller Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Atitus Educação
  • Angela Beatriz Busato Scheffer Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Anna Paula Visentini
  • Juliane Ruffato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12712/rpca.v18i4.64396

Abstract

This study investigates how the city, as a contextual factor, influences career sustainability. It involved 25 interviews with tourism professionals in Porto Alegre, a Brazilian capital with a non-traditional tourism focus. The thematic analysis identified four main characteristics of career trajectories: (1) the influence of city identity; (2) careers in tourism by chance; (3) change agents, with a focus on behavioral influence; and (4) a return to origins, involving the reinterpretation of career paths upon entering the tourism field. The findings reveal the diversity of contexts that impact career sustainability and constrain individual agency.

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2024-12-17

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Vol. 18 No. 4 (2024)

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