TY - JOUR
T1 - Being a truck driver in brazil
T2 - From implicit self-stereotypes to system justification
AU - Messias, João Carlos
AU - Cavieres-Higuera, Hector
AU - Silva, Ramon Araújo
AU - Facundo, Gabriela Nogueira de Senna
AU - Lessa, Renata Thurler
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, PUC de Campinas. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Close to two million people currently work in Brazil’s road transport sector, the country’s leading logistical area. Most are self-employed individuals. The objective of this research project was to garner an understanding of the perceptions that Brazilian truck drivers hold regarding themselves. Eight experienced drivers were interviewed, starting from the question “What is it like being a truck driver in Brazil?”, and their responses were analyzed in accordance with social discourse studies. Five main categories – with specific subdivisions – were identified, relating to motivations to work in this area, contextual elements, and positive, group, and negative self-image. It is concluded that self-stereotypes play an important role in maintaining the situation of disadvantage and precarious working conditions that affect truck drivers. TRU.
AB - Close to two million people currently work in Brazil’s road transport sector, the country’s leading logistical area. Most are self-employed individuals. The objective of this research project was to garner an understanding of the perceptions that Brazilian truck drivers hold regarding themselves. Eight experienced drivers were interviewed, starting from the question “What is it like being a truck driver in Brazil?”, and their responses were analyzed in accordance with social discourse studies. Five main categories – with specific subdivisions – were identified, relating to motivations to work in this area, contextual elements, and positive, group, and negative self-image. It is concluded that self-stereotypes play an important role in maintaining the situation of disadvantage and precarious working conditions that affect truck drivers. TRU.
KW - Applied psychology
KW - Mental health
KW - Work
KW - Workload
KW - Workplaces
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074989870&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/1982-0275201936e180139
DO - 10.1590/1982-0275201936e180139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074989870
SN - 0103-166X
VL - 36
JO - Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
JF - Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
M1 - e180139
ER -