A visão do discente em relação à produção acadêmica ao longo do Mestrado em Ciências Contábeis

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the academic production of students generated during the courses of academic master's in Accounting Sciences. Through the vision of masters of Higher Education Institutions (IES) of the State of Rio de Janeiro, it was possible to identify which factors are associated with the process of elaboration of their academic work. In order to arrive at the conclusions of this analysis, three specific objectives were defined. The first was to analyze the student's understanding of the importance of academic production and its role in this context. Then, it was necessary to investigate the student's vision regarding their performance in the elaboration of studies generated during the course. Finally, the factors that facilitate and hinder the master's degree in the construction process of his academic productions were evaluated. This research can be classified as exploratory, of qualitative character with its data collected through in-depth interviews. The interviews were based on a semi-structured script, transiting themes that permeate the academic life of the student, divided into six dimensions: student, institutional, teacher, research groups, external factors and academic productivism (ESTÁCIO et al., 2019; SANDER, VIACAVA, TAKAHASHI, 2014). The collected data were analyzed through the steps suggested by Bardin (2016) for content analysis, allowing to infer patterns and trends, in the light of the theoretical framework studied. The results show that the relationship between students and teachers in their context as teachers, other post-graduates and conference and journal evaluators is one of the factors that most influence students in the process of elaborating their academic productions. In addition, the results demonstrate a lack of knowledge of master's students in research methodology, which may negatively affect the construction of their academic work. Other factors were considered as influencers of the elaboration of academic productions such as the lack of adequate incentives on the part of the PPGCC, the inexperience with research, the association of the academic productions to the disciplines and the press for publication.