Creative careers management:

Singularities, challenges and perspectives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/1679-1827.2024.257260

Keywords:

creative careers, careers, artistic careers

Abstract

Purpose: Integrate and consolidate academic production in the field of creative careers.

Design/methodology/approach: Systematic review of publications in the field of creative careers on a national and international basis.

Research, Practical & Social implications: (a) the singularities of creative careers, (b) the types of creative careers, (c) the types of management of creative careers and (d) the challenges of managing creative careers.

Originality/value: fill the existing gap in studies that systematically integrate the knowledge produced about creative careers.

Author Biographies

Roberto Guanabara Calasans, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia - IFBA

Doutorando e Mestre em Administração pelo Núcleo de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Graduado em Administração pela Faculdade Ruy Barbosa (BA) com MBA em Gestão Empresarial pela DeVry Brasil. Atuou em empresa de consultoria, realizando trabalhos nas áreas de Planejamento Estratégico, Reestruturação Organizacional, Mapeamento e Redesenho de Processos, entre outros. Atualmente é professor EBTT do Instituto Federal da Bahia (IFBA).

Eduardo Paes Barreto Davel, Escola de AdministraçãoNúcleo de Pós-Graduação em Administração - NPGAUniversidade Federal da Bahia

Professor na Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Pesquisador no CIAGS - Centro Interdisciplinar de Desenvolvimento e Gestão Social (UFBA) e no NPGA - Núcleo de Pós-graduação em Administração (UFBA). Pós-doutorado em Administração pela Nova School of Business and Economics da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal). Ph.D. em Administração pela École des Hautes Études commerciales de Montreal (Canadá). Pesquisador visitante na Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science da New School for Social Research (New York, EUA). Coordenador do coletivo de pesquisa OCA - Organizações, Cultura e Arte (CNPq). Editor-chefe da O&S - Revista Organizações & Sociedade. Editor associado da RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas e da RIGS - Revista Interdisciplinar de Gestão Social. Pesquisa e publica sobre empreendedorismo cultural, educação em Administração, métodos qualitativos de pesquisa, aprendizagem, criatividade, cultura, arte e estética nas organizações.

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