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Resumo Este texto apresenta a edição temática sobre interpretações sociológicas acerca do trabalho decente na Economia Social e Solidária (ESS). Na primeira parte, são expostas diferentes correntes teóricas interpretativas sobre o trabalho na modernidade para contextualizar o conceito de trabalho decente ou digno, lançado pela Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT). Em sequência, a análise da interface entre a ESS e o trabalho decente, como campo de estudo, é desenvolvida com base em pesquisa bibliométrica elementar. Na última parte, os artigos que compõem este volume da revista são apresentados.

In a sociological perspective, this article evaluates the motivations and the formative repercussions of the frequency of training in organic farming from an extensive approach based on a survey online. The results reveal a change to healthy eating behaviours, notably marked by the consumption of organic foods. While at the same time, due to increased physical activity, revealing positive health effects, and well-being as well as reduced stress and tiredness. There seems to be a tendency for quality of life improvement, while at the greater environmental awareness. However, attending the course was not an opportunity to change their professional activity.

Proposes a conceptual discussion of the approaches on the "third sector", "social economy" and "solidarity economy" and the contribution of their organizations, projects and activities for the development of social innovations. Demonstrates that, despite the differences, the three concepts refer to domains that are actually characterized by the development of social innovations to be communication spaces where one seeks the implementation of projects and practices geared to solving complex social and collective problems, who do not find response by the market and the State.

This article focuses on the Portuguese case to discuss the employment insertion of graduates. It starts by presenting a typology of professional situations with the purpose of analyzing graduate transition fromhigher education to the labor market. The heuristic potential of the typology is then described, showing its key role when analyzing two important topics in the study of the professional situation of graduates: i) the unequal distribution of individuals in the occupation structure and ii) the relationship between the graduates’ positions in the occupational structure and the work orientations. Two important conclusions are drawn: in Portugal higher education continues to be permeated by reproduction logics of inequalities that go beyond this; the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic values bears almost no relation to variations in levels of job security and material prosperity in this population, for whom intrinsic values are of great relevance.

This article seeks to reflect on the importance of a university degree in the labor market. Regarding the profound changes occurring on the economic sphere, the transition of young graduates in the labor market gets a configuration increasingly insecure and unstable.According to that, this article identifies and discusses various aspects which determine the employability of graduates in sociology from the Faculty of Arts of University of Porto, through the data collected in 2006 by Employment Observatory of Graduates in Sociology, and in continuity with the two previous studies which resulted in two articles, conducted in 1998 and 2003, and published in 2001 and 2004 respectively.

Neste artigo apresentamos dados relativos a um projeto de investigação mais amplo intitulado "Teachers exercising leadership", (2011-2013), financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia cujo objetivo consistiu em desenvolver o profissionalismo docente através do exercício da liderança, entendida no âmbito do ensino e a da aprendizagem na sala de aula, mas também no contexto da inovação curricular e da construção de conhecimento profissional dentro e para além da escola. O projeto teve como objectivo analisar o contexto político e cultural do desenvolvimento da liderança do professor e o modo como os fatores culturais influenciam as estratégias que o potenciam. Os dados relativos à fase III revelam, de um modo geral, percepções positivas por parte dos professores participantes nomeadamente pela oportunidade de co-construção conjunta de conhecimento, pela partilha de experiências, pela reflexão conjunta e pela oportunidade para aprofundar o tema da liderança através do desenvolvimento de projetos.

Neste artigo apresentamos dados relativos a um projeto de investigação mais amplo intitulado "Teachers exercising leadership", (2011-2013), financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia cujo objetivo consistiu em desenvolver o profissionalismo docente através do exercício da liderança, entendida no âmbito do ensino e a da aprendizagem na sala de aula, mas também no contexto da inovação curricular e da construção de conhecimento profissional dentro e para além da escola. O projeto teve como objectivo analisar o contexto político e cultural do desenvolvimento da liderança do professor e o modo como os fatores culturais influenciam as estratégias que o potenciam. Os dados relativos à fase III revelam, de um modo geral, percepções positivas por parte dos professores participantes nomeadamente pela oportunidade de co-construção conjunta de conhecimento, pela partilha de experiências, pela reflexão conjunta e pela oportunidade para aprofundar o tema da liderança através do desenvolvimento de projetos.

The aim of this article is to reflect both on the evolution and the present state of the theoretical production of organisation, taking into account pedagogical objectives. We are looking at reflecting on the above by analysing some of the main economical and sociological theories of organisation. A crossed approach of these two areas of study provides us with a theoretical framework which allow us simultaneously to understand the organisation decision making and the paradoxes that influence organisation practice in what concerns to the relationship of work and job.

The theme of management of professional competencies on which this article focuses on, is on the transition of the concept of skill to the one of competence, also to shed more light on the paradigm of the sociological analysis of competencies. The cognitive content of the work activity is defined as the central axis of analysis of professional competencies. We additionally propose a further discussion of these according to a recognition point of view. This means studying practices used in the Human Resources management and also in models of leadership. The article ends with a discussion in the contradiction of the model of competencies.

To reflect, nowadays about the Portugals’ Sociology situation implies to take into account, among other aspects, the Sociologists’ rhythms, ways and conditions of transition and prevalence in the labour market. It is intended, in this article, to develop this theme with the analysis of the transition processes to the labour market by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto graduated in Sociology. Assuming a comparative perspective with the previous study developed by the authors about the same issue, it will be analyzed the profissional dimension of the referred graduates, in particular of those that identify themselves as sociologists.