Retirement Preparation Program at the Federal
University of Espirito Santo between 2017 e 2021: An Analysis of the Servers’
Perception. (2023) 239 f. Dissertation (Professional Master’s in Public Management)

Name: LUÍZA CAMPOREZ PIMENTEL

Publication date: 03/05/2023
Advisor:

Name	Role
MARISON LUIZ SOARES	Advisor *

Examining board:

Name	Role
MARISON LUIZ SOARES	Advisor *
ROGÉRIO ZANON DA SILVEIRA	Internal Examiner *

Summary: The process of breaking the bond with work and the transition to retirement can be one
of the biggest changes in a person`s life. At the same time that the individual who is
facing that process creates expectations about the future free time he will enjoy, the
post-career period can cause negative consequences, such as isolation, the feeling of
uselessness and the loss of social relationships. Retirement preparation programs
(RPP) were implemented as a way to alleviate this distressing process. In this context,
the Federal University of Espírito Santo has a RPP, currently called Life and
Retirement Planning, whose responsible team has been working since 2014, always
seeking to improve it. One of the ways pointed out in the literature to contribute to the
improvement of a PPA is to carry out evaluations with the participants throughout and
at the end of the program and to carry out a follow-up for up to 5 years after retirement.
In this way, the research problem is represented by the following question: to what
extent does the Retirement Preparation Program had contributed or contribute to the
planning and retirement process of Ufes’s public servants, retired or who are yet to
retire, and how can the program become more effective? The main objective is to
understand the impact of Ufes`s Institutional Retirement Preparation Program on its
participants, from the perspective of the servants who participated in it. In theoretical
terms, the research is supported on the retirement process, the positive and negative
aspects and its relationship with work, the legal aspects of retirement in the public
sector in Brazil and the general panorama of retirement preparation programs,
including the its characteristics, programmatic contents and structures. As for the
methods and procedures, the research is classified as descriptive-explanatory type,
with a qualitative approach. The nature of the collected data is primary, the sources
are people and public documents. The instruments of the data collection were
performed semi-structured interviews (people) and bibliographical survey
(documents). As for data analysis, the content were categorized by themes. The
results obtained attest to the quality and importance of the institutional retirement
preparation program at Ufes, since most participants stated that the course was
relevant and contributed to their planning and/or their retirement process. In addition,
the participants pointed out suggestions in order to contribute to the improvement of
the program. Based on the results, as a technical product, a Conclusive Technical
Report was prepared in the form of a management tool, containing suggestions for
improving the program.

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