Identidades Profissionais de Contadores no Papel de Controllers Business Partners

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https://doi.org/10.14392/asaa.2023160303

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Identidades Profissionais, Processos Relacionais e Biográficos, Contadores, Controllers, Business Partners

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Objetivo: analisar como são constituídas as identidades profissionais dos contadores no papel de controllers business partners à luz dos processos de socialização nos sistemas de ação nos quais estão inseridos.

Método: utilizou-se a abordagem sociológica de Claude Dubar, pautada na identidade profissional. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com profissionais contadores controllers e a respectiva alta gestão de cada empresa. Coletou-se também dados dos participantes por meio de formulário on-line. Foi um estudo qualitativo com categorias gerais a priori e pesquisa indutiva que identificou, a posteriori, elementos constitutivos da identidade profissional, por meio de análise de conteúdo e análise narrativa, amparadas pelo software QSR NVivo®.

Resultados: evidências empíricas corroboram o argumento de que a identidade profissional desses controllers business partners é constituída por uma amplitude de elementos articulados entre transação objetiva e subjetiva: centralidade do trabalho vivenciada desde a infância; origem socioeconômica; renúncias em esferas da vida pessoal e profissional; empregabilidade; aprendizagem experiencial e teórico-prática continuada; interações socioprofissionais multidisciplinares; competências tributárias e societárias; hibridez de responsabilidades e profissional; e gestão.

Contribuições: o estudo contribuiu com a compreensão de identidades profissionais de contadores nos papéis de controllers business partners no mundo dos negócios, a partir dos elementos históricos e sociais. Avança ao confrontar a opinião de profissionais com os respectivos superiores que requerem papéis operacionais, mas também a ampliação do papel estratégico dos controllers. Estes, apesar de incorporar essa atribuição, buscam uma alternativa para equilibrar ou se desvincular de papéis operacionais.

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2023-11-20

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Fabris, J., Oro, I. M., & Machado, H. P. V. (2023). Identidades Profissionais de Contadores no Papel de Controllers Business Partners. Advances in Scientific and Applied Accounting, 16(3), 037–50/051. https://doi.org/10.14392/asaa.2023160303