“Programa de preparação e educação para aposentadoria: um olhar de novas possibilidades.”

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to analyze the experiences and perceptions of pre-retirees and retirees who participated in the Retirement Preparation and Education Program at a federal university. This study adopted a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews, and content analysis was employed to evaluate the data collected in the field of academic research. The corpus of participants interviewed consisted of 17 employees, 7 of whom were retired and 10 in the pre-retirement phase, including both men and women who participated in the 2024 and 2019 editions. To achieve the proposed objective, we sought to link the interviewees' responses to the theoretical framework, whose development was based on the psychodynamics of work. The results of the fieldwork carried out in this dissertation highlighted that the PPEA is a possible agent of change for the experiences and perceptions of its participants in the preretirement and retirement phases. Through evidence obtained from interviews, it was found that the program represents an effective strategy for supporting workers, assisting in decisionmaking, adapting to new realities, and preventing risks that could compromise well-being in this new phase of life. By promoting planning and self-knowledge, the program contributes significantly to the quality of life of civil servants and to the appreciation of their career path in public service, thus enabling them to see new possibilities in the context of preparing for retirement.