IS THE CUP HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH, EXPOSED FACE, CRITICAL REVIEW AND RESEARCH SCHEDULE

Abstract:

Publications with the theme of post-doctoral training were analyzed, collected from the following databases:Web of Science, Proquest, Scielo and Portal de Periódicos CAPES.Results of literature review place Brazil as a possible border agent in this investigative field. Although the samples came from diverse academic organizations, similar results were found among them. The variable "teaching career time", emerges as the main explanatory factor to positive transfer to postdoctoral research about scientific production. Regarding theoretical framework of all studies reviewed, they converged, without exceptions,to focus postdoctoral research phenomenon with the Knowledge Management perspective. This critical review has questions about crucial aspects of a theoretical and methodological framework to study the phenomenon, we believethat it should be object of reflection for improvements. The paper also presents an optimistic view about this promising field of research, because it is afield of explorationin research, yet scarce and with great development potential.

Keywords: Postdoctoral research; Scientific production; Educational management.