Será que sou bom nisso? O papel preditor da autoestima na percepção de empregabilidade de profissionais LGBT brasileiros

Abstract

Prejudice and discrimination permeate the daily lives of people who identify as LGBT, which can negatively impact the self-esteem of this population and consequently affect different sectors of these people's lives, such as the perception of employability. In this study, an analysis of the predictive role of self-esteem in the perception of employability in LGBT professionals was carried out and the following hypotheses were verified: self-esteem positively predicts search effectiveness in LGBT professionals; self-esteem negatively predicts search difficulties in LGBT professionals; self-esteem positively predicts optimism in LGBT professionals; self-esteem positively predicts responsibility and decision-making in LGBT professionals. This study has a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional design. It has a sample of 232 participants who responded to three instruments: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965); Employability Perception Scale (2008); and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using JASP 0.17.1 software to determine the correlation between variables and perform structural equation modeling. It was found that self-esteem is a predictor of the perception of employability in LGBT professionals and that the present study allows a greater understanding of variables that impact the relationship between the LGBT population and the labor market, which enables the development of more appropriate public policies to meet the demands of this population. Ultimately, it is suggested to carry out research with a more heterogeneous sample and to carry out intervention studies that verify the impacts of training with and without a self-esteem module, in order to investigate possible differences.