USO DE INFORMAÇÃO POR EMPREENDEDORES ACADÊMICOS

ESTUDO DE CASO EM DUAS UNIVERSIDADES NO BRASIL E CANADÁ

Abstract

These two case studies aim to identify the origin of information related to the formation of the entrepreneurial mindset of academics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, and Western University, in Canada; and characterize the sources of information used by interviewees, their information behavior and their social interactions. It has a qualitative and descriptive characteristics, and the data was collected from documentary research and in-depth structured interviews. The question guide considers the life stories of the participants: seven teachers in Brazil and seven students from Canada. In terms of sources of information and informational behavior, there was considerable similarity in the processes of searching and using information between the two groups of interviewees, who give preference to digital sources, interactions with peers or people close to them, and the exchange of more informal information than formal, in a systematized dynamic that is part of everyday work.