Resumen de Las Cátedras Conacyt en los márgenes de la subcontratación y la flexibilidad laboral / Cátedras Conacyt in the margins of subcontracting and labor flexibility
- español
El objetivo del trabajo es examinar la experiencia laboral de los catedráticos de Conacyt en lo que lleva funcionando el programa. Las Cátedras Conacyt son plazas académicas para jóvenes investigadores bajo un programa novedoso del gobierno mexicano que establece un sistema atípico y flexible de relaciones laborales triangulares para el sector académico en el país. Las condiciones laborales atípicas y flexibles se asocian en buena parte de la literatura con una posible precariedad laboral. En general, este debate está mayormente centrado en los ámbitos de la industria y los servicios, con personal donde prevalecen las bajas calificaciones. Pero este no es el caso de los catedráticos. Por eso vale la pena comprobar si aquí también opera tal asociación. Se realizaron diecisiete entrevistas a jóvenes catedráticos, a partir de las cuales se concluye que, las condiciones laborales de los empleos de Cátedras, como régimen laboral atípico, se percibe positivamente por los involucrados, aunque existen aspectos problemáticos que no deben ser ignorados.AbstractThe aim of this work is to examine the labor practices of Conacyt academic staff from the perspective of their subjective experience in this work field. The “Catedras Conacyt” are academic positions for young researchers, as the result of a new Mexican government program that establishes an atypical and flexible triangular labor relations system for the academic sector in Mexico. In the current debate a relation between the atypical-flexible and the job insecurity is widely accepted, although not everybody agree with this point of view. Overall, this debate is referenced to labor areas of industry and services, usually low-skilled staff, none of which is the case of these young academic staff. So, it is worth checking if that association also operates in Conacyt “Catedras”. Seventeen interviews were conducted with young academics, from which it is concluded that hardly can be associated “Catedras” with a condition of precariousness. However, there are problematic aspects that should not be ignored.
- English
The aim of this work is to examine the labor practices of Conacyt academic staff from the perspective of their subjective experience in this work field. The “Catedras Conacyt” are academic positions for young researchers, as the result of a new Mexican government program that establishes an atypical and flexible triangular labor relations system for the academic sector in Mexico. In the current debate a relation between the atypical-flexible and the job insecurity is widely accepted, although not everybody agree with this point of view. Overall, this debate is referenced to labor areas of industry and services, usually low-skilled staff, none of which is the case of these young academic staff. So, it is worth checking if that association also operates in Conacyt “Catedras”. Seventeen interviews were conducted with young academics, from which it is concluded that hardly can be associated “Catedras” with a condition of precariousness. However, there are problematic aspects that should not be ignored.
