COMPETENCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS INSTITUTIONALIZATION LEVEL IN A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.7871913039

• Palavras-chave: Atena

• Keywords: Organizational Sustainability, Competencies for Sustainability, Institutional Theory

• Abstract:

  This paper aims to identify the

  competences for sustainability and its level

  of institutionalization from the perspective of

  the professors of the Department of Applied

  Social Sciences (SESA) of a State University

  of the Center-South region of Paraná, Brazil.

  The research can be characterized by the

  quantitative approach and survey method.

  For data collection, an already tested and

  validated instrument proposed by Stefano

  and Alberton (2015) was used to identify the

  5 (five) competencies for sustainability (focus

  on systemic thinking; preventive; normative;

  interpersonal strategics), as well as issues

  related to their level of institutionalization

  (habitualization, objectification and

  sedimentation), based on the model of Tolbert

  and Zucker (1999). Exploratory Factor Analysis

  (EFA), Cronbach’s Alpha test and Cluster

  Analysis were performed. The results show

  that approximately 70% of the respondents

  consider the existence of competencies for

  sustainability at the university, however, the

  institutionalization of the sustainability theme

  is at the habitualization level. It is important to

  identify the competencies that favor sustainability

  practices in the organizational environment,

  as well as the institutionalization of these new

  values, especially in public universities, which,

  besides their social duty, are educating future

  generations to make decisions, thus being able

  to promote a more sustainable future.

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