Difficulties in the transition from teacher to manager: the perception of teachers from a Federal Higher Education
Institution
Name: VANESSA BASTOS MARTINELLI
Publication date: 23/12/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| DANIEL NASCIMENTO E SILVA | Examinador Externo |
| MARISON LUIZ SOARES | Presidente |
| ROQUEMAR DE LIMA BALDAM | Examinador Interno |
| THALMO DE PAIVA COELHO JUNIOR | Examinador Interno |
Summary: Universities are institutions that play an important role in the development of society.
In these institutions, managerial work is commonly performed by teachers, who in
addition to playing the role of teacher, researcher and extensionist, also assume the
role of teacher-manager. The exercise of managerial activities by teachers involves
facing several difficulties and, frequently, teachers show no interest in taking on
managerial functions. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to
understand the difficulties and/or resistances listed by teachers that make them not
want to occupy management positions at the Federal University of Espírito Santo. In
theoretical terms, this research is based on the discussion about public universities
and the specificities of university management, aspects of the work of the teachermanager and managerial skills. Regarding methods and procedures, qualitative
research was carried out with an exploratory approach, using bibliographic,
documentary and field research. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with
teachers who hold the role of department head and the data were processed using
the content analysis technique. Results showed that teachers' resistance on
assuming managerial positions is a natural response to various difficulties and
limitations they face in performing their role, which makes managerial functions not
desired by teachers. Based on the results, as a technical product, it was prepared a
Conclusive Technical Report containing a diagnosis of the main difficulties and/or
resistances presented by teachers that contribute to the non-acceptance of
managerial positions, as well as suggestions to minimize these difficulties and/or
resistance.
