Social role and professional and managerial competences of higher education professor: similarities between the constructs and research perspectives

Abstract This essay aims to discuss conceptual similarities between the constructs “social role”, “professional competences” and “managerial competences” of higher education professor. The notion of social role has been used recurrently and spontaneously by members of the organizations in their descriptions about their practices and experiences. It is argued that the social roles that professors of higher education plays (teacher, researcher, manager, counselor, etc.) are guided in specific professional competences that can be effective, or not, depending on their environment and context of performance. To achieve this purpose, for selecting the bibliographic material, it was adopted the thematic criteria for choosing intentionally texts that would enable deeper understanding of the constructs social role and professional and managerial competences, using themes and key concepts from authors such as Kerr (1982), Berger e Luckmann (2005), Goffman (2009), Mendonça et al. (2012), Musselin (2011, 2013), Paiva (2007), among others. It sought to shed light on the faces of the social role of academic manager and expand the discussion of these constructs in an environment with rather peculiar actors and dynamics, such as a higher education institution. Finally, other research perspectives that consider methodological aspects and thematic connections were suggested.

摘要 本文旨在探讨高等教育教师的"社会角色"、"职业胜任力"与"管理胜任力"三类构念之间的概念相似性。社会角色这一概念常被高校成员在描述自身实践与经历时自发且频繁地提及。有观点认为，高校教师所承担的社会角色（如授课教师、研究者、管理者、咨询顾问等）需依托特定的职业胜任力方能发挥效用，其效果优劣取决于所处的工作环境与实践场景。为达成上述研究目标，本研究在选取文献资料时采用主题遴选标准，刻意挑选能够深化对社会角色、职业胜任力与管理胜任力三类构念理解的文本，参考了Kerr（1982）、Berger与Luckmann（2005）、Goffman（2009）、Mendonça等（2012）、Musselin（2011、2013）、Paiva（2007）等学者的核心主题与关键概念。本研究旨在阐明学术管理者社会角色的多重面向，并针对高等院校这类拥有独特行动者与运行逻辑的场景，拓展上述三类构念的讨论边界。最后，本研究还提出了兼顾方法论维度与主题关联的其他研究视角。