University Teacher-Researchers and their Motivations to Transfer Knowledge

This paper seeks to describe and comprehend the motivations of teacher-researchers in two public state universities in Mexico to participate in knowledge and technology transfer processes. Ten subjects interested in knowledge transfer processes were considered for this study; in-depth interviews wer...

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Autores: García Ponce de León, Omar, Pérez Mora, Ricardo, Miranda Zea, Armando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Revista Electrónica de Investigacion Educativa
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.redie.uabc.mx:article/1754
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/1754
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Motivation
research workers
universities
know-how transfer
technology transfer.
Motivación
Investigador
universidad
transferencia de conocimientos
transferencia de tecnología.
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Sumario:This paper seeks to describe and comprehend the motivations of teacher-researchers in two public state universities in Mexico to participate in knowledge and technology transfer processes. Ten subjects interested in knowledge transfer processes were considered for this study; in-depth interviews were conducted to understand their readiness to produce and transfer knowledge. The results reveal that subjects develop a disposition and the skills to seek changes in social reality based on values such as altruism.