Soft Skills Requirements for Engineering Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is a vector that helps economic growth, social scaling, and job generation. However, the soft skills required for engineering entrepreneurship are unclear. This research aims to determine which of these skills are highly demanded as a reference to improve competitiveness among engin...
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| author | Jaimes-Acero, Yenny-Carolina Granados-Comba, Adriana Bolivar-León, Rafael |
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| description | Entrepreneurship is a vector that helps economic growth, social scaling, and job generation. However, the soft skills required for engineering entrepreneurship are unclear. This research aims to determine which of these skills are highly demanded as a reference to improve competitiveness among engineers and undergraduate programs. A survey was designed and applied to graduated mechanical engineers from the University of Pamplona. The instrument with excellent validity and reliability, according to Cronbach’s Alpha, included 4 different dimensions evaluating 10 soft skills with 18 indicators. The statistical tools used were the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, median, mode, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, and the Games-Howell post hoc test. All soft skills investigated are required to start an engineering venture at a high development level. Likewise, the surveyed engineers demonstrated a high level of development of these skills in such a way that the gap between those required to start an engineering entrepreneurial venture and those developed is minor. In addition, the most effective way to increase its development is training in administrative areas or personal development. Likewise, there is a small gap between the skills developed by the respondents and those required in a venture, and the way to overcome this gap is training in administrative areas or personal development. Engineers dedicated to teaching, or working in public institutions, have less developed three of the six entrepreneurship indicators. Finally, the gap between soft skills developed in undergraduate programs and those required in entrepreneurship is significant. Engineering programs must include experiential training in soft skills and entrepreneurship in their curriculum. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-141672022-11-18T19:23:52Z Soft Skills Requirements for Engineering Entrepreneurship Habilidades blandas para el emprendimiento en Ingeniería Jaimes-Acero, Yenny-Carolina Granados-Comba, Adriana Bolivar-León, Rafael Soft Skills for entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in engineering Soft Skills in engineering Habilidades blandas para emprendimiento emprendimiento en ingeniería habilidades blandas en ingeniería Entrepreneurship is a vector that helps economic growth, social scaling, and job generation. However, the soft skills required for engineering entrepreneurship are unclear. This research aims to determine which of these skills are highly demanded as a reference to improve competitiveness among engineers and undergraduate programs. A survey was designed and applied to graduated mechanical engineers from the University of Pamplona. The instrument with excellent validity and reliability, according to Cronbach’s Alpha, included 4 different dimensions evaluating 10 soft skills with 18 indicators. The statistical tools used were the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, median, mode, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, and the Games-Howell post hoc test. All soft skills investigated are required to start an engineering venture at a high development level. Likewise, the surveyed engineers demonstrated a high level of development of these skills in such a way that the gap between those required to start an engineering entrepreneurial venture and those developed is minor. In addition, the most effective way to increase its development is training in administrative areas or personal development. Likewise, there is a small gap between the skills developed by the respondents and those required in a venture, and the way to overcome this gap is training in administrative areas or personal development. Engineers dedicated to teaching, or working in public institutions, have less developed three of the six entrepreneurship indicators. Finally, the gap between soft skills developed in undergraduate programs and those required in entrepreneurship is significant. Engineering programs must include experiential training in soft skills and entrepreneurship in their curriculum. El emprendimiento es un vector que ayuda al crecimiento económico de un país, una región, al escalamiento social y la generación de empleo. Sin embargo, no es claro cuáles son las habilidades blandas requeridas para iniciar un emprendimiento en ingeniería. Esta investigación tiene como propósito determinar cuáles son esas habilidades como referencia para mejorar la competitividad en los ingenieros como en los programas de pregrado. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se diseñó y aplicó una encuesta a ingenieros mecánicos egresados de la Universidad de Pamplona. El instrumento con validez y confiabilidad excelente según Alfa de Cronbach, costaba de 4 dimensiones diferentes que valoraban 10 habilidades blandas con 18 indicadores. Las herramientas estadísticas usadas fueron la prueba bilateral de Kolmogórov-Smirnov, mediana, moda, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA y post hoc de Games-Howell. Se encontró que todas las habilidades blandas investigadas son requeridas en un nivel alto de desarrollo para realizar un emprendimiento en ingeniería. Así mismo, que los ingenieros encuestados demuestran un nivel alto de desarrollo de estas habilidades, de tal forma que la brecha entre aquellas requeridas para realizar un emprendimiento en ingeniería y las desarrolladas, es pequeña, además, se evidencio que la forma más efectiva para incrementar su desarrollo es realizar entrenamientos en áreas administrativas o desarrollo personal. Se encontró también que los ingenieros dedicados a la docencia, o que trabajan en instituciones públicas, tienen menos desarrollado tres de los seis indicadores de emprendimiento. Finalmente se evidenció que la brecha entre las habilidades formadas en el pregrado y las requeridas en el emprendimiento son grandes, y los programas deben incluir en su currículo formaciones vivenciales de habilidades blandas y emprendimiento. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2022-03-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14167 10.19053/01211129.v31.n59.2022.14167 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 No. 59 (2022): January-March 2022 (Continuous Publication); e14167 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 Núm. 59 (2022): Enero-Marzo 2022 (Publicación Continua); e14167 2357-5328 0121-1129 eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14167/11595 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14167/11681 Copyright (c) 2022 Yenny-Carolina Jaimes-Acero, Adriana Granados-Comba, Rafael Bolivar-León http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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| title | Soft Skills Requirements for Engineering Entrepreneurship |
| title_alt | Habilidades blandas para el emprendimiento en Ingeniería |
| title_full | Soft Skills Requirements for Engineering Entrepreneurship |
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| topic_facet | Soft Skills for entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in engineering Soft Skills in engineering Habilidades blandas para emprendimiento emprendimiento en ingeniería habilidades blandas en ingeniería |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14167 |
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