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How Higher Education Institutions Are Driving to Digital Transformation: A Case...
Teixeira, Andreia Filipa; Gonçalves, Maria José Angélico; Taylor, Maria de Lourdes MachadoIn recent years, the rapid development of technological innovation has transformed the business world. Digital transformation improves the economic positioning of companies, contributing to society and the environment, but beyond technological evolution, it also brings social and cultural changes. With the new trends, companies saw the need to train people with digital skills and higher education institutions (...
The Brazilian higher education evaluation model: “SINAES” sui generis?
Pereira, Cleber Augusto; Araújo, Joaquim Filipe; Taylor, Maria de Lourdes MachadoA study applied to the context of Higher Education (HE) accreditation and evaluation in Brazil. It discusses recent reforms within the context of the Brazilian evaluation model. The changes brought by the new resolutions published in 2016 have been presented, and a conceptual mapping of the HE evaluation model has been drawn. The objectives were to explain, longitudinally, the ways used by monitoring agencies/b...
From Portugal to Europe: a micro-level sociology of scientific migration in tim...
Ganga, Rafaela; Silva, José Pedro; Henrique Vaz; Gomes, Rui; Lopes, João Teixeira; Cerdeira, Luísa; Silva, Sílvia; Cabrito, Belmiro Gil; Dulce MagalhãesAcademic international mobility and intra-European highly skilled migration are consolidated trends. Strongly stimulated by EU policies, the opportunities are highly dynamic, and circulation through different jobs and countries is a striking feature of the academic community. However, for a fragile economy and scientific system such as Portuguals these trends are synonymous with brain drain, particularly in tim...
Academic job satisfaction and motivation : findings from a nationwide study in ...
Taylor, Maria de Lourdes Machado; Soares, Virgilio Meira; Brites, Rui; Ferreira, Jose Brites; Farhangmehr, Minoo; Gouveia, Odília Maria RochaAcademic staff is a key resource in higher education institutions (HEIs) and therefore has a major role in the achievement of the objectives of these institutions. Satisfied and well-motivated academic staff can build a national and international reputation for themselves and their institutions. Moreover, the performance of academic staff impacts student learning. In this context, the study of academic staff jo...
A fuga de cérebros em Portugal: hipóteses explicativas
Cerdeira, Luísa; Cabrito, Belmiro; Taylor, Maria de Lourdes Machado; Gomes, RuiNeste artigo apresenta-se uma investigação em curso em Portugal sobre a emigração de portugueses altamente qualificados na última década. Nesse estudo, pioneiro em Portugal analisa-se: 1) quais são as modalidades e as características da fuga de cérebros em Portugal? 2) Quais as formas de articulação entre as diferentes modalidades do êxodo de competências português e o processo das migrações internacionais? 3) ...
A fuga de cérebros em Portugal: hipóteses explicativas
Cerdeira, Luísa; Cabrito, Belmiro; Taylor, Maria de Lourdes Machado; Gomes, RuiNeste artigo apresenta-se uma investigação em curso em Portugal sobre a emigração de portugueses altamente qualificados na última década. Nesse estudo, pioneiro em Portugal analisa-se: 1) quais são as modalidades e as características da fuga de cérebros em Portugal? 2) Quais as formas de articulação entre as diferentes modalidades do êxodo de competências português e o processo das migrações internacionais? 3) ...
Job satisfaction of academics: does gender matter?
Taylor, Maria de Lourdes Machado; White, Kate; Gouveia, Odília Maria RochaAcademic work in higher education has been influenced by global trends such as accountability, massification and deteriorating financial support. Within this broader context, the performance of academic staff as teachers and researchers has an impact on student learning and implications for the quality of higher education institutions (HEIs). Therefore, satisfaction of academic staff is critical to the effectiv...