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2025-03-14

Teaching Career in Brazilian Higher Education and Work Engagement

Carrera docente en la enseñanza superior brasileña y compromiso laboral

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https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n1.108751

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work engagement, teaching, higher education, career, positive psychology (en)

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This study examined the relationship between work engagement and teaching career among 220 Brazilian federal public university professors. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used as instruments. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicate that professors in more advanced stages of their careers have higher levels of work engagement, and consequently, feel happier and more fulfilled at work. It is important to consider resources that could contribute to raising levels of work engagement through interventions aimed at people management practices in Higher Education, while also taking into account the health and well-being of professors.

Este estudio investigó la relación entre el work engagement y la carrera docente entre 220 profesores de una universidad federal pública brasileña. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron un cuestionario sociodemográfico y la versión brasileña de la Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Los datos recolectados fueron analizados utilizando estadísticas descriptivas e inferenciales. Los resultados indican que los profesores en etapas más avanzadas de sus carreras tienen mayores niveles de compromiso laboral y tienden a sentirse más felices y realizados en el trabajo. Es importante considerar los recursos que contribuyen a elevar los niveles de work engagement en intervenciones dirigidas a las prácticas de gestión de personas en la educación superior, que tengan en cuenta la salud y el bienestar de los profesores.

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Geremia, H. C., Silva, N. and Luna, I. N. (2025). Teaching Career in Brazilian Higher Education and Work Engagement. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 34(1), 79–92. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n1.108751

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Geremia, Hellen Cristine, Narbal Silva, and Iúri Novaes Luna. 2025. “Teaching Career in Brazilian Higher Education and Work Engagement”. Revista Colombiana De Psicología 34 (1):79-92. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n1.108751.

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Geremia, H. C., N. Silva, and I. N. Luna. “Teaching Career in Brazilian Higher Education and Work Engagement”. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, vol. 34, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 79-92, doi:10.15446/rcp.v34n1.108751.

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Geremia HC, Silva N, Luna IN. Teaching Career in Brazilian Higher Education and Work Engagement. Rev. colomb. psicol. [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 14 [cited 2025 Mar. 29];34(1):79-92. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/108751

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