20691: Competencies for Sustainability in HE: An Assessment Instrument for the HR (session 25794)

The development of competencies for sustainability (CS) of human resources (HR) at Higher Education (HE) represents a topic of relevance, given that these institutions act as conducting instruments for individual and collective transformation of potential impact on society. The literature shows that excellent efforts have been made toward CS. Still, there are few studies and initiatives with institutional assessment as their purpose, especially considering the HE’s context of HR. To contribute to this topic, the present study aims to establish bases and develop an assessment instrument of CS for HE’s HR. The literature review resulted in 41 articles and allowed for the survey of competencies, concepts, and attributes, which were then systematized and categorized to create the proposed instrument. It gathers five dimensions of CS at an aggregated level, 14 CS, and 42 statements on a Likert scale, aside from 5 aggregated dimensions of attributes and 11 attributes for the instrument’s development on the topic. In the conceptual validation protocol, 40 specialists on the subject (9 through a focus group and 31 by answering a questionnaire) enhanced and validated the instrument, adding theoretical contributions to the topic. On a practical level, the assessment instrument of CS can help a more effective institutional application and outline better practices at university-level institutions.

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