As estratégias de desenvolvimento e gestão de competências socioemocionais de estudantes do Curso de Administração

Abstract

The trajectory of a student at University is permeated with emotions, making the mobilization of social and emotional skills essential for the personal, professional and academic development. In this context, the study sought to identify strategies for the development and management of social and emocional competentencies of pre-graduating and graduating students who study management at the Federal University of Paraíba on Campus I. The research approach was qualitative, using a semi-structured interview script based on the five dimensions of social and emotional competencies of Macêdo (2018) and Macêdo e Silva (2020): Emotional Awareness, Emotional Regulation, Social Awareness, Emotional Self-Control and Emotional Creativity. The comprehensive and interpretative data analysis (SILVA, 2005) of the eight interviews indicated that only three dimensions had defined strategies for their development, namely: Emotional Awareness, Emotional Self-Control and Social Awareness. The most mentioned strategies for the development of Emotional Awareness were readings on emotions, feedback, therapy, “thermometers”, dynamics and extracurricular activities. For Emotional Self-control, humor, crying, sports, meditation, understanding the situation and the support of others are some of the strategies to deal with stressful situations. Finally, the strategies related to Social Awareness consisted of observing, participating in dynamics and life experiences. In all dimensions, the experience and the realization of extracurricular activities permeated the development of the strategies themselves. Therefore, it may be concluded that the University is one of the fundamental social spaces for the development of socio-emotional competencies. However, the study suggests that similar experiences could be incorporated into the students' curriculum so that the dimensions are developed during classes.