Liderança e sustentabilidade: uma análise acerca das competências de estudantes pertencentes às empresas Juniores do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Students leaving universities will be able to assume leadership positions in society. With that, it is necessary that universities develop activities so that these students are prepared for the reality of the market. Junior companies are one of those activities that aims to develop skills and competences, combining theory with practice. Since leaders have an important role in transforming the consciousness of society and its employees, and that these competences are often developed within universities, making the economic, social and environmental spheres to be worked on in an equal way forming sustainable leaders, this dissertation has the general objective of analyzing the relationship between leadership and skills for sustainability from the perception of students belonging to junior companies in Rio Grande do Sul. To achieve the proposed objective, the present study had a quantitative approach, with a type of descriptive and the strategy the survey. Data collection took place through an online questionnaire sent to 66 junior companies in the federation, the Federation of Junior Companies of Rio Grande do Sul, obtaining a response from 24 of them, with the sample consisting of 90 students. Data analysis was carried out using the SPSS software and comprising the techniques of descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and correlation. As a result of this study, it is concluded that the leadership practices of respondents are geared towards the domain enabling action. Regarding the skills for sustainability, it can be seen that they are of value for sustainability. As a main result, it is evident that students perceive a very low association between the constructs leadership and skills for sustainability and that even universities and junior companies forming agents of change, it is necessary to work better on these two constructs together so that there are actions on the pillars of sustainability, building a better society.