Motivations among experts in internationalization in higher education: the case of the CALCA network

Héctor Rangel; Yamila Fernanda Silva Peralta

doi:10.5281/zenodo.10982196

Authors

Héctor Rangel Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-4593
Yamila Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-3406

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10982196

Keywords:

Internationalization, Motivation, Red, Higher Education

Abstract

It is an exploratory-descriptive qualitative study, whose main objective is to know the motivations of a group of nine experts from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Peru to belong, participate and remain in the Conecta America Latina-Caribe-Alemania network (CALCA), which is made up of alumni from the Management of Internationalization (MOI) course sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). These motivations were investigated through a focus group where intrinsic or extrinsic motivations were identified following the model of Stirling (2013) and Sansone & Morgan (1992). Results show that far from being visible an extrinsic motivation of a purely institutional nature, answers converge in the intrinsic motivation that generates membership, synergy and collaboration linked to the personal and professional development of the participants in the focus group.

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Author Biographies

Héctor Rangel, Universidad Veracruzana

Es profesor de tiempo completo en la Universidad Veracruzana, México en el Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores Económicos y Sociales (IIESES). Doctor en Educación, maestro en Economía y Negocios y Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas. Es miembro de la Red Conecta América Latina-Caribe-Alemania (CALCA), ex becario del gobierno alemán (DAAD)

Yamila, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Dra. en Psicología (Univ. de Barcelona, España). Master en Psicología de las Organizaciones, del Trabajo y de los Recursos Humanos (Univ. Barcelona, España). Master en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Univ. Paris 5, Francia). Lic. en Psicología (Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina). Profesora Titular en la Facultad de Psicología de la Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata. Investigadora CONICET sobre competencias para la internacionalización, competencias emprendedoras y perspectiva de género. Coordinadora General de la Red CYTED Mujer[ES] Emprendedoras Sociales. Co-coordinadora de numerosas prácticas emprendedoras COIL con prspectiva de género. Coordinadora del Grupo "Investigando la Internacionalización" de la la RED CALCA (Conecta América Latina- Caribe- Alemania). Vicepresidenta de Fundación LINED Global. Presidenta 2023-2025 de RIIDESO (Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Desarrollo Sostenible Organizacional).

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