The effect of Extracurricular Activities in the Development of Managerial Competences in Research Groups

The purpose hereof was to identify relations between extracurricular activities (AE) and the possession of managerial competences (CG) in Brazilian research groups (GP), with the use of the CG possession in GP scale developed by Freitas and Odelius (2017) in combination with issues related to the AE contributions for the development of CG in GP. The electronic questionnaire applied to 528participants and submitted to descriptive statistics, the Kendall-tau b correlation analysis, and the Kruskal-Wallis test allowed us to infer that: 1) participating in research groups, scientific initiations, university extensions, internships, general professional performances, volunteer works, and consulting projects are correlated with the CG possession in all of its dimensions; 2) participating in a junior company was not proven as capable to significantly affect the CG possession in GP; and 3) there are significant differences in the mastery of CG, depending on the role played in the GP, the type of institution, the wide-ranging area of knowledge, the educational level and the experience period with academic researches. Finally, we present our conclusions, limitations, and schedule for future researches. Keywords: Managerial Competences; Research Groups; Extracurricular Activities; Development of Managerial Competences. Este estudo visou identificar relacoes entre atividades extracurriculares (AE) e dominio de competencias gerenciais (CG) em grupos de pesquisa (GP) brasileiros com uso da escala de dominio de CG em GP desenvolvida por Freitas e Odelius (2017), juntamente com questoes relativas a contribuicao de AE para o desenvolvimento de CG em GP. O questionario eletronico foi aplicado a 528 participantes e submetido a estatisticas descritivas, analise de correlacao Kendall-tau b e teste Kruskal-Wallis. A analise dos dados permitiu inferir que: 1) atuacao em grupos de pesquisa, iniciacao cientifica, extensao universitaria, estagio, atuacao profissional em geral, trabalho voluntario e projeto de consultoria se correlacionam com dominio de CG em todas as suas dimensoes; 2) atuacao em empresa junior nao se revelou capaz de influenciar significativamente o dominio de CG em GP; e 3) ha diferencas significativas no dominio de CG em funcao do papel exercido no GP, do tipo de instituicao, da area do conhecimento, da escolaridade, e do tempo de experiencia com pesquisa academica. Ao final, foram apresentadas conclusoes, limitacoes e agenda para pesquisas futuras. Palavras-cha