Rasgos de la excelencia en la investigación: proactividad, pasión por el conocimiento y resiliencia

Abstract

The article analyses the personal qualities that characterize the professors of the Universidad de Colima and the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa to achieved a successful career in research. The literature on the subject explains that there are some academic qualities and experiences which affecting their professional attainment positively; they could be grouped in three: success expectancies, motivation and metacognitive abilities. In each University was selected a group of ten experienced professors by an intentional qualitative sample. After they accepted voluntarily the interview, every professor answered a semi-structured questionnaire. Later, the interview's analysis was based on a comparative and qualitative approach which was useful for organizing the interview's information in three fundamental concepts: proactivity, passion for knowledge, and resiliency. The results show that personal and professional profiles affect their intellectual job positively because these reinforce their self-confidence and creativity; both qualities are indispensable for adapting and confronting the standard requirements of the scientific environment. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]