Representaciones sociales sobre la calidad de vida laboral en docentes universitarios y capitalismo académico: análisis de los últimos 10 años en una institución de Educación Superior privada del Ecuador

Abstract

The present research seeks to describe from a different and situated perspective the social representations about the quality of work life in university teachers in Ecuador since the implementation of the LOES in the framework of academic capitalism, the theoretical approaches of Sergei Moscovici, Denisse's school were used. Jodelet that had a great reception in Latin America for studying social phenomena from the constitutive and constitutive of the collective reality of the Southern Cone, in this case on the Quality of Life of the University Professor under the objective and subjective dimensions crossed by the megatrend of Academic Capitalism and their respective demands. There is a concern for the idea of decent work, which is to provide full and productive work that guarantees the rights of men and women as well as promoting safe and healthy work environments. It was a study of an exploratory analysis of a phenomenon in a natural environment, in this case in a HEI with more than 74 years of existence with around 10,000 students, 22 undergraduate careers and 1,560 full-time, part-time and part-time teachers. of 2018. It was explored from the perspective of 13 participants, who had or have experience in academic management, research, linking and teaching, substantive functions of all HEIs in Ecuador according to the LOES. It is confirmed that the modifications in the environment produce social practices that determine behaviors and communication styles, that is, an interchange of intersubjectivities that are institutionalized due to a quantitative and qualitative work overload. It is advisable to participatively build psychosocial support devices at the organizational level and at the individual level, generating transcendent spaces in the teaching exercise.