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Impact of Digital Transformation of the Russian Higher Education System on the Need to Develop Competencies and Career Advancement of Scientific and Pedagogical Employees
Vladimir V. Bondarenko
Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Professor of Management, Computer Science and All-humanities Chair, The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Penza Branch) (33B Kalinin St., Penza 440052, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-1963, Scopus ID: 57211802151, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergey V. Polutin
Dr.Sci. (Sociol.), Professor, Director of the Research Institute of Regional Studies, Head of the Chair of Sociology and Social Work, National Research Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0399-4154, Scopus ID: 57215972235, Researcher ID: A-9592-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vera A. Yudina
Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor of Management, Computer Science and All-humanities Chair, The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Penza Branch) (33B Kalinin St., Penza 440052, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-9430, Scopus ID: 57211803103, Researcher ID: E-4558-2018, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Maria A. Tanina
Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor of Management, Computer Science and All-humanities Department, The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Penza Branch) (33B Kalinin St., Penza 440052, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-6280, Scopus ID: 57211810144, Researcher ID: E-7224-2018, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Daria P. Penzina
Master’s Student of Management, Computer Science and All-humanities Chair, The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Penza Branch) (33B Kalinin St., Penza 440052, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-8404, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. Distance learning, caused by the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the world, has led to the need to restructure the higher education system from the traditional full-time/offline attendance to a distance format. The use of the “newˮ format for higher education assumed the use of digital technologies, therefore there was a need for the formation of appropriate digital and “soft” competencies among the teaching and research staff of higher educational institutions. The purpose of the article is to analyze the satisfaction of teaching and research staff of Russian higher educational institutions with the system of professional and official promotion, their assessment of the need for general professional, organizational and managerial, information communication, regulatory legal and interpersonal competencies in the conditions of digital transformation of the higher education system of the Russian Federation.
Materials and Methods. To identify the opinion of scientific and pedagogical workers about changes in the importance of competencies, the development of a business career, the authors conducted a sociological survey of 1,532 scientific and pedagogical workers of higher education. The monitoring was carried out taking into account methodological approaches developed with the participation of the scientific and educational laboratory of the Penza affiliated branch of the Financial University “Strategies for increasing the competitiveness of international activities of universities in the global digital space”.
Results. According to the results of the sociological survey, a low level of satisfaction of scientific and pedagogical staff was revealed, caused by the presence of the following problem areas: the prevalence of paper reporting over the scientific and pedagogical activities of employees; excessive bureaucracy that hinders professional and official development; an incorrect system of performance indicators; the absence of a unified career development model for scientific and pedagogical staff of educational institutions. Practice-oriented recommendations have been developed in the field of digital and “softˮ competencies, the formation of a management system for the professional development of scientific and pedagogical staff.
Discussion and Conclusion. The formulated theses contribute to the development of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the level of satisfaction of scientific and pedagogical staff of Russian universities. The presented materials of the article can be used for research purposes by scientists, researchers dealing with similar issues, as well as federal and regional executive authorities, higher educational organizations in the development of professional development programs for teaching staff.
Keywords: satisfaction of scientific and pedagogical staff, digital learning, distance learning technologies, “soft” skills, Russian university, professional development of university employees
Funding: The article is based on the results of research carried out at the expense of budgetary funds under the state assignment of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation on the topic “Improving the international competitiveness of Russian universities in the context of global transformations and epidemiological threats” (VTK-GZ-PI-42-21).
Acknowledgments: The authors express their gratitude to the editors and reviewers for their careful attention to the article and the comments that made it possible to improve its quality.
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Bondarenko V.V., Polutin S.V., Yudina V.A., Tanina M.A., Penzina D.P. Impact of Digital Transformation of the Russian Higher Education System on the Need to Develop Competencies and Career Advancement of Scientific and Pedagogical Employees. Integration of Education. 2023;27(3):490–505. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.112.027.202303.490-505
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 24.03.2023; revised 30.06.2023;
accepted 06.07.2023.
Authors сontribution:
V. V. Bondarenko – development of the research concept; organization and conduct of research; statistical data processing; interpretation and critical analysis.
S. V. Polutin – ensuring the collection of information during the survey of respondents; interpretation and critical analysis of data obtained during the questionnaire survey.
V. A. Yudina – preparation of survey tools; information collection; preparation of analytical and graphical M. A. Tanina – description of the research results; translation of structural components into English; preparation of the initial version of the text; revision of the text of the article.
D. P. Penzina – theoretical analysis of foreign sources; collection and processing of primary materials; technical design of the list of sources used.
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