Constitución del grupo de investigación: legitimidad y jerarquía en el àmbito universitario. VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Investigación sobre Gobernanza Universitaria

Abstract

The theme emerges from the problematization: how is perceived, by the perception of fellows of scientific initiation, the legitimacy and tension of the hierarchical structure in the research group to which they belong? The objective is to understand the innovative ways of building relationships between participants based on the perception of the authors in the COTEDIC UNILASALLE/CNPq research group. This paper is configured as a report of experience, with qualitative approach and descriptive type. The results point out: a hierarchical organization arises from the absence of the original leadership; the hierarchy interferes with the rules built with the leadership by delegitimizing the participants. It concludes the need of the innovative character in the posture of the researchers, to enhance the feeling of belonging of the participants to the research group rethinking the hierarchical structure traditionally instituted by academia. It is important that researchers instill mutual acceptance to legitimize participants so that they can understand the meaning of their action for the construction of scientific knowledge.