Estudios de las competencias profesionales adquiridas en la carrera Administración de Empresa de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This study analyzes the perception of Business Administration graduates from Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil regarding the level of training received, workplace use, and perceived importance of the professional competencies included in their graduate profile. The research followed a quantitative approach with a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical design. The instrument, built on the Tuning and 6x4 UEALC frameworks, assessed fourteen professional competencies using Likert scales, applied to a sample of 33 graduates out of a population of 267, with an overall reliability of 0.955 (Cronbach's Alpha). Friedman's test showed statistically significant differences across the measures evaluated (χ² = 169.45; df = 41; p < .001). Subsequent Wilcoxon signed-rank tests identified descriptive differences between Training and Workplace Use in four competencies, though only Decision-Making with Simulators remained statistically significant after Bonferroni correction. Financial Management was rated as the most important competency by graduates. The study concludes that there is a generally adequate correspondence between the competencies developed during academic training and those required in the professional field, so the general hypothesis of a training-use gap is accepted only partially.