Valoración de las competencias investigativas de los estudiantes de posgrado en administración

The main objective of the study was to assess the levels of development of the research competences of the students in the graduate courses of administration in a Mexican university. The method that was used was with a quantitative approach of exploratory-descriptive type. The instrument to obtain the field information was a questionnaire based on a Likert scale. The items were measured through a scale with five options from 0 (not developed) to 4 (highly developed). The sample was stratified because it was made up of 150 students from six graduate programs in administration with a distribution of 73% women and 27% men. The main results were that students have an insufficient level of development in its research skills on design, instrumental and management of knowledge dissemination. The relevance of the study was to provide information on the entrance profiles of students who access graduate education.