Editorial

ID: 42566

Authors: Herbert Kimura.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 1-2, September-October, 2016. 2 page(s).

Document type: Editorial (Portuguese)

Perspectives and Challenges in Preparing Successors for Family Businesses

ID: 42567

Authors: Sayonara de Fátima Teston, Eliane Salete Filippim.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 524-545, September-October, 2016. 22 page(s).

Keyword: family business , learning , succession

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Succession is a major challenge for family businesses. In this sense, the general objective of the research was to describe and analyze elements involved in the preparation of successors. Chapecó, in Santa Catarina, Brazil, was chosen as the location for the study of succession processes in family businesses. A qualitative research perspective of a descriptive nature was adopted in order to perform a multiple case study. Research began with a literature review, followed by a field survey that collected data through interviews, archival research and systematic observation. The main results revealed that the preparation of successors is defined by certain factors: founder’s influence, multi-generational socialization, demographics and learning.

Prospective Analysis of the Banking Industry in Brazil: Regulation, Concentration and Technology

ID: 42568

Authors: Afonso Carneiro Lima.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 546-567, September-October, 2016. 22 page(s).

Keyword: commercial banks , competitive strategy , content analysis , Delphi panel , strategic management

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This paper aims to analyze three configuration variables of the competitive environment of commercial banks in Brazil: regulation, industry concentration and technology. Semi-structured interviews and a Delphi Panel were conducted with thirteen experts from the banking industry, including executives, managers and academics. Through content analysis, the main results highlighted were: a tendency for maintenance of industry concentration with restricted spaces for small- and medium-sized banks; possible disruptions in the competitive arena due to new technologies and the consolidation of the cell phone as the main catalyst of bank transactions and means of payment. The research supports the theoretical arguments about the ephemerality of strategic groups and contributes to the discussion and choice for coherent indicators to measure competitive advantage in commercial banks.

Back to the Past: The Individual and its Role in Creativity in Organisations

ID: 42569

Authors: Jorge Filipe da Silva Gomes, Ana Filipa Rodrigues, Ana Veloso.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 568-589, September-October, 2016. 22 page(s).

Keyword: context , creativity , person , psychosocial interactionist

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The goal of the current text is to highlight the role of the individual in creativity in organisations. This role has been strangely disregarded in recent years, as modern accounts of creativity have been emphasising the idea that creativity is only defined in context. This main stream argues that creativity is a process that essentially occurs within a functional, relational, and organisational context in which workers are inserted. Key authors defending such a position include the likes of Amabile (1996), Csikszentmihalyi (1996), and, more recently, Glăveanu (2010a, 2010b). This is a vision rooted in the psychosocial interactionist perspective, which has also had a considerable impact in other areas in psychology, sociology, management and other social and human sciences. This supremacy, with regards to creativity, has led many to forget the role of the individual person in the creative process and output, removing their responsibility and protagonism for generating and producing ideas. Hence, the current text intends to bring back to discussion the individual bases of creativity, that people can have an existence isolated from external influences, further defending that the concept can and should be defined out of context, rather than in context.

Interdependence Across a Firm’s International Trajectories

ID: 42570

Authors: Andre Limp, Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende, Ângela Versiani.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 590-609, September-October, 2016. 20 page(s).

Keyword: interdependence , internationalization , international trajectory

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We examine the extent to which the internationalization of the firm as a whole can be explained by the interdependence across its distinct international trajectories. To do so, we built a qualitative, backward-looking longitudinal case of the internationalization of a Brazilian born-global IT firm by tracing its four international trajectories from the outset. Our results indicate that the internationalization of the firm is the result of four interdependent international trajectories that evolved in four distinct countries. It addition, we highlight the relationships of the firm with international customers as the driving force behind the interdependence across these international trajectories. Based on these findings, we propose that the internationalization process of the firm as a whole is not necessarily the outcome of the sum of independent international trajectories. Rather, there are interdependences across the firm’s international trajectories that shape the overall internationalization of the firm.

Materialistic Behavior in Adolescents and Children: A Meta-analysis of the Antecedents and Consequents

ID: 42571

Authors: Wagner Junior Ladeira, Fernando de Oliveira Santini, Clécio Falcão Araújo.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 610-629, September-October, 2016. 20 page(s).

Keyword: antecedents , consequents , materialism , materialistic behavior , moderators

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This paper proposes a meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of materialistic behavior among children and adolescents. We detected 42 studies, selected from five databases, which generated 53 effect sizes involving an aggregate sample of 9,283 children and adolescents. We proposed a theoretical model based on four antecedents, four consequents and three moderating variables. The results showed a direct and significant relation between materialistic behavior by children and adolescents in most of the antecedent and consequent variables. Furthermore, we found that life satisfaction held a negative relation with materialistic behavior. As for the moderating effects, we confirmed that survey location has a significant influence on effect sizes. Regarding the moderating effect of the sample size and country of application, they do not exert influence on the effect size. In addition to its outcomes, this meta-analysis offers a remarkable theoretical contribution, which provides a consistent theoretical review that resulted in the quantitative integration of the main constructs associated with the antecedents and consequents of materialistic behavior in children and adolescents.

Phenomenography and the Valuing of Knowledge in Organizations: Dialog between Method and Phenomenon

ID: 42572

Authors: Andrea Cherman, Sandra Regina Rocha-Pinto.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 20, n. 5, p. 630-650, September-October, 2016. 21 page(s).

Keyword: group interview , organizational studies , phenomenographic method , research methodology

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Phenomenography is a little-known qualitative research methodology in organizational studies. It aims to capture the various conceptions individuals have about a phenomenon, that is, the different qualitative ways to experience and conceive of it (Marton, 1981; Marton & Booth, 1997; Sandberg, 2000). This theoretical paper aimed to shed light on the research experience using the method, explaining unexpected emergent findings not reported in the literature, via an empirical study with HR professionals on valuing knowledge in the context of work. The research revealed five conceptions, which were arranged in a logical, hierarchical, comprehensive, and interdependent manner, as stated by the method. Then, a focus group (Goldman & McDonald, 1987) with prototypical and representative participants of the categories was held in order to validate the descriptive categories and enhance understanding of the unexpected emergent findings. The serendipitous findings unveiled: (a) the capacity of phenomenography to capture subjects’ two-way movement across conceptions in experiencing the phenomenon; (b) the uninterrupted continuum between the conceptions; and (c) the dynamic trajectory of individuals through conceptions in time and space, using them as modes of action to guide their behavior in relation to diverse contexts.