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Essays in business management
(2020-07-10)
Esta tese apresenta três trabalhos no campo da Administração. Especificamente, esses artigos também estão relacionados à Contabilidade e Finanças. No capítulo 1, relatei evidências empíricas conectando as entradas de ...
The political economy of armed conflicts and chronic hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (1990-2015)
(2020-07-10)
During the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) period 1990-2015, sub-Saharan African countries attained an average reduction rate of 30.1% of chronic hunger prevalence. However, although some countries were successful in ...
Beyond the supply side of the distributive politics : the influence of local government capacity and policy institutionalization on the allocation of intergovernmental grants in Brazil
(2020-07-10)
Esta tese é composta por três artigos. O primeiro artigo desenvolve uma estrutura conceitual capaz de orientar a mensuração de índices multidimensionais de capacidade de governo local. Partindo de uma revisão teórica sobre ...
Representation, reputation and attitudes of policy audiences
(2020-07-09)
This thesis examines how reputational beliefs can become a boundary condition for symbolic representation effects. Exploring the literature about representative bureaucracy, symbolic representation and bureaucratic reputation, ...
The sousveillance of politically connected entities and individuals in the public sector: an armchair audit approach of related party transactions
(2020-07-07)
Esta tese investiga de forma abrangente o uso de transações entre partes relacionadas (TPRs) para o desvio de recursos públicos. Essa investigação abrangente é desenvolvida através de três estudos de pesquisa independentes, ...
Innovation capability building in public sector organizations in developing economies : evidence from local government organizations in Brazil
(2020-04-16)
Nos últimos 20 anos uma profusão de estudos tem se focado na inovação nas organizações do setor público. Estes estudos têm gerado valiosas perspectivas e construtos em conjunto com evidencia empírica e analises. No entanto, ...
In the (value-laden) eyes of the beholder: linking follower perceptions to leadership emergence and effectiveness
(2019-09-09)
This work comprises three research articles that explore different facets of the relationship between followers’ perceptions of their (potential) leaders and leadership emergence and effectiveness. Common to these articles, ...
Clientelism and electoral volatility in Brazil
(2019-07-02)
In this dissertation, I investigate some of the theoretical and empirical puzzles posed by the persistence of clientelist practices in Brazil. As explored in the following Introduction, the competitiveness of the Brazilian ...
Solidarity economy as a hybrid alternative development management in emerging countries: recuperating coloniality-decoloniality dynamics
(2019-05-21)
Nesta tese, examinamos as dinâmicas de colonialidade/descolonialidade, que permanecem negligenciadas pelos estudos de gestão e organização euro-americanas (EGO), no âmbito multifacetado da administração/gestão do desenvolvimento ...
The value of values and the strength of the collective in the age of post-heroic leadership
(2019-03-21)
In the present paper, it is aimed to assess the consequences of positive and post-heroic forms of leadership for individuals and teams. Thus, in the first project we seek to shed light on the differential outcomes of ethical ...
