The focus of this study is Learning Retention (LR), defined as the extent to which the changes that occur in an individual, measured in terms of knowledge, skills or attitudes, and which are the result of training, remain over time. The general objective of the study is to measure and evaluate prediction relationships for the LR variable, in a longitudinal perspective. To achieve the objective, we carried out four studies. In Study 1, we identified the current state of knowledge production on LR, through a narrative literature review, which encompassed 11 articles on LR, from peer-reviewed journals, published between 2017 and 2023 and available in 6 databases. We conducted the other studies by collecting data from workers at a financial institution, graduates of self-instructional, live online and in-person training. In Study 2, we constructed and investigated evidence of validity of an LR assessment instrument in corporate training. In Study 3, we constructed and investigated evidence of validity of an instrument for evaluating training characteristics associated with learning retention (TCLR). In these two studies, 10,960 graduates of the aforementioned training courses were subjected to the instruments developed and semantically validated for the assessment of LR (with 6 items) and for the assessment of TCLR (with 8 items), obtaining responses from 1,185 individuals (10.8% return); we carried out an Exploratory Factor Analysis with the Factor; and we calculated adjustment and reliability measures for the models (CFI, RMSEA, χ²/df, Cronbach's Alpha, McDonald's Omega). In Study 4, we verified the relationship between the predictor variables self-efficacy (SE), TCLR and support for training transfer (STT) and the criterion variable RA, in a longitudinal perspective. In Wave T1 after training, we measured RA and TCLR (N = 1,185). In Wave T2 (2 months after T1), the sample obtained in Wave T1 was submitted to instruments for assessing RA, SE and STT, reaching 520 respondents (43.9% return). In Wave T3 (2 months after T2), the sample obtained in Wave T2 was submitted to the instruments for assessing LR and STT, reaching 281 respondents (54.0% return). It is noteworthy that there is evidence of validity and reliability for all instruments used in Study 4. In each wave, we carried out logistic regressions (LogR) with Jamovi, defining the LR measured in the wave as the criterion variable, and as predictor variables all others measured (TCLR, SE, STT, LR measured in previous waves and sociodemographic and professional data). In each LogR analysis we also calculated adjustment and prediction measures (Deviation, AIC, BIC, R²M, R²CS, R²N, Accuracy, Specificity, Sensitivity and AUC). As a result of Study 1, a variety of LR assessment methods (what, how and when to measure) were identified. Variables associated with LR were also identified, such as SE and STT, as well as gaps, such as the lack of a comprehensive instrument for assessing LR and an instrument for assessing TCLR. The results of Studies 2 and 3 indicated evidence of validity for the single-factor LR assessment instrument (CFI = 0.998; RMSEA = 0.085; χ²/df = 2.86; Cronbach's Alpha = 0.970; McDonald's Omega = 0.970) and for the single-factor TCLR assessment instrument (CFI = 0.993; RMSEA = 0.072; χ²/df = 2.89; Cronbach's Alpha = 0.927; McDonald's Omega = 0.927). The results of Study 4 pointed to SE and STT as significant predictors of LR at T2 and T3; TCLR as a significant predictor of LR at T1 and T2; LR at T1 as a significant predictor of LR at T2 and T3; and LR at T2 as a significant predictor of LR at T3. In summary,  the results indicate that people with greater SE, with a perception of better STT, with greater LR (at T1 and T2) and with a perception of the existence of TCLR belong to the group with greater LR at T3. This work brought methodological contributions to studies on LR, by presenting an instrument for its evaluation and an instrument for evaluating TCLR, filling gaps identified in Study 1. There are also theoretical contributions, with the identification of the state of knowledge production on LR and with a better understanding of the relationship of this variable with the SE, TCLR and STT variables. As a research agenda, proposed based on the limitations found within the scope of this work and the gaps identified in Study 1, we suggest that future studies on LR be carried out in other fields of research, over longer periods, with experimental or quasi- field experiments and/or situational tests to measure LR.

Considering the increasing importance that people have been acquiring as valuable assets in the workplace context, promoting well-being at work has become an increasingly prioritized agenda in organizations. Therefore, well-being at work establishes itself as a fundamental aspect in achieving individual, team, and organizational results. There are several studies that analyze the factors that impact well-being at work, and many emphasize the importance of leadership as a predictor of well-being. However, no studies specifically analyzing the leader-member exchange as a precursor to well-being at work were found in the literature, which constitutes a relevant gap in the literature that this study aims to fill. Thus, the present research, descriptive, explanatory, and with a multimethod approach, has the main objective of testing the impact of the leader-member exchange on the well-being at work of technical-administrative staff at the University of Brasília (UnB), a chosen locus also representing a gap in studies on well-being in public institutions. To achieve this goal, the dissertation consists of an introduction (chapter 1), three chapters structured in the format of interdependent scientific articles (chapters 2, 3, and 4), and a conclusion (chapter 5). In chapters 2 and 3, with a qualitative approach, two systematic literature reviews were conducted, one for each research variable. Thus, the presentation of the state of the art of the studied variables - leader-member exchange and well-being at work - provided the identification of the main research itineraries so far and the proposition of a research agenda for further studies. Chapter 4, through a quantitative approach, aimed to describe the perceptions of technical-administrative staff at UnB regarding the two research variables (leader-member exchange and well-being at work), test the measurement models of the research variables, conducting their confirmatory validation, and test a structural model for predicting the leader-member exchange on well-being at work. The target sample of the research was 200 employees, aiming for a statistical power of 95% and considering possible losses in the data processing stage, so the final sample consisted of 244 employees. Data collection occurred online through a survey, with the application of questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistical analyses and structural equation modeling to test the measurement models of the variables and the structural prediction model. Finally, the results of the study demonstrated that the variables were significantly, positively, and strongly associated, revealing the influence of the leader-member exchange on well-being at work, with a great predictive effect. The main theoretical advancement of this research lay in testing, in an unprecedented way, a structural model for predicting the leader-member exchange on well-being at work, in the context of the public service, and based on the understanding of well-being at work that combines the hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives of well-being, contributing to the areas of organizational behavior and human resources management. As practical and managerial implications, the study provided a diagnosis for public managers of the researched organization to implement human resources management practices that contribute to improvements in the well-being of employees and to the promotion of more humanized, healthy, and productive work environments, based on the identification of positive and critical aspects in the relationship developed between leaders and their teams.

Considering the challenge of thinking about teaching creativity based on teaching pedagogies that collaborate with the development of knowledge about creativity, from a practical perspective, this dissertation aims to understand the process of learning creativity, observing how the knowledge acquired is applied, through the experience of activities by students, within the scope of the “Creativity and Innovation” discipline of the undergraduate course in administration, at the University of Brasília – UnB. The theme was analyzed in the light of references from Csikszentmihalyi's systemic creativity model, with regard to the components involved in the creative process and artistic creativity, as well as conceptual elements of the theory of practice and organizational aesthetics, with regard to the construction of knowledge – where doing and knowing are not separated. Documentary research was used in records of student reports from seven semesters of the discipline, developed in response to a script pre-established by the teacher. The findings were subjected to Bardin Content Analysis with the help of Atlas.ti2 software. It was found that the process of learning creativity in the context of the subject in question occurs through two main dimensions, namely experimentation and reflective practice on the part of students. Furthermore, it was observed how creativity develops as a social construction in which students add to their creative process the social and historical context in which they are inserted, the expression of their identity and the influence of debates with the group. Finally, experimentation, arts, lectures, feedback and collections of photographs created as part of an adaptation of the photovoice method as a teaching method were identified as the main methods of stimulating creativity. These findings contribute to the advancement of research regarding the teaching and learning of creativity, as it breaks with the utilitarian and technical character that permeates the aforementioned field in Administration by adopting artistic activities as a way of constructing and apprehending knowledge. Furthermore, it expands the possibilities of educational practices that collaborate with the development of students's creativity.

Given the importance of understanding how local foods influence consumers' brand value perception and purchase intention in food services, this study aimed to analyze the effect of different advertising appeals on purchase intention and brand value among local food consumers, considering supermarkets and restaurants. For this purpose, an online questionnaire was administered, resulting in 357 respondents. The type of advertising appeal in the advertisement (environmental benefit vs. socioeconomic benefit vs. product attributes vs. no appeal) and the type of food retail (supermarket vs. restaurant) were the manipulated variables. Brand value metrics (awareness, image, quality, loyalty, exclusivity, and willingness to pay a premium price) and purchase intention acted as dependent variables in the model. The results, analyzed through ANCOVA, indicated no significant effect of different advertising appeals and food retail types on the purchase intention of local food consumers. It was also found that advertising appeals focused on the attributes of local foods had a greater impact on the brand value metric "Awareness" compared to advertisements with environmental appeals and no appeal; the advertisement with socioeconomic appeal also had a greater impact on this metric compared to no appeal. The metrics "Image" and "Loyalty" had a significant relationship with the "restaurant" retail type. As for "Willingness to pay premium prices," it was significantly impacted by advertisements with no appeal and with appeals about local food attributes, with higher WTP observed in the former. The interaction between the type of appeal and age influenced the metric of "Exclusivity," the interaction between the type of appeal and gender impacted "Loyalty," and the relationship between the type of appeal and income impacted "Willingness to pay a premium price." The "Quality" dimension was the only one that did not have a significant relationship with any of the independent variables used in the model. Furthermore, no significant results were observed in the moderating role of food retail type in the relationship between advertising appeal type and purchase intention and brand value based on consumers. The research offers significant contributions to studies on the consumption of local foods by exploring the effectiveness of different advertising strategies in supermarkets and restaurants. It is noteworthy that advertising appeals focused on the attributes and socioeconomic benefits of local foods positively influence brand value perception, highlighting the importance of promoting these foods in distribution points through advertising campaigns that emphasize these aspects. At the same time, marketing strategies targeting younger and female consumers can be explored to reinforce brand value and increase engagement with local foods.

The abrupt outlining of a global (post)pandemic scenario, which has cyclically emerged, has marked the (re)thinking of organizational dynamics and ways of working. Remote work in the context of the pandemic has become a strategic alternative for organizations, impacting, above all, the mental health and well-being of teleworkers. In this sense, the contributions of Positive Organizational Studies, aimed at seeking improvements in organizational environments, with a focus on virtues and positive emotions as drives of people and organizations’ potential, have prompted reflection on the quality of life in teleworking. Consequently, leadership has taken on a unique role in developing positive attitudes, articulating strategies, policies and practices to achieve effective organizational results. Despite the increase in the number of organizations that have adopted teleworking, there are still few studies investigating the antecedents and consequences of quality of life in teleworking (QoLT), especially in the context of the public service, constituting an important gap in the literature that this study sought to fill. Thus, using a multi-paradigmatic lens, the primary objective of this multi-method study was to propose a model for analyzing the relationships between leadership, people management (PM) practices and quality of life for civil servants in the context of teleworking, which has not yet been explored in the scientific literature. The locus of the research was the Rectorate and Campuses of a Federal Educational Institution. It is an autarchy linked to the Ministry of Education, which is part of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. The sample was made up of public servants (administrative technicians in education - TAEs - and managers of TAEs) working remotely. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, this thesis is structured in eight chapters, the first being the introduction and the last the conclusion. The other chapters are structured in the form of scientific articles, which are interdependent and complementary. Firstly, chapters 2, 3 and 4, using a qualitative approach and systematic reviews of the literature, outline the state of the art of the three studied variables, namely leadership, people management practices and QoLT, in order to map out research itineraries and propose agendas for further studies. A survey of scientific articles was carried out, with no time frame, using Scopus and Web of Science databases. In Chapter 5, the quantitative proposal was to identify the perceptions of civil servants in relation to the investigated variables. These perceptions were perceived by the sample and indicated the effectiveness of leadership, the urgency of (re)visiting and (re)designing PM practices, as well as their impact on teleworkers' QoLT. Chapter 6, with a quantitative approach, aimed to identify the relationship between the research variables. In this way, the presumed relationships in the analysed mediation model were significant, confirming all four researched hypotheses. The novelty of the tested mediation model was the greatest contribution, demonstrating the crucial role that people management practices play in the relationship between leadership and QoLT, i.e. people management practices partially mediate the relationship between leadership and QoLT. Chapter 7, which is qualitative in nature, was based on 43 semi-structured interviews with managers of administrative technicians in education (TAEs) in teleworking, identifying 8 thematic categories a posteriori. The managers' perceptions indicated the importance of the role of leadership and the role of PM practices in promoting QoLT. In this sense, it is necessary to (re)visit traditional people management practices and promote the career development of TAEs, towards an increasingly strategic, effective, humanized and evidence-based organizational management. As a theoretical contribution, this thesis has advanced on researches focusing on positive organizational behavior, especially in the yet unexplored model in the scientific literature, particularly within the context of teleworking in the public service. In terms of practical implications, this research produced a diagnosis through quantitative and qualitative methods, enabling a greater understanding of the studied phenomena, for public managers within the researched organization in relation to perceptions of leadership, people management practices and, especially, how they influence quality of life in the context of teleworking. A social contribution was also envisioned, since the promotion of healthier and more productive working environments, where well-being and quality of life play a leading role, can result in a higher quality of care and the provision of services to clients, citizens and society in general.

Institutional logic predicts social practices, and this is no different in the organizational environment. Organizations manage people. This means that people management practices predict a series of organizational behaviours. The prevailing logics in a corporation will influence both the types of practices made available and how they are perceived by workers. As these are people, we can assume that the rational-cognitive perspective of the perception of these practices can be better explained by considering the influence of the group's emotional climate. The aim of this thesis was therefore to analyse the relationship between institutional logic and organizational practices mediated by the emotional climate. In order to achieve the proposed objective, the following specific objectives were pursued: mapping the main sources and theoretical evidence of the relationship between emotion and institutional logic (Chapter II); proposing a model based on the role of emotional climate as a mediator of the relationship between institutional logic and organizational practice (Chapter III); constructing and presenting evidence of the validity of a military police institutional logic instrument (QLIP-M) (Chapter IV) and empirically testing the mediation of emotional climate in the relationship between LIP-M and HR practices (Chapter V). Chapter II: the scoping review of the literature found 60 references, analyzed 13 articles and concluded on the predictive relationship of the emotional variable, as well as a lack of studies relating climate and institutional logics, directionalities and exclusivity of the individual level of analysis. Chapter III: Theoretical essay proposing the emotional climate as a mediator in the relationship between institutional logic and organizational practices. In order to empirically test this relationship, it was necessary to develop an instrument to measure institutional logic. Chapter IV: The QLIP-M was developed, with a qualitative analysis for the construction of items with three focus groups, made up of police officers from different regions of Brazil (n=17), a semantic analysis with experts (N=5); an analysis of the psychometric properties with police officers (n=379) to understand the factor structure, which emerged with 5 institutional logics (military, bureaucratic, legalistic, community and vigilante) and the test of the construct's nomological network (n=137) with dignity at work, social identity and psychological security, finding positive relationships. Chapter V: empirical test of the model (n=220) where the emotional climate mediated the relationship between bureaucratic logic and HR practices, but not the other logics. The results obtained as a whole achieve the overall aim of the thesis, to test the relationship between institutional logic and organizational practice mediated by emotional climate, and contribute theoretically to the analysis of emotions in institutional theory in various other ways. The theoretical essay brings together the existing literature to propose a process for mediating the emotional climate, making emotions, previously underlying the process, the protagonist in understanding organizational behaviour. It has also contributed to the quantitative analysis of institutional logics by creating and validating a measuring instrument and, specifically, it contributes to military police officers by understanding the different logics that operate in this context. Finally, by using different methods to access logics, it allowed underlying and less obvious logics to emerge, such as the logic of the guard. This thesis makes contributions to the study of institutional logics and emotions. As practical contributions, managers can use these results to increase their perceptions of organizational practices, as sometimes managers strive to deliver practices that go unnoticed due to the logics operating in the organization or the unfavourable emotional climate

The objective of this work was to describe how the relationship between well-being and performance occurs in the practice of telecommuting for bank employees, that is, this relationship is linear or presents other configurations when it focuses on the individual and how they are verbalized. The research innovates including the multimethod approach with the test of four hypotheses. Hypothesis 1 stated that telecommuting employees would present greater well-being when compared to face-to-face employees. Hypothesis 2 suggested that telecommuting employees would have higher performance self-assessments when compared to face-to-face employees. Hypothesis 3 expected that four profiles of the relationship between well-being and performance would be found. Hypothesis 4 expected that the happy and productive quadrant would present more positive lexes when compared to the others. This crosssectional survey was answered by 255 bank employees using semi-structured questionnaires. General well-being was composed of positive and negative emotions and job satisfaction and general performance by contextual and task performance, measures with acceptable psychometric qualities. Comparing the groups, neither wellbeing nor performance differ, refuting Hypotheses 1 and 2, and different from what was expected, 3 profiles were found, partially refuting H3. From the lexical analysis, 5 classes emerged: Class1 - Productivity and time savings, Class2 - Need for personal contact, Class3 - Comparison with colleagues, Class4 - Harassing behavior and Class5 - Family-work segmentation. The classes show significant differences for the unhappy and productive group between two of the five classes describing work-away behaviors and marginally significant differences for class four describing harassing behaviors. Diagnosis can be used as a way to reduce harm, but not to increase resources. The avoidant and family-oriented symptoms found may be covering up a deep suffering at work, configuring a possible survival strategy.

The importance of aligning organizational culture and strategy has been consolidating over the last few decades, making this relationship an object of attention in the context of contemporary organizations. The alignment between culture and strategy is repeatedly addressed by the scientific literature on management, as it deals with the possible effects on conducting behavior linked to organizational success and thus influencing organizational performance. This research has the general objective of testing the predictive effect between the frequency of perception of the pillars of organizational culture, from the perspective of its employees, on organizational performance indicators of a Brazilian company that operates in the financial and insurance segment. The following research question was established: do the perception of the pillars of organizational culture, from the perspective of its employees, predict organizational performance indicators of a Brazilian company that operates in the financial and insurance segment? The following specific objectives were defined: a) to describe the general view of employees regarding the perception of the pillars of the Organization's culture; b) describe the influence of the perception of the pillars of the organizational culture with the corporate units, for the achievement of the Organization's strategy; c) describe the influence of perception of the pillars of culture with the business units, for the achievement of the Organization's strategy; and d) present evidence of internal validity of the frequency scale of perception of the pillars of organizational culture. Research hypotheses were defined seeking the empirical relationship between the variables, in order to verify the existing relationships between organizational culture and strategy, being the frequency of perception of the pillars of organizational culture, about work routines, the antecedent variable, and the indicator of the indicator of strategic adherence to the criterion variable. The research is characterized as a case study, with a mixed approach, descriptive in the qualitative approach and explanatory in the quantitative approach. The locus deals with a Brazilian private organization, with national operations. The study comprised three stages, namely: in the first stage, qualitative (Q1), interviews were conducted with the Organization's employees, with the aim of raising impressions and opinions about the topics under study; the second stage, quantitative (Q2), aimed to measure the strength of the application of the pillars of organizational culture in the day-to-day work and its predictive relationship with the achievement of the Strategic Adherence Indicator, through the survey (survey) of the perception of Company employees; and, finally, the third, qualitative stage (Q3) sought to raise the perception of managers, from different units, about the results obtained so far, thus aiming at methodological triangulation through complementarity. Content analysis and statistical procedures were carried out in the qualitative stages. For the quantitative testing of the research hypotheses, statistical tests were performed (ANOVA and multiple linear regression) to verify the degree of prediction, in the Organization, based on the possible relationship between the studied variables. As a result of this work, through the analysis of secondary data (Q2) a prediction relationship was presented between the frequency of perception of the pillars of the organizational culture on the Organization's strategic performance indicators. This prediction relationship between the criterion variable represented by the IAE indicator (N=695 and Adjusted R Squared 0.082), and two factors of the independent variable (Soft and Hard Skills) associated with the variable type of unit (UC/UN) had a significant relationship , to this relationship is added the effort of the qualitative stages (Q1 and Q3) whose result showed strong adherence between the variables from the perspective of the interviewees.

The banking sector as a comprehensive data topic is constantly evolving under the advertising influences of the big data era. Verifying the innovative analytical resources of significant details such as data mining methods is crucial for the banking sector, which strives to reveal valuable information from the enormous amount of data and achieve better strategic management and customer satisfaction. Due to the lack of studies dealing with these technological models in a joint form related to banking financial performance in the Brazilian scenario, this work developed two complete and complementary theoretical-empirical studies, the first using primary data from direct interviews with various actors involved with the study object, and the second using official and public secondary data provided by the national bank regulator, the Central Bank of Brazil. By gathering and analyzing trends in concentration studies, online resource information, technical aids, and analytical resources for information, this particular dissertation contributes to gaining important insights into the successive advances in big data analysis (BDA) and data mining (DM) in the banking sector. Thus, the study aims to verify, in a first moment, the influence of BDA on banking financial performance, and in a second moment, to analyze which DM technique is best for predicting financial performance (FP) of banks. The proposition being tested in this study is that these technologies play a fundamental role in the banking industry, becoming fundamental solutions for corporate financial performance scholars and financial analysts. Therefore, as a general conclusion, the work supports the argument that BDA and DM play a determining and finalistic influence on decision-making in corporate management, contributing fundamentally to financial performance, and can even determine its success or failure, depending on the management undertaken in data analysis. In addition, the work contributes to discussions about big data analysis, asset management, resource management, among other subjects, especially from the perspective of banking supervisory agents with actions focused on financial stability.

With the emergence of fintech companies in the financial sector, a new era has arisen for banks. In this context, the survival of these new companies becomes an intense challenge, necessitating a search for new paths for the development of their innovative business models. This involves creating an enhanced customer experience and adopting more participative approaches that result in the transformation of services and the creation of value through co-creation (value cocreation - VCC). However, these participative strategies do not always unfold as planned, often yielding negative results for either or both parties involved (customer and company), leading to value co-destruction (VCD). Consequently, customers who actively engage in service relationships with a company can create value by exhibiting expected traits and behaviors that facilitate the integration of resources. Conversely, they can destroy value when they fail to demonstrate the expected set of traits and behaviors. Analyzing the literature on this subject reveals a scarcity of quantitative research on the VCC and VCD behaviors of service customers/users and their relationship with personality traits. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between customers' personality traits and value co-creation and value codestruction in the context of fintech services. To achieve this, a quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory study was conducted, which involved the development of a data collection instrument. This instrument consisted of adapting scales already developed by authors Ogunbodede et al. (2022), Yi and Gong (2013), and Rammstedt and John (2007) to the study's reality. By applying this instrument in the form of an online questionnaire, 381 responses were collected from customers who regularly use Brazilian fintech services. Through the analysis of this data, employing exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM), it was possible to validate the developed model, test five proposed hypotheses, and achieve the general and specific objectives of this dissertation. Finally, conclusions, limitations, and suggestions for future research in the field of service marketing were formulated, providing a deeper understanding of the relationship between personality traits, value co-creation, and value co-destruction in the context of fintechs.

For Digital Transformation (DT) to be successful, organizations are required to integrate business planning with the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this sense, companies with individual digital capabilities may be able to carry out this process more effectively. While there is consensus on the importance of developing digital capabilities among employees, there is still a lack of studies on the impacts of individual digital capabilities aimed at organizational problems. This fact is even more evident in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of software development, which face diverse challenges and fundamentally depend on individual knowledge for their efficiency. Based on this research gap, this research aims to analyze how individual digital capabilities can mitigate the business challenges of software SMEs. To achieve this end, we propose qualitative research, of an applied nature and with an exploratory objective, incorporating a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and a case study with a company in this segment and size. This research is based on the theoretical lens of microfoundations, which observe individual-level aspects that shape elements and characteristics at the group level. As a result, this study seeks to contribute to the guidance of managers, entrepreneurs, and researchers about the role of individual digital capabilities in solving organizational problems based on DT.

Best Judicial Management Practices (BPJ) are organisational innovations with the potential to contribute to increasing procedural delivery and performance in courts of justice. Its absorption responds to social, economic and political demands for a more efficient, fair and accessible jurisdictional provision. However, the phenomenon has been little studied. This paper considers BPJ as outstanding innovative procedures, methods and management techniques recognized as potentiators of judicial performance and has as its general objective to identify and describe the process of development and adoption of BPJ under the perception of key actors of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (TJDFT), awarded by the Innovare Institute and the National Council of Justice (CNJ) in this regard. To this end, these practices were mapped and their adoption and development process were analyzed in depth. A longitudinal survey was carried out from December 2018 to September 2023 and documentary research techniques and interviews were used in data collection, which were processed through content analysis. The results showed that steps and factors in the process of adoption and development of BPJ interact dynamically, shaping the path of each innovative practice. Idea generation has been found to thrive in a nurturing organizational culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, and relative risk-taking. Adaptable, yet consistent and strategic support from leadership, team engagement, and the availability of resources proved to be essential in this process.

The race for regulation and AI global governance has advanced in the field of discussions which fostered many proposals for legislation and the defense of ethical principles’ definition by researchers, public and private managers, government officials, jurists, legislators and by society itself. While observing this challenging movement for all stakeholders, public organizations that produce AI systems are faced with the need to structure themselves to offer digital services based on AI systems that consider ethical principles. This research aimed to investigate whether public organizations have incorporated the guidelines presented by the academy, by legislation and by international standards, to their governance and management models in the production of AI systems that consider ethical principles. The investigation began with bibliographic research on AI regulation and AI governance, which supported the design of an AI regulation and governance framework that encompasses public and private institutions in a country, the AIR – Artificial Intelligence Regulation framework. Eleven propositions were elaborated on the processes and practices recommended by the academy, by the legislation under discussion and by international standards for the implementation of AI governance. A search was carried out in public organizations that had AI systems in operation. As a result, a sample was composed of twenty-eight public organizations, distributed in seventeen countries. With an exploratory and descriptive purpose, through a qualitative-quantitative analysis approach, the Quantitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) method was carried out, in crisp-set and fuzzy modes, both based on questionnaire responses. The QCA results joined to the interviews and public documents’ content analysis. The results supported a few findings in the studied sample: a) how organizations that were most advanced in the implementation of AI governance combined processes and practices distributed at different levels of the organization, aiming at the development of reliable AI systems; b) how they used drivers to help AI governance implementation; and c) how they faced the obstacles in such journey. A framework was built regarding how the joint participation between business units and the IT unit can be adjusted to respond to situations involving AI systems outsourcing, and to expand the benefits of government recommendations (soft laws). As theoretical contributions, the research highlights the need for collaboration between stakeholders in complex intra and interorganizational relationships supported by the Stakeholder Theory; as well as efforts to ensure accountability as an ethical principle which is part of AI governance, supported by the Agency Theory. In addition to the AIR framework, a second framework was elaborated on how processes and practices are distributed in a public organization, with a partnership between the business area and the IT area, in an AI governance model. As a contribution to managers and researchers, in addition to knowledge of the transformations identified in organizations, the research presented an integrated model of governance and management processes and practices, which extend from the strategic level to the operational level of a public organization for its AI governance implementation. By this way, it is expected that public organizations can add itself into its country's AI governance, and thus joins to the global AI governance movement.

This thesis examines regulatory impact analysis - RIA as a tool to support decision-making in federal regulatory agencies in Brazil. Despite its wide use, there are few studies that assess the quality of RIA and that examine its analytical capacity to support good decisions. The available studies are concentrated in the United States and Europe and adopt limited evaluation criteria. To contribute to the construction of knowledge on the subject, this thesis has the general objective of investigating the quality of RIAs carried out by Brazilian federal regulatory agencies. To achieve this general objective, the thesis was organized into three independent but complementary studies. Each study aims to achieve a specific objective: (i) to understand the current state of the literature on RIA quality assessment; (ii) evaluate the quality of AIRs carried out by Brazilian federal regulatory agencies; (iii) ascertain the factors that influenced the quality of RIAs carried out by Brazilian federal regulatory agencies. The first study was carried out through a literature review, provided an overview of the quality of RIA in different countries and contributed with concepts, methods and approaches on the subject. In the second study, an evaluation instrument was developed with 50 quality criteria, which was applied to evaluate 21 RIAs carried out by Brazilian regulatory agencies. It was identified that the impact analysis in the country presents important weaknesses and inconsistencies. The third study investigated, through documentary research and interviews, the bureaucratic, political and institutional factors that may explain the low quality of RIA in Brazilian agencies. The analysis of the three studies allowed knowing the state of the art on the subject, identifying the weaknesses of RIA in Brazilian regulatory agencies and exploring the explanatory factors of its low quality. As practical contributions, paths were indicated for Brazil to adopt actions, strategies and procedures that qualify RIA and increase the effectiveness of regulation in the country. A research agenda was also proposed that can contribute to the advancement of knowledge on the subject.

The general objective of this thesis was to analyze how social tensions arising from crisis contexts influence the legitimacy of constitutional courts. In this sense, it is argued that the performance of these organizations, when demanded for greater prominence, can erode their authority. This is the case of jurisdiction boundary expansion, which may result in greater social clashes and judgments that weaken the institutional position of these organizations. In moments of crisis, the prominence and the risk of expansion and its dysfunctional consequences increase. This attrition is caused by the conversion of the factual crisis into a discursive crisis. This may require the need for disruption management strategies as an effort to moderate the loss of institutional capital of the court and the game of interactions in the field. The paper, therefore, focuses on constitutional courts as organizations immersed in society, indicating risks associated with the actions taken, the discourses delivered, social support and societal crisis. The specific objectives of this study were developed in Chapters 2 to 5, structured in the form of four individual and interdependent articles, preceded by a general and integrative introduction presented in Chapter 1 and succeeded by Chapter 6, in which the general conclusions and recommendations arising from the research are addressed. Chapter 2, theoretical in nature, characterized constitutional courts as institutionalized organizations and the conditions to their legitimacy. Chapter 3, of theoretical nature, analyzed how social tensions arising from crisis contexts influence the legitimacy of constitutional courts. Chapter 4, empirical in nature, analyzed how jurisdiction boundary expansion influenced the authority of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) in the context of the coronavirus crisis in Brazil in the period from 2020 to 2022. Chapter 5, empirical in nature, investigated how the STF's authority crisis was influenced by moderation mechanisms in the context of the coronavirus crisis in Brazil in the period from 2020 to 2022. Documentary data from legal sources, debates, exhibits, institutional portals, books, and media materials were used. Interviews with representatives of various categories of society actors were also used. The results pointed to: (i) the design of a field of visibility and criticism around the legitimacy of the STF from the identification of three frames: offensive, moderating and defensive and (ii) jurisdiction boundary expansion as an interpretative phenomenon delineated in the field from legal, normative and responsive logics; (iii) legitimacy dissonance as a dysfunction of judicial expansion that, by framing actions and their social repercussions, weakens the authority of the courts through the attrition of institutional capital at the levels of legal actors, legal organization, legal field and legality and; (iv) the management of rupture as a set of strategies to moderate dissonances of legitimacy based on segmented tactics in discursive, symbolic, relational and procedural modalities. The results contribute to the promotion of interdisciplinary dialogue between the fields of law, political science, organizational studies and administration of justice insofar as they deepen issues related to the political-discursive nature of the problem of legitimacy of institutionalized organizations.

The Linear Economy (LE), inherited from the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, has reached its limit due to the depletion of natural resources. In this context, it is still concerning that 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted worldwide each year. Globally, food waste poses challenges for governments, international organizations, and scientists, with negative impacts on the environment and food security. Due to increasing waste rates and the complexity of food supply chains worldwide, the transition of the food supply chain towards a Circular Economy (CE) is essential for a sustainable food system. The CE focuses on the revaluation of waste to be used as materials with added value. It is a sustainable economy recommended by developed countries and is currently being expanded in developing countries. This study aims to analyze food waste mitigation in restaurants and its valorization by NGOs in Brasília (Brazil/South America) and Lomé (Togo/Sub-Saharan Africa) from the perspective of the Circular Economy and Institutional Theory. In this context, a quanti-qualitative study was conducted through the perception of restaurant and NGO actors in both countries. The questionnaires were distributed via social networks and in printed format to the research participants. Data comparison was performed through content analysis and triangulation. It is emphasized that Institutional Theory was proposed as a theoretical lens for the isomorphic convergence of circular practices and provides an in-depth analysis of institutional pressures that can facilitate their implementation. The results indicate the need for a holistic and systemic approach to effective food waste management systems, based on a consolidated theory, including the development of uniform definitions of food loss and waste, as well as accessible and comparable food waste data. However, further consistent research in the field of Circular Economy of food waste in developing countries is still needed. Additionally, actor awareness, collaboration among actors, financial support, and the presence of strong and appropriate institutions at all levels are essential. Furthermore, there was observed limited adoption of CE strategies in restaurants and CE-like waste management practices in NGOs. This study contributes to scientific advancement as it identified research gaps that can guide future studies and public policies in this field. Finally, it is emphasized that this research can still bring economic, social, and environmental benefits, especially in the context of developing countries, considering waste revaluation. Moreover, these gains can serve as discussion points for the implementation of measures that mitigate food waste

Events causing negative economic effects, such as the 2008–2010 financial crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the conflict in Ukraine, have impacted regional economies and sparked interest in both the antecedent conditions that enable the prediction of regional resilience and the mechanisms activated in response to a shock. In this context, this thesis assessed innovation, both beforehand and in reaction to a shock, in the process of regional resilience. A multi-method research was carried out to accomplish this objective, divided into four interdependent studies. Initially, a scope review went through the Scopus and Web of Science databases and analyzed 48 theoretical-empirical papers using the MaxQDA software and a multiple correspondence analysis supported by R Language packages. Later, a logistic regression verified the relationship between pre-shock innovation proxies and the regional resilience of the 101 most populous Brazilian municipalities regarding the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ensuing investigations delved deeper into the mechanisms of reaction to the shock and the contributions of regional actors. The first study is a pilot carried out in the footwear industry cluster of São João Batista, Santa Catarina, with data collected through interviews with a semi-structured script and thematic analysis with thematic saturation. This exploratory-descriptive research has a structural role in the thesis, as it provides the basis for the analysis (sub)categories and conducts the number of participants in the next study. A multiple case study was then performed with the footwear industries of Franca, São Paulo state, and Campina Grande, Paraíba state. In addition to the interviews, this empirical research used secondary data. Furthermore, complementing the thematic analysis, a quantitative content analysis was conducted using the KH Coder software. Taken together, the findings show that there was a narrow view of innovation as a predictor of regional resilience or even a broad view regarding adaptive capacity. They also reveal that pre-shock levels of innovation did not increase the likelihood of resilience in the Brazilian municipalities analyzed, which did not allow the confirmation of the supposed positive association. In addition, a view into the effects of the shock showed that workers, outsourced companies providing parts of the production process and small factories were particularly affected. Specifically in the São João Batista cluster, it also occurred the emigration of skilled workers, informed by real estate rental prices. In the cases analyzed, the reaction included measures of cost containment, status quo preservation, support provision, and incremental innovations. These innovations emerged as an attempt to mitigate the negative effects and provoke economic recovery. However, the response was not symmetrical in the examined cases, demonstrating the occurrence of territory and portfolio effects. These findings have theoretical implications. The thesis shows that innovation is not a sufficient determinant factor of regional resilience, but there are signs of a recursive process between the phenomena, which is a cause of concern for regions in emerging or underdeveloped economies. When a shock happens, the reaction emerges from heterogeneous actions and interactions that oppose the division between moments of absorption and response. In this context, the association proposed is that the adaptability dimension influences resistance and recovery, as well as shapes vulnerability to future events. Moreover, the conclusions of this thesis provide guidelines for developing strategies and public policies to achieve more resilient regions.

The present study aims to understand how the political, ideological and managerial discourse of social entrepreneurship is shaped, in view of the contradictions between the market logic of the business constitution and the logic of solidarity that permeates social actions. Based on a theoretical framework grounded on critical organizational studies, this research, of exploratory nature and qualitative approach, used the theoretical-methodological assertions of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Norman Fairclough to identify the answers to the research objectives in the discursive and social practices of the investigated individuals. In this sense, in-depth interviews were carried out with components of an organization inserted in the social entrepreneurship sector. The corpus of analysis was coded in order to define the categories of analysis: (a) management; (b) neoliberal rationality; (c) conflicts and contradictions; and (d) subjectivity. The categories were also defined in order to collaborate with the achievement of the specific objectives of this research. By means of the theoretical-methodological framework defined for the research, it was possible to carry out a discussion on the way in which the subjectivity of individuals is impacted by the managerial ideology and by the predominance of instrumental and neoliberal rationality. It is concluded that the investigated individuals operate in an organizational field full of contradictions, whose discourse, that promotes social justice, and apparently emancipating, actually opens the way for the reproduction of a hegemonic ideology, centered on the market logic, in which the self-entrepreneurship presents itself as a guiding aspect of individual conduct, including in the sphere of promoting social well-being.

This research aimed to investigate the predictors and its effects on the purchase intention of craft beers from the use of an extended model of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Food-Related Lifestyle (FRL). Variables established as predictors of purchase intention of craft beer were: attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, previous purchase behavior, food involvement, food innovation and food responsibility. The methodological design was a survey with the application of an online questionnaire. Participants are Brazilian consumers, over 18 years old. The research sample had 710 valid cases. In the data analysis, exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques were used. The results show evidence that the variables Attitudes, Past Purchase Behavior and Food Responsibility have a significant effect as predictors of the intention to purchase craft beers and that the relationship between innovation and purchase intention is mediated by attitudes and previous consumption. The model obtained by the study explains 72% of the variance of behavioral intention. The research identified the segmentation of consumers into five groups with different characteristics. Limitations and practical implications of the research were considered in the discussions. Future studies may consider using longitudinal or experimental designs in order to verify the existence of causal relationships. Qualitative studies can also be done based on the results found.

Identifying the factors that influence the consumer's willingness to pay a price premium is an interest of managers and researchers in the field of marketing. This identification makes it possible to increase consumer surplus and, consequently, company results. Studies investigated the impact of the consumer's demographic characteristics, attitudes and psychological processes on this disposition, disregarding the influence of situational variables, such as the reinforcements obtained by the consumer in past experiences. Operant Behavioral Psychology shows that these reinforcements influence subsequent choices, varying in their magnitude and the time they are made available to these consumers. Still, the consumption scenario can signal the magnitude and time in which the reinforcers would be available to the consumer. In this sense, this thesis aims to investigate the impact of the magnitude and delay of reinforcements signaled by the product category and the brand on the consumer's willingness to pay a price premium. The investigation is carried out from three linked experimental studies developed in different consumption scenarios based on the number of available options. Study 1 aimed to investigate the impact of the magnitude and delay of reinforcements signaled by the product category and the brand on the consumer's willingness to pay a price premium in a scenario lacking options for choice. The results obtained motivated the following studies, carried out in scenarios with available options. Study 2 investigated the impact of the magnitude of reinforcements signaled by product category and brand on willingness to pay a price premium, including five categories and three brands for participants to choose from. Study 3 investigated the impact of the magnitude and delay of reinforcements signaled by the brand on the willingness to pay a price premium in two purchase configurations: the first without presenting the average market price of the product category to the participant (repeating the systematic of Studies 1 and 2), and the second with this information being presented. As a whole, this thesis shows that consumers are more willing to pay prices premium for: (1) brands with a greater magnitude of reinforcements in any number of options offered, with a slightly greater willingness to pay in the condition without options; (2) brands with a lower magnitude of reinforcements, provided that the consumer has many options available and a reference to the average market price; and (3) product categories with a lesser magnitude of reinforcements in any number of options offered. Furthermore, (4) consumers are more willing to pay a price premium for the short delay of the reinforcements and (5) less willing to pay for brands with medium magnitude of reinforcements in scenarios with available options, mainly when the delays for receiving the goods are extended. The studies reveal conditions to leverage consumer willingness to pay a price premium for brands, providing greater consumer surplus and improved company performance measures.

The present work aims to analyze the faces of silence that echo over trans existences in the socio-organizational context and how they react in order to combat challenges, impasses and possible transphobias. In order to broaden the scope of the research and break it down into specific practices, specifically, the following specific objectives were outlined: 1) to analyze the discursive constructions of trans people in order to identify signs of silence and transphobia experienced in the social, hetero-cis-normative context, from the standards of gender, sexuality and corporeality; 2) to analyze the discursive constructions of trans people in order to identify signs of silence and transphobia experienced in the context of the institutions of the Family, School, Church and State; 3) to analyze organizational policies and practices that aim to normalize and organize worker behaviors, based on the statements of trans people, in order to identify signs of silence and transphobia; 4) to analyze the statements of trans people about diversity in view of the social responsibility of organizations, in order to identify signs of silence and transphobia; 5) to apprehend how trans people appropriate silence, (re)exist, resist and reinvigorate themselves in the socio-organizational context, in order to combat challenges, impasses and possible transphobic acts. It is assumed that silences and transphobias appear in faces that echo on trans people – cross-dressers, transsexuals and transgender people – with different effects in the hostile and not very inclusive socio-organizational context. However, it is intriguing to know that there is a lack of studies and researchers that focus on the subject. In the research carried out, no broad study was found that established a dialogue between the faces of silence and the transphobias experienced by trans people in the socio-organizational context, exploring issues such as the bundles of power that permeate the hegemonic organizational narratives, in order to understand how trans people react to these imposed challenges. Organizational Studies cannot silence this issue. Therefore, a critical queer and post-structuralist approach was chosen to undo the functional view that regulates behavior and conduct in organizations, in addition to producing truths about excluding perspectives. As the operationalization of the research, a qualitative approach was chosen with 23 in-depth semi-structured interviews, analyzed based on the assumptions of Foucault's discourse analysis, in dialogue with other queer and post-structuralist authors, such as Butler, Louro and Miskolci, among others who dialogue with these issues in the field of Organizational Studies. The participants were chosen according to the construction of the network of voluntary collaboration with the research, through the snowball approach. The research results indicate that there are signs of silences and transphobias experienced by trans people in the social, hetero-cis-normative context, under the influence of Family, School, Church and State institutions, which shape, through devices of power and knowledge, the standards of gender, sexuality and corporeality to be followed; and, in the organizational context, they act from organizational policies and practices that silence trans people at work by denying the difference and not valuing their existence. Thus, the practices of diversity in organizations do not always occur in a way that is embedded in social responsibility, due to the instrumentalization of its social nature. Considering the barriers that are imposed and that prevent the recognition of trans people in the socio-organizational context, silence represented for them the possibility to (re)exist, resist and reinvigorate themselves in this context in order to combat challenges. The passage from silence to voice is also an ally in this struggle for new socio-organizational agendas. In this way, this research contributed to practical, social, cultural, academic and methodological issues gaining new translations in contemporary times. New ways are opened to break the cycle of invisibility and silence around trans people. 

The main result of this study was the proposal and test of a new methodology for the management of investments made with the purpose of generating financial

returns and socio-environmental impact, bringing as a contribution the improvement of allocative efficiency for the management of this asset class by incorporating the benefits of diversification in its analytical tool, a practice already known by traditional portfolio managers, as well as the reduction of risks due to the learning effect. Thus, the objective of the present work was the proposal for a new methodology for impact investment portfolios selection. This methodology investigates ways to use available scientific evidence and it explores the effects resulting from the interdependencies of the combined results generated by each of the investment alternatives. Due to the scarcity of similar studies in the literature and the rare use of rigorous methods for implementing impact investments, this study, therefore, fills a gap to develop the theme of sustainable finance, whose relevance has been gaining importance over the last decades, as well as it illustrates the application of the methodology in order to positively impact management decisions in this area. The methodology developed was based on a multiobjective and multiperiod optimization model to measure the efficient frontier and select the portfolio according to the decision maker’s preferences. In addition, this study investigated a methodology, relying on the use of Bayesian meta-analysis algorithms, for the treatment and consolidation of the social and environmental impact estimates of investments, that were previously obtained by experimental and quasi-experimental methods or assessed by an expert’s opinion. The proposed model was applied in the selection of impact portfolios at the BNDES, using multi-objective genetic algorithms, concluding that, according to the objectives pursued, the institution's effective allocations in the sample period are Pareto efficient. However, the study identified allocative changes that have the potential to maximize the impact on job creation and increase company revenues, dimensions in which robust empirical evidence resulting from BNDES financial support was found.

Individuals' food choices impact the planet and society, but only a portion of consumers is concerned with food-related aspects. Food citizenship emerges when people mobilize to access healthy, sustainable, and fair food. This phenomenon is an exercise of rights and duties regarding the food system, which enables movements and initiatives that mitigate individual concerns about problems from traditional models of food access. The present thesis, composed of three complementary studies presented in the structure of papers, contributes to understanding food citizenship at the individual level, i.e., as consumer behavior. In the Study 1, a measure of food citizenship is developed and tested with Brazilian consumers (n=329), with exploratory factor analysis, adding empirical insights into the studied behavior. In the Study 2, the behavioral change model based on information, motivation, and skills (IMB model) was used to support the search for factors that determine food citizenship in individuals. This exploratory investigation implemented a projective technique with consumers (n=207) previously introduced to the concept of food citizenship. In the Study 3, the same model (IMB model) allowed us to understand the antecedents of the individual's participation in a productive arrangement mobilized by food citizens: the Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA). There were 17 in-depth interviews, which generated a descending hierarchical classification for each of the constructs of interest - information, motivation, and behavioral skills. The results revealed that the factors of Actions and Beliefs (Study 1) compose the food citizenship measure with 15 items. Those factors allowed the investigation of some meaningful relationships, demonstrating the potential of the scale for future research. In addition, we explored the 34 variables (Study 2) that integrate the information, motivations, and behavioral skills determining food citizenship, and the 15 variables (Study 3) that precede the participation of individuals in a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), both within the scope of the three constructs of the IMB model. Theoretically, this research contributes to advancing the understanding of food citizenship at the consumer level and expands the use of the IMB model in the food context. This behavioral change model is promising not only to explain behaviors but also to support intervention proposals. From a managerial and social perspective, there are contributions to public policies and food citizenship movements or initiatives, as the studies increase the understanding of engaging more people in their purposes. Finally, providing an overview of the studies and future paths, two unified models are outlined, and a research agenda with 20 questions to be studied, under six different themes, is presented.

Work engagement is a construct of the organizational behavior field and has been studied by different knowledge fields, including public administration. Work engagement involves a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. It is currently considered one of the most robust predictors of individual performance at work. Low engagement, in turn, is a predictor of illness and turnover in organizations. Assuming the premise of the work engagement concept relevance in the public context, this thesis was motivated by two research questions: what influences civil servants' work engagement in public organizations? And how is it possible to increase the civil servants' work engagement in these organizations? To answer them, four objectives were defined: i. explore the theme of work engagement through an analysis of national production to understand the Brazilian context state of the art, especially in the public sector; ii. to identify the variables that affect the work engagement of Brazilian federal civil servants, based on the perception of specialists and the civil servant’s life stories; iii. identify possibilities of work engagement intervention - considering the literature findings and listening to specialists and civil servants; and iv. running experiment to verify the work engagement interventions effect. To achieve the objectives, the thesis was built by articles, being one theoretical, two qualitative studies, and an experiment, using as research methods, respectively, systematic review, focus groups, life stories, cognitive mappings, and vignettes. The thesis mapped the Brazilian state of the art in studies and highlighted relevant gaps to be filled; confirmed the relevant antecedent’s presence in the scientific production and mapped specific variables of the Brazilian context, such as the continuity of projects; tested the Job Demands-Resources (JDR) model in the Brazilian public sector context, highlighting important hindrance demands and resources in the work engagement and disengagement cycles. In addition, the thesis proposed a set of managerial interventions aimed at increasing work engagement, such as, for example, reducing investment in individual performance appraisal and expanding the emphasis on measuring project results and using it as a criterion for promotion in the public sector. The studies thesis results also allowed the formulation of a broad research agenda to be developed in the national context.

The objective of this thesis is to analyze how the mobilization dynamics and exploration of resources performed by advocacy coalitions and its stakeholders affected the political process of the national green agenda subsystem in the period between 2012 and 2021. In order to achieve this objective, a qualitative research has been carried out, whose investigation strategy was the case study of Brazilian green agenda subsystem, which includes flora and fauna protection and biodiversity conservation. The data were collected by means of documents and interviews. In total, 41 stenographic reports from public hearings of National Congress between 2012 and 2021 were coded and analyzed, in addition to general reports, media articles, laws, regulatory decrees, ordinances, draft bills and their remarks regarding the green agenda. The interviews were carried out with 17 key players from the Brazilian green agenda subsystem. The data were analyzed via content analysis. The theoretical models that supported the study were the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and stakeholders analysis. The results depicts that 143 organizational stakeholders actively participated of the political process of the subsystem, the majority classified as discretionary stakeholders, behaving as contributors and legitimizing actors. Definitive stakeholders are the most influential under the subsystem and act as agenda definers, regulators and/or controllers. The four subsystem’s defense advocacy coalitions – enlightened technocrats, social environmentalists, modern developmental actors, traditional developmental actors – dispute these stakeholders. The coalitions with the most definitive stakeholders achieved dominion under the subsystem. In phase 1 (Dilma administration), the subsystem dominion was divided between social environmentalists and modern developmental actors. In phase 2 (Michel Temer administration), the modern developmental actors take control. In phase 3 (Jair Bolsonaro administration), the traditional developmental actors are the dominant advocacy coalition. Formal legal authority was identified as the most important resource of the subsystem. The coalitions mobilized the remained subsystem’s resources in order to influence the stakeholders in possession of formal legal authority. All resources proposed by ACF were used by advocacy coalitions and three new were identified on research: judicialization, media and international community support. Different strategies were applied by advocacy coalitions of the subsystem to influence the political process by means of resources. Political resources were mobilized collectively by coalitions, usually to access a resource it was necessary to use others resources in the subsystem.