Banca de DEFESA: Leonardo Ferreira de Oliveira

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : Leonardo Ferreira de Oliveira
DATA : 29/09/2023
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: PPGA
TÍTULO:

ESSAYS ON INNOVATION CAPACITY IN COURTS

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

 Innovation Capacity; Justice Innovations; Judiciary; Courts; Public Sector

PÁGINAS: 110
RESUMO:

This research aims to identify and measure the main factors associated with innovation capacity in courts. Innovation is a topic that has grown a lot within the public sector, including the Judiciary branch, with the interest of academics and public managers for its potential to respond to the several challenges of today’s society. The quest for increasing efficiency and effectiveness has driven the development and adoption of innovations in courts, which, given their influence on the social and economic development of countries, constitute a subject of great relevance. However, there is a lack of studies that address the innovation capacity in courts. Aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the theme and to fill in this research gap, the studies of this dissertation were developed. Thus, Chapters 2, 3 and 4 respond to specific objectives of the thesis, while chapters 1 and 5 deal, respectively, with the introduction and conclusions and recommendations of the research. Chapter 2 brings the systematization of recent scientific literature, an explanatory theoretical framework was proposed regarding the main factors associated with the innovation capacity in courts, namely: Leadership, Team Behavior, Collaboration, Organizational Resources, Knowledge Management, and Information Technology. Supported by the discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of the framework, six propositions are stated to be tested with empirical research. Chapter 3 makes use of qualitative and quantitative methods, including in-depth interviews with 17 judges and 13 court employees of the Brazilian Judiciary. Using content analysis, the collected data were investigated, corroborating the study carried out in Chapter 2 and revealing a protagonism of some of the factors in enable innovation capacity in courts, namely: Leadership and Team Behavior. The findings of Chapter 3 reinforce that it is critical to innovation capacity in courts to have people trained in innovation methods and techniques, with the availability of time, engagement, and participating both in the team and in the leadership positions. It also emerges as critical to reconcile these factors with the collaboration of key actors, having support in other factors that can be seen as secondary: Organizational Resources, Knowledge Management, and Information Technology. Chapter 4 also uses qualitative and quantitative methods to build the innovation capacity measurement scale in courts. The initial scale items were validated with the assistance of 11 judges and court employees, experts in the subject, who fulfilled the role of evaluators regarding the clarity of language, the practical pertinence, and the theoretical relevance of those items. Data analysis relied on the use of the Content Validity Coefficient. Then, data collection was made resulting in 354 questionnaires answered by the research participants, being 62 judges and 292 officials of the Brazilian Judiciary. Data analysis procedures were performed using Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling. The study finds that the main factors that push innovation in courts can be summarized in four factors with high interdependence between them: Leadership, Team Engagement, Collaboration, and Information and Knowledge Management. The factors Leadership and Team Engagement emerged as of greater influence on the perception of the innovation capacity in courts regarding, respectively, the team unit and the organization. Thus, considering the set of studies, seen here as synergistic and complementary essays on innovation capacity in courts, it was possible to deepen the research gap within the current context of Brazilian Judiciary. It is hoped that this work can assist in filling the gap in the scientific field and that its findings can contribute to future studies and improvements in court management practices.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Externo à Instituição - FABRICIO CASTAGNA LUNARDI - ENFAM
Interna - 404984 - GARDENIA DA SILVA ABBAD
Interno - 1206020 - LUCIANO ROSSONI
Externo à Instituição - MARCOS DE MORAES SOUSA - IFB-GO
Presidente - 3202199 - TOMAS DE AQUINO GUIMARAES