Purpose – The objective of this research was to statistically compare employee’s use of sources of guidance (SOGs) at work in the United States and Brazil and discuss results in the light of differences concerning national cultural characteristics. Method – 220 employees from a Brazilian university and 166 employees from an American university filled out a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Pearson correlation tests (r) and Student t tests were run in order to investigate statistically significant differences between the two samples, which were discussed in the light of national cultural characteristics.Main results – Americans presented significant higher means than Brazilians on Informal Rules and People Outside Organization, and Brazilians presented significant higher mean than Americans on Formal Rules and Procedures. The discussion showed that some of these differences are compatible with national culture characteristics.Relevance/Originality – Recognizing the importance and the role of national cultures on individual’s attitudes and behavior within the organizational environment is fundamental in the search for effective and contextualized management practices.Theoretical/methodological contributions – Up until 2020, only 12 theoretical-empirical studies about SOGs were developed. Hence, the present study theoretically and empirically contributes to knowledge about this very important work-related construct.Social/management contributions – The results suggest to managers, human resource professionals, and psychologists important differences in the attitudes of American and Brazilian employees with respect to the use of sources of guidance at work, contributing, for instance, to recruitment and selection processes in multinationals.
The objective of this research was to test statistically significant correlations between personal values and employee’s use of sources of guidance when dealing with different events at work, comparing the United States and Brazil. 220 employees from a Brazilian university and 166 employees from an American university filled out a paper-and-pencil questionnaire comprised of two previously-validated scales. Based on the theoretical review, 8 hypotheses were raised to be empirically tested. The findings have practical implications for administrators and human resource professionals, who can benefit from knowledge about correlations between the constructs, especially when it comes to recruiting and selecting processes. Although the research was restricted to analyzing correlations, it elaborated a robust ground for future causality investigations and shed light on the importance of investigating specificities of work-related constructs in different nations, aiming at effective and contextualized management practices in times of raising globalization and internationalization.
Este artigo relata a experiência inédita de oferta de uma disciplina lecionada exclusivamente em inglês para graduandos da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, campus Montes Claros. Focalizam-se o contexto da criação da disciplina, os aspectos mais relevantes da construção dela e as principais reflexões geradas a partir da experiência. A primeira oferta da disciplina contou com dezessete estudantes, e a segunda com vinte e dois matriculados. Concluíram o curso, respectivamente, sete e doze acadêmicos. Estudantes relataram, por um lado, dificuldades de cursar uma disciplina em idioma estrangeiro e, por outro lado, satisfação de concluir o curso e de exercitar habilidades na língua inglesa. Embora seja prematuro avaliar as repercussões da oferta da disciplina para a internacionalização do ensino no campus, pode-se afirmar que ela possibilitou uma oportunidade válida tanto para aqueles estudantes que não têm a oportunidade de ir ao exterior quanto para os que desejam se preparar para tal experiência.
O presente trabalho pretendeu analisar as bibliometrias da área de gestão de pessoas, identificando elementos como demografia, temáticas, relações sociais e metodologia, verificar os resultados dos artigos considerados pelas respectivas bibliometrias, bem como oferecer uma agenda de pesquisa para investigações futuras. O estudo se baseou na aplicação do método bibliométrico a bibliometrias publicadas pelas revistas nacionais com estrato Qualis/CAPES superior ou igual a B2 da área de administração. Constitui-se, portanto, um estudo original no sentido de ter realizado uma bibliometria de bibliometrias. Os resultados apontaram uma maior concentração das temáticas Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho, Gestão de Pessoas, Gestão de Recursos Humanos e Políticas de Gestão de Pessoas. Outrossim, por meio da verificação da sociometria das palavras-chave dos artigos, revelou-se uma aproximação das nomenclaturas de Gestão de Pessoas e Recursos Humanos.
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