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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286837.v1
title: CODES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: ANALYSIS OF UN PRACTICES

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: For the stability of the organizational environment, corporate governance has become an indispensable condition. By adopting corporate governance codes, companies seek to compete differently in the market, valuing transparency as a guiding principle of relationships established in the various business segments. This article aims to compare the characteristics of corporate governance codes adopted by Latin American countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, through the set of practices recommended by the UN. Originality/value: The article studies the adoption of corporate governance codes adopted by Latin American countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. Design/methodology/approach: This is a qualitative and quantitative descriptive study. The data were analyzed in-depth using content analysis techniques and complemented by hierarchical cluster analysis, with the Ward method, using the Jaccard and the Russell and Rao methods. Findings: It was found that the corporate governance codes issued by Brazil, Colombia and Argentina converge with the UN guide. While the corporate governance code issued by Peru partially converges. The observed convergence suggests a concern with the demands of international investors. Finally, it was found that the corporate governance codes issued by Chile and Mexico have low convergence with the UN guide. This represents the lowest level of convergence between the countries investigated, indicating a greater concern with the local context than with international standards.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286836.v1
title: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION OF FAST FASHION ON IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION ON INSTAGRAM

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The objective of this investigation is to analyze the influence of the conspicuous consumption of fast fashion products on Instagram on the identity construction process of female fashion consumers. Originality/value: Filling a gap in the literature relating to conspicuous consumption and identity construction, this investigation analyzes the consumption dynamics, investigating relevant phenomena on a current and relevant online social network: Instagram; and explaining, in an analysis by categories, the continued dissatisfaction of consumers with the goods that drive and determine the dynamics of fast fashion consumption. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology was qualitative, triangulating data from participant observation, interviews, and online focus groups. Eleven women were interviewed, and three focus group sessions were conducted, with a total of sixteen participants. The data were analyzed through content analysis with categories before and subcategories that emerged afterwards. Findings: The findings show the conspicuous consumption of fast fashion products on Instagram as creators of sense, self-concept, and self-image, following and demonstrating the lifestyle of consumers. The satisfaction resulting from people’s approval, the goods used for compliance in social groups, and the continued dissatisfaction with their possession are observed, which drives fast fashion consumption. The constructed identities are presented as contextual, fluid, and fragmented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286834.v1
title: SATISFACTION IN RETIREMENT: A COMPARISON BETWEEN BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The objective of this study was to verify the difference in levels of satisfaction among retirees residing in Brazil and Portugal. Originality/value: The world aging process creates challenges in the sense of providing well-being for those who have decided to retire, considering the importance of this moment in people’s lives. Despite this, there are many gaps in studies on well-being in retirement, especially cross-cultural studies. Design/methodology/approach: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study involving 1,441 retirees, 997 Brazilians and 444 Portuguese, who responded to the Retirement Satisfaction Inventory (RSI) and sociodemographic issues. For the analyses of the data, we performed multi-group confirmatory factor analyses, internal consistency and validity analyses, invariance verification and comparison of latent means of the instrument factors between the two countries. Findings: The results pointed to a consistent instrument structure for the two countries, which made it possible to compare them. There were no significant differences between countries in the factors related to satisfaction with individual resources and social relationships. However, in the third factor of the instrument - satisfaction with collective resources - the participants in Portugal presented a mean significantly higher than the Brazilian participants. At the end, the conclusion of the measure of satisfaction in retirement is concluded, and the differences in public service offerings between Brazil and Portugal are discussed, pointing to the specific needs of the retired population.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286833.v1
title: LEARNING, STRATEGIZING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES IN THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM A DYNAMIC CAPABILITY PERSPECTIVE

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: To understand how learning, the constituent elements of strategizing and organizational routines act in the process of product development, from the perspective of dynamic capabilities (DC), in a company of the food sector. Originality/value: To the extent that the learning-practice-routine trinomial is addressed, the results of this research present new and enlightening insights for the understanding of how dynamic capabilities are developed. Additionally, by considering the role of practitioners in the constitution of routines and by identifying how they relate to practices and praxis, evidence advance knowledge on the subject. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative approach through the selection of a company that has worked overtime in the development of new products. The data were collected through non-participant observation, documentary analysis, and narrative interview. Data analysis occurred through narrative analysis. Findings: Through the appropriation of practices and the institutionalization of praxis, the strategic routines are enacted by practitioners, who accumulate and generate learning capable of developing DC. Thus, the learning-practice-routine trinomial allows to reveal how the DC are developed. In addition, the important role that practitioners play in this process was evidenced in the sense that, without them, routines are not enacted and, consequently, there is no development of DC.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286830.v1
title: THE EFFECT OF REWARD STRATEGIES ON THE SUCCESS OF CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of reward strategies on the success of crowdfunding campaigns. Originality/value: The study contributed to the knowledge of crowdfunding reward strategies. Through a comparative analysis approach, the study demonstrated differences in the effect of tangible, symbolic and collective rewards on the success of crowdfunding campaigns. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs the approach of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to analyze the CF campaigns of catarse.me, a Brazilian crowdfunding platform. Findings: Tangible rewards, such as something special and purchase me, have a positive effect on the success of crowdfunding campaigns. Symbolic and collective rewards, such as collectible tokens, pursuit of pleasure, and top it up, cannot replace the material incentives of tangible rewards. The main findings show the opportunities for combinations of reward strategies on collective fundraising. Based on the study, entrepreneurs are able to plan a reward strategy for crowdfunding campaigns. Results are applicable to reward-based crowdfunding and cannot be generalized to other platforms around the world.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286828.v1
title: GROUNDED THEORY: THE STEP-BY-STEP AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN PRACTICE

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This article aims to explore how the grounded theory (GT) was used in empirical research in the area of Organizational Studies. GT is a research strategy widely used in Business Administration studies both nationally and internationally. However, studies have little to do with how this research strategy is applied in practice and how researchers deal with difficulties that arise during the research process. Originality/value: This article presents how methodological issues not provided for in the research design proposed by the GT were overcome during the data collection and analysis phases. Design/methodology/approach: The article is based on research that aimed to understand the aging of executive women. In this article, the main codes, categories, and subcategories that emerged during the develop ment of the field research were exposed. In addition, we present the pro gress of theoretical sampling and the use of specific GT techniques, such as the flip-flop technique and the progress of the research question. Findings: As a practical implication, the article contributes to researchers who intend to use the GT, insofar they can take the step by step of using the method, as well as anticipating possible difficulties to be faced in the design of the research.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286825.v1
title: HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: CONNECTING THE CONSTRUCTS IN A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This article aims to describe and analyze the relationship between human resources practices and organizational commitment in a large public urban sanitation company. Originality/value: It has been found that most human resources practices significantly influence organizational commitment, showing that the affective and normative commitment is the most affected and, on a weaker scale, there is the continuance commitment. Design/methodology/approach: The survey was conducted with 349 employees whose formulated hypotheses were verified by multiple regression. Findings: The results indicated a predominance of affective commitment of employees, greater agreement with the practice of human resources associated with benefits and disagreement with the career planning regarding the policies related to the internal selection process, self-development, compensation policy and the promotion process. The multiple regression analysis allowed to confirm the hypotheses postulated, revealing a more significant positive relationship between human resources practices with the types of affective and normative commitment when compared to the continuance commitment. Organizational commitment of the affective type proved to be positively influenced by the human resources practices associated with career planning and benefits, while the commitment of the normative type was positively more induced by the human resources practice related to training and development. Despite the fact that the article revealed results that contribute to the academy, future research must be carried out to improve the relationship between the constructs treated in this study.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286824.v1
title: COGNITIVE CONFLICT IN STRATEGIC DECISION OF MANAGEMENT TEAMS IN SMALL ENTERPRISES

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The objective of this article is to explain how cognitive conflict happens and what are its contributions to the decision-making processes of management teams in small enterprises (SE). Originality/value: Although SEs are important and numerous, the cognitive conflict in their management team and the strategic decision making of this team are understudied. This article helps to feel this gap with contributions and implications which are helpful for research and practice related to those themes. Design/methodology/approach: The descriptive methodological approach was adopted based on qualitative methods and multicase study (Eisenhardt, 1989). Data were collected with interviews and analyzed within and cross-case procedures, according to Miles and Huberman’s (1994) recommendations. Four cases of SE were studied. Findings: The strategic decision processes were considerably determined by cognitive conflicts. Such conflicts questioned decision possibilities and highlighted aspects related to intuition and improvisation, both normally useful and present in the strategic decision processes of SE. Cognitive conflict inhibits improvisation because its occurrence creates useful questionings in decision making preparation. Those questionings generated deepness in discussion and analysis for decision making in the studied SEs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286822.v1
title: INNOVATION CULTURE AND LEARNING: THE PROGRAM CLUBE DOS APAIXONADOS POR DESAFIOS (CHALLENGE LOVERS CLUB)

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The study analyzes the occurrence of learning through experience and the development of collective skills as a result of a program aimed to build a culture of innovation. Originality/value: The study contributes to the theoretical discussion about innovation as a social process of experiential learning. From the practical point of view, it shows that the deliberate application of a method and a process in the construction of the innovation culture stimulates the learning of individual and collective abilities favorable to innovation, as well as behavioral and organizational changes. Design/methodology/approach: Participant observation was used to compile the report, and an ex post facto survey based on in-depth interviews was used to evaluate the results. The analysis was based on the phenomenological semiotics with the support of Atlas.Ti® software in the process of description, reduction and interpretation, to apprehend the awareness of the subjects’ experience. Findings: The following results were obtained: 1. the occurrence of collective learning by the construction of solutions based on the combination of ideas of subjects with different perspectives and abilities, and by the deliberate application of a method and a process; 2. building a new collective sense for innovation, as a constantly moving realization, requiring concrete behavioral changes, and a new look at reality. The study also pointed out that the theoretical approach that considers innovation as a social process of experiential learning contributes to the understanding of how the construction of the innovation culture takes place, and that this is part of the process of building innovation itself.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286821.v1
title: SALES CAPABILITY AND PERFORMANCE: ROLE OF MARKET ORIENTATION, PERSONAL AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This article aims to explain the relationships between sales capabilities, which are split into personal selling and sales force management, both from the manager’s point of view, and financial/customer performance in market-oriented firms. Originality/value: This research is the first that explores in-depth sales capabilities and demonstrated that these capabilities need a previous strategic orientation. It checks different types of performance that can be the result of these two capabilities. We applied the research in to two types of companies, providing a number of contributions to the theory and practice of marketing. Design/methodology/approach: We conducted a survey with 223 companies that were divided according to their activities: software/service developers and companies that only offer services in information technology and communication sector. Findings: First, the two sales capabilities (personal and managerial) induce different performance, even when they are influenced by the same strategic orientation. Second, the mediation effect reinforces that sales force management capability is stronger than personal selling capability. Third, in service companies, it is important to develop personal selling capabilities. Lastly, they show that software/service companies present a differentiated behavior of service companies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286819.v1
title: INFLUENCE OF CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SLACK TIME ON PROCESS INNOVATION

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: This study analyzes the influence of the interactive and the diagnostic use of Management Control Systems (MCS) and slack time on process innovation in incubated companies. Originality/value: Organizational characteristics are associated with processes innovation in organizations with contemporary configuration. The study brings evidence to the contrasting findings of the MCS literature with slack time and process innovation. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted with managers of companies listed on websites of incubators associated with the Associação Nacional de Entidades Promotoras de Empreendimentos Inovadores (National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises), obtaining a sample of 106 valid responses. To analyze the data, the Structural Equation Modeling technique was applied to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicated that the interactive use of MCS promotes slack time at work, and the diagnostic use inhibits its creation. However, slack time was not significantly associated with processes innovation, which reveals a dysfunctional role of the slack. The interactive use of MCS had a significant influence on processes innovation. It is concluded that the interactive use prevails when the purpose is to promote processes innovation, as it favors contacts between different hierarchical levels and learning, while the diagnostic use highlights its relevance by inhibiting the creation of slack time, understood as a dysfunction for not leading to processes innovation. This denotes that the interactive and the diagnostic use of MCS are complementary in incubated companies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286816.v1
title: CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SCALE FOR THE B2C MARKET: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The objectives of this study were to validate the Customer Relationship Management Scale (CRMS) in France, and to compare the French model to both Brazilian and American ones. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: Based on the premise that scientific measurement instruments may be used to reflect customers' perception about the organization actions and effectiveness, it is important to validate a scale within a multidimensional cultural context. Therefore, the applicability of the instrument shall be possible in different contexts, longitudinally, with diverse subjects, thus providing external validity and generalization. Key methodological aspects: This is a descriptive, instrumental, quantitative, cross-sectional survey where we used the Customer Relationship Management Scale (CRMS). The sampling method was non-probabilistic convenience and the total of answered questionnaires added up to 454. We carried out a quantitative research through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Summary of key results: The results obtained in the analyses allow us to conclude that the relation between clients and companies is really two-dimensional and it involves two distinct factors, namely Loyalty and Customer Service. The scale validated in Brazil and in the United States remained stable, in terms of validity (quality of items) and reliability, when validated in a distinct context, that is, France. This makes its application in French organizations possible, improving its external validity and generalization. Key considerations/conclusions: The main objective of this study was reached and an instrument to assess what aspects French customers rank as relevant regarding CRM was produced showing theoretical consistency, reliability and construct validity as well.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286813.v1
title: THE FORECASTING POWER OF INTERNET SEARCH QUERIES IN THE BRAZILIAN FINANCIAL MARKET

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze the predictability of Google's search queries in the Brazilian financial market. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: Despite a growing foreign literature using Google's search query data, there is no acknowledgement of work on this area in Brazil. An application to the Brazilian financial market shows new sources of information about market movements and may contribute to researchers and practitioners to understand how changes in specific search queries affect the market. Key methodological aspects: Following previous studies, we estimate VAR models and Granger causality tests to investigate the effects over three variables in both stock and fixed income markets: traded volume, return and volatility. Following this procedure, we verify both the hypothesis of financial variables being affected by search queries, as well as the opposite relationship. Weekly data from Google's search queries and financial markets was gathered for the period between 2007 and 2014. Summary of key results: The existence of a predictive effect between search query data and financial variables, particularly in the stock market, is evident. However, this result was not robust in all cases studied. It is noteworthy that, for the inverse relationship, i.e. financial market impacting search queries on Google, strong evidence of a causal relationship has been found. A trading strategy based on this type of data yielded higher returns than the defined benchmarks. Key considerations/conclusions: A significant relationship between Google's search query data and the financial market has been discovered. Results provide a new source of information that affects the Brazilian financial market.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14286812.v1
title: PAYROLL LOANS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AGGREGATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY (2004-2014)

description: ABSTRACT Purpose: Identify the relationship between the granting of payroll loans and macroeconomic aggregates, from 2004 to 2014, through an analysis of the influence of this type of credit on the aggregate economic activity in Brazil. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: Payroll loans are very representative in the Brazilian credit market, and the discussion on this topic is very extensive, because it is directly linked to the economic growth of a country. However, there is a gap in the literature on this subject, since most studies stress behavioral finances, or the legal aspects of contracts, and also because this type of credit is recent in the Brazilian economy. Key methodological aspects: This is quantitative approach performed through the estimation of the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), which enabled the computation of impulse-response functions, the variance decomposition and the Granger causality test. Summary of key results: The results indicate that the granting of payroll loans causes an increase on macroeconomic aggregates in the short term, but over longer periods of time this increase tends to be eliminated. Key considerations/conclusions: The granting of payroll loans influences the behavior of the economic activity. However, despite the fact that its concession provides leverage in the short term, this growth is not sustainable in the long-term. In this scenario, there is exponential growth in household consumption over the past decade; however, the industry productivity and the investments did not follow this evolution. It is inferred from this that the current growth model generates expansion, but its effects are limited.