Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-07-10T12:45:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Daniel Baioto_.pdf: 4256796 bytes, checksum: bed6c612cd2553bf4f5bd4740bd1a02e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-10T12:45:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Daniel Baioto_.pdf: 4256796 bytes, checksum: bed6c612cd2553bf4f5bd4740bd1a02e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-19 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / FAPERGS - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul / Ao pensarmos a contemporaneidade, identificamos um ambiente complexo com múltiplas formas de organização da vida em sociedade, bem como evidências de um processo de transição de paradigmas ainda não compreendidos na sua totalidade. Neste sentido, utilizamos Edgar Morin como referência analítica do contexto de transição. Reconhecemos que no campo da economia, também há necessidade de análises que demonstrem esta complexidade, pois os paradigmas da economia moderna têm demonstrado limites interpretativos e, por consequência, problemas socioeconômicos e ambientais. Esta perspectiva possibilita análises mais complexas e plurais sobre o conceito de economia. Desenvolvemos nossas percepções sobre este campo com base em Karl Polanyi e Amartya Sen, que demonstram formas de economia mais plurais e sustentáveis. Neste campo de análise, identificamos o cooperativismo como uma dimensão mais substantiva de organização socioeconômica de trabalho – um modelo mais adequado às necessidades da economia contemporânea. Na gestão do empreendimento cooperativo, as dimensões social e econômica estão diretamente correlacionadas, por se tratar de um modelo de organização voltado à melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas. Nesta pesquisa, objetivamos investigar a importância da Educação Cooperativa como forma de gerar um capital social específico deste modelo de organização, como indicador de resultado de um modelo de gestão cooperativista. Este indicador estaria relacionado a uma forma de eficiência que incorpora tanto elementos sociais como econômicos na análise de indicadores de resultado. Delimitamos como estudo de caso as experiências de projetos voltadas ao fomento da cultura cooperativista desenvolvidos pela cooperativa de crédito Sicredi Pioneira. A metodologia desenvolvida incorporou um conjunto de procedimentos relacionados a evidenciar a influência da cooperativa no fomento da educação cooperativista e geração de um capital social específico do cooperativismo, e a evidenciar referências de indicadores que demonstram uma eficiência voltada à proposta cooperativista. Neste sentido, trabalhamos com estudo de caso da cooperativa referenciada, entrevistas, diário de campo, análise sócio-histórica e, em profundidade, as ações relacionadas diretamente ao fomento de uma cultura cooperativista na comunidade. Os resultados desta pesquisa demonstraram que o investimento na educação cooperativista representa um indicador importante para evidenciar uma eficiência cooperativista, e que as ações desenvolvidas pela cooperativa em educação cooperativista têm atuado como fonte de um capital social na comunidade onde atua – no caso, a cidade de Nova Petrópolis. Entendemos que a pesquisa apresentada respalda a necessidade de construção de indicadores de resultados na análise de gestão de cooperativas que incorporem o fomento à cultura cooperativista como fator estratégico para a sustentabilidade deste modelo de organização. / When thinking of contemporaneity, we identify a complex environment with multiple forms of organizing life in society, as well as evidence of the transition of paradigms, which have not yet been understood in their totality. In this regard, we use Edgar Morin as analytic reference of the context of transition. In the field of economy, there is demand for analysis which takes in account this complexity, as the paradigms of modern economy have shown interpretative limitations and in consequence socioeconomic and environmental problems. This perspective allows more complex and plural analysis about the concept of economy. We develop out perceptions in this field based on Karl Polanyi and Amartya Sen who show more complex and plural forms of economy. In this field of analysis, we identify cooperativism as a more substantive socioeconomic work organization – a more adequate model for the needs of contemporary economy. In the management of cooperative entrepreneurship, the social and economic dimensions are directly correlated, as the model focuses on the improvement of life quality of people. In this research, we aim to investigate the importance of the social capital, which is specific for this organization model, as performance indicator of a cooperative management model. This indicator would be related to a form of efficiency which incorporates social and economic elements in the performance indicator analysis. The case study is delimited to the experience in projects focused on promoting the cooperative culture by the credit cooperative Sicredi Pioneira. The methodology developed incorporates a bundle of procedures in order to emphasize the impact of the cooperative in the promotion of a cooperativism specific social capital and the indicator references which demonstrate an efficiency focused on the cooperative proposal. In this context, we work with a case study of the cooperative previously mentioned, interviews, field diary, sociohistorical analysis and the actions directly related to the promotion of a cooperative culture in the community. The results of this research show that the cooperative social capital represents an important indicator to emphasize the cooperative efficiency and that the actions taken by the cooperative have served as a source of that social capital in the community of the municipality of Nova Petrópolis. We understand that the present research supports the necessity of developing performance indicators in the analysis of cooperative management which incorporate the promotion of a cooperative culture as a strategic factor for this organization model.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-03-17T11:53:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Edineide Maria de Oliveira.pdf: 2256459 bytes, checksum: 72ab25ab8df88985fe1738ff9618b3f4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-17T11:53:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edineide Maria de Oliveira.pdf: 2256459 bytes, checksum: 72ab25ab8df88985fe1738ff9618b3f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-13 / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / This thesis studied the possible relationship between social and human capital specifically on the graduating students of management, who were employed by the time of the research, but seeking a better qualification for the labor market. The main objective was to verify the possible relationship between social and human capital of those students. For this reason, to assist in this research, the specific objectives consisted in presenting, interpreting and also discussing two human capital indicators (education and experience);as well as the students' responses about social capital; the possible relationship between human capital and social capital of the students. So that, the achievement of the objectives was through quantitative methodology, which was applied a question narrate complement a qualitative methodology was also performed by ten interviews with graduating students of business school. Therefore, the problem of this study was based on checking the composition of the capital, in 2015 and 2016, of employed students and based on this, there was confirmation of the hypothesis, almost entirely, showing that most students have a network of virtual relationships only in the recreational part with attitudes of trust and reciprocity on that. So that it was proved that the student has a network of virtual and personal relationships that allow them to show their human capital. According to the authors Coleman, Putnam, Bourdieu and Schultz, there was proved a relationship between social and human capital of students based on the questions and interviews / Esta tese de doutorado estudou as possíveis relações entre o capital social e o capital humano, especificamente dos alunos concluintes do curso de Administração, empregados no momento da pesquisa que buscam melhor qualificação para o mercado de trabalho. O objetivo geral foi verificar as possíveis relações entre o capital social e o capital humano desses alunos. Os objetivos específicos consistiram em apresentar, interpretar e discutir dois indicadores de capital humano (experiência e educação); as respostas dos alunos acerca do capital social; as possíveis relações entre capital humano e capital social dos estudantes. A concretização dos objetivos se deu por meio da metodologia quantitativa, em que se aplicou um questionário e uma pesquisa exploratória. A metodologia qualitativa foi realizada por meio de dez entrevistas. A problemática deste estudo baseou-se em verificar a composição do capital social, em 2015 e 2016, dos alunos trabalhadores e suas respectivas relações, houve a confirmação das hipóteses, quase na totalidade, em que a maioria dos alunos tem uma rede de relacionamentos virtuais, somente na parte recreativa, e tem atitudes de confiança e reciprocidade. O aluno tem uma rede de relacionamentos virtuais e pessoais que lhe proporciona mostrar o seu capital humano. Conforme os autores Coleman, Putnam, Bourdieu e Schultz, houve relação entre o capital social e o capital humano dos alunos nas questões e entrevistas realizadas

Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-12-04T11:18:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaudiaRibeiroDissertacao2018.pdf: 3150410 bytes, checksum: a195b760fbdf3212b3d459a5d747bfb1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2018-12-04T11:18:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaudiaRibeiroDissertacao2018.pdf: 3150410 bytes, checksum: a195b760fbdf3212b3d459a5d747bfb1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-04T11:18:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaudiaRibeiroDissertacao2018.pdf: 3150410 bytes, checksum: a195b760fbdf3212b3d459a5d747bfb1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-21 / This researsh problematizes as possibilities of social capital and empowerment of women who are fragile and in a situation of social vulnerability through workshops of leisure contemplating the physical-sports, manual, artistic, virtual, virtual and tourist contents. It aims to investigate the relationship between social capital and empowerment of participants in the Women Project of the Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology - Campus Ilhéus. Empowerment and social capital intended in the study as actions that promote and impel groups and communities for growth, autonomy and improvement in life through social organization, with the formation of social networks, reciprocity, trust, sense of merit, participation and practical virtues that facilitate coordination and participation for the exercise, the leisure workshops of the women associated with the project. / Este trabalho problematiza as possibilidades de aumento de capital social e de empoderamento de mulheres fragilizadas e em situação de vulnerabilidade social através de oficinas de lazer contemplando os conteúdos físico-esportivo, manual, artístico, intelectual, virtual e turístico. Tem como objetivo investigar a relação existente entre capital social e empoderamento das participantes do Projeto “Mulheres Mil” do Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia – Campus Ilhéus. O empoderamento e capital social entendidos nesse estudo como ações que promovam e impulsionem grupos e comunidades para o crescimento, autonomia e melhora progressiva na vida através de organização social, com formação de redes sociais, reciprocidade, confiança, senso de merecimento e pertencimento, competência percebida e comportamentos virtuosos que facilitem a coordenação e cooperação para benefício mútuo, aplicados às oficinas de lazer das mulheres pertencentes ao projeto.

Esta tese refere-se à problemática das transições políticas de regimes militares para democracias articulada com a cultura política. Busca-se, com isso, verificar nos contextos de Brasil e Argentina, as diferenças nas percepções dos cidadãos em termos de confiança nos militares, avaliação da situação dos seus governos, interesse por política, preferência pelo regime democrático, satisfação com a democracia, opinião sobre o voto e capital social, plasmado pela confiança interpessoal e institucional. Estas diferenças poderiam ser provenientes de dois o poder de mobilização que os indivíduos possuem em relação a um grupo. É um eguido individualmente porgentina o processo foi mais abrupto, com um fracasso mais evidente dos militares, que saíram de cena completamente derrotados (O’DONNELL e SCHMITTER, 1988). Busca-se examinar, assim, se uma transição gradual e negociada, como a brasileira, gera vínculos e predisposições mais fracos dos cidadãos em relação à democracia, ou seja, uma menor qualidade democrática de um ponto de vista maximalista (DIAMOND e MORLINO, 2004), além de menores índices de capital social, em contraponto com o caso argentino, em que o apelo democrático tenderia a ser maior pelo fato de a ditadura ter saído de cena com uma imagem mais clara de fracasso político. Para verificar tais impactos na prática, serão utilizados dados do Latinobarómetro de 1995, 2000, 2005 e 2010- eventualmente complementados por dados do World Values Survey de 1990- analisando as diferenças em termos de cultura política e capital social nos dois países, levando em consideração a diferença entre os seus legados. / This thesis refers to the matter of political transition of military regimes to democracy combined with political culture. Thus it aims to verify, both in Brazil and in Argentina, the differences in perception of citizens in terms of trust in militaries, evaluation of their governments' situation, interest in politics, preference for democratic regime, satisfaction with democracy, opinion about vote and social capital, represented by interpersonal and institutional trust. These differences could be derived form two distinct models of transition: while in Brazil the transition happened in a slow, gradual and negotiated way, in Argentina the process was more abrupt, presenting a more evident failure of militaries, who left the scene completely defeated (O'DONNELL and SCHIMITTER, 1988). Therefore, the thesis aims to examinate if a negotiated and gradual transition, like the Brazilian, generates weaker ties and predispositions of citizens in relation to democracy, which means a lower democratic quality from a maximalist point of view (DIAMOND and MORLINO, 2004), in addition to lower levels of social capital, in contrast to the Argentinean case, in which the democratic appeal would tend to be enhanced due to the fact that the dictatorship ended with a clearer image of failure. In order to verify these impacts in practice, data from Latinobarómetro for 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 will be used- complemented by data from the World Values Survey for 1990 when necessary- analyzing the differences in terms of political culture and social capital in the two countries, taking into account the differences between their legacies.

Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this dissertation explores whether fathers talking to their children about dating affects the odds of their children having unprotected sex when they are emerging adults. Logistic regressions were used to analyze the relationship between one measure of father engagement, talking to the child about dating, and sexual risk taking, operationalized as having unprotected sex. Utilizing social capital theory and Lamb, Pleck, Charnov and Levine’s (1985, 1987) conceptualization of fatherhood, this paper explored the possibility that father involvement could either increase or decrease child’s sexual risk. Results from the first model indicate that talking to the father about dating increases the odds of children having unprotected sex. The results also showed that feeling close to the father was not a moderator. The second model investigated if there is a difference in the effect of father involvement by gender. Talking to the father about dating increased the odds of nonresident daughters and resident sons having unprotected sex. Feeling close to the father was not a moderator. The third model explored if there was a difference in the effects of father involvement by race and did find a difference. White resident children had increased odds of having unprotected sex if they talked to their fathers about dating. Feeling close to the father was not a moderator in this chapter. These results challenge the prominent narrative in the literature that father involvement is an unmitigated good influence in the child’s life; instead, these results show that for some children father involvement can create more harm than good. It is important to note that most fathers did not talk to their children about dating and that the specific content and tone of the conversations these fathers had with their children is unknown. There is space in the literature to explore how specific messages fathers give their children influence their sexual risk decisions in the future. There is also space for the creation of feminist focused fatherhood programs to help fathers talk to their children about dating and sex in a way that reduces child risk taking when they are older.

<div>Social capital through connections in networks has been argued to be important for startup enterprises. Founder human capital qualities like education, experience, skills have also been shown to be important predictors of startup success. However, does founder social capital matter for startup success beyond founder human capital? To answer this question, this project draws from the decision-making literature and uses five decision strategies to explore how founder human capital and social capital are associated with investment funds raised by startup companies. </div><div><br></div><div>Two studies were conducted. The first study investigated if a decision strategy that looks at founder social capital better predicts which company raises more investment funds than a decision strategy that only uses founder human capital. The second study investigated if actual investors and entrepreneurs, of varying expertise levels, integrate founder social capital variables while making investment decisions. </div><div><br></div><div>Both studies found that number of LinkedIn connections of founders of a company was the best predictor of investment funds raised by the company. The first study showed that decision strategies that use social capital cues are similar in predicting successful companies compared to strategies that use human capital cues. The next study showed that, contrary to our expectations, decision strategies that use social capital cues better predict investor choices than strategies that use only human capital cues. It was expected that models that used human capital cues would be better predictors of investor choice behavior than social capital cues. Therefore, the two studies show that founder social capital is associated with investment funds raised by a startup company and investors do take founder social capital into consideration while deciding which startup company to invest in. In doing so, the studies establish the importance of founder social capital in the entrepreneurial context. </div><div><br></div>

Dynamic managerial capabilities are frequently viewed as a source of influence among decision-making managers within environments of volatility. Conversely, managers postulate that decision-making in rapidly changing environments is never perfect and faces a variety of influencing factors. In addition, industries represent a collection of firms that produce similar goods or services for a particular market. This recipe is often recognized by all industry related firms and adapted accordingly. Similarly, firms comprised as “incumbents” and “challengers” are firms that are well established in the industry and firms that seek to change the industry. Recognizing which influencers affect the managerial decision-making process is necessary to adapt and evolve a firm’s decision-making logic. This thesis presents a detailed study of the Hollywood Film Industry Recipe as it relates to the influencing factors within the green lighting process of feature films among incumbent and challenger studios. An inductive research approach is used to investigate four case studies throughout the Hollywood Film Industry. Two case studies are recognized as industry incumbents while the other two are recognized as industry challengers. The analysis identifies an industry recipe, firm adopted industry and adaptations, and dynamic managerial capabilities utilized through the influence of the process. In addition, an illustration of the industry recipes influence dynamic managerial capabilities adopted by firms. Findings suggest that dynamic managerial capabilities is an output of industry recipes adopted amongst firms, and that refinement of those capabilities is a circular renewal process between managerial judgement and firm/managerial dominant logics. In addition, industry recipes influence the way in which dynamic managerial capabilities are acquired, processed, and absorbed. This study contributes to the field of strategy as it suggests a coherent framework that illustrates how industry recipes influence incumbent and challenger studios within a given industry. Additionally, it also demonstrates how dynamic managerial capabilities are formed and structured based on the adopted industry recipe. Finally, it outlines how decisions are made by managers within incumbent and challenger firms, highlighting a circular process of decision-making with regards to the creation an distribution of an industry related product.

Purpose: This research aims to study the roles played by entrepreneurial human, social, cognitive capital and related process dynamics in venture emergence, exploring their main and combined effects on the model of the determinants of success in Nascent Entrepreneurship. This provides strong evidence for the connection from resources to process dynamics and ultimately to venture outcomes. Methodology Approach: An empirical model is developed to test a research's framework that focuses on formulating and testing coherent conceptual propositions utilising a longitudinal sample of secondary data from a mix gender sample of 816 nascent entrepreneurs in the United States who were tracked over four consecutive years. Findings: The empirical analysis showed significant support for the proposed conceptual model. The findings support the partial influence of the main attributes of nascent entrepreneurial capital (social, human and cognitive capitals) on the outcomes of new venture creation process, where the drivers of positive outcomes appear to coincide with variables that relate to cognitive capital. More importantly, the empirical analysis finds significant interaction effects between elements of nascent entrepreneurial capital and their interplay with the process dynamics confirming the conceptual proposition of an integrative framework encompassing significant associations that constitute the phenomenon of new venture creation. The integrative perspective has implications for Nascent Entrepreneurship theory and practice. First, the main effects of resource endowments should not be taken into account in isolation as predictors of new venture creation outcomes. Second, the role of process dynamics and cognitive capital is best theorised as a moderating variable between the startup capital's attributes and the venture creation outcomes. Therefore, the findings demonstrate a dominant role of the integrative modelling in driving the transition to the start-up phase. Limitations: There is no consensus on the measures of success for entrepreneurship research at the nascent phase of business venturing. There is substantial variation in the literature in terms of outcomes, definitions, conceptual works and design issues, and therefore further consideration to control for variations is deemed necessary to ensure valid, cumulative and definitive answers that must be built upon a solid and unified basis. ` Originality: Thesis is original in integrating cognitive abilities and process dynamics with social and human capital in a model of the determinants of success in Nascent Entrepreneurship. While we may consider alternative ways to look at interaction/moderation effects across the three different types of " start-up capital", integrating the three elements in a structured and dynamic model of Nascent Entrepreneurship is an original contribution.

ICT4D champions are individuals who make a decisive contribution to an ICT4D initiative by actively and enthusiastically promoting its progress through critical stages in order to mobilise resources and/or active support and cooperation from all stakeholders. Mindful of the poor performance of development projects generally, and ICT4D projects in particular, the thesis argues that the seemingly important role of key individuals, such as champions, lacks research. Based on the repeated calls for research to better understand champion-type individuals and their roles in ICT4D initiatives, the thesis claims to have identified an original and significant knowledge gap towards which it contributes. Extant literature on champions of information systems innovations shows that champions can be conceptualised in terms of three core orientations: towards results, relationships and resources. This body of literature and conceptualisations has been used in the thesis as the starting point for exploring and describing the champion phenomenon in an as yet unexplored context - ICT4D initiatives. Critical realism is the assumed philosophical position for the research undertaken in the thesis. Theoretical constructs from the model of Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Social Capital Theory are combined in a conceptual framework to guide the empirical investigations and analysis. The research draws on three ICT4D champion cases in South Africa; case data was collected through the careful combination and sequencing of multiple mixed methods: in-depth interviews, a social network analysis (SNA) survey, and semi-structured interviews with the ICT4D champions and other key initiative stakeholders. A literal replication design was followed whereby the case studies explored and described the individual champion cases and subsequently synthesised findings across the three cases. The main contribution of the thesis is a knowledge contribution; the thesis contributes fifteen empirical findings to our conceptual understanding of ICT4D champions - their origins, competencies, characteristics and motivations, and their orientations towards results, relationships and resources. The analysis has shown how ICT4D champions are similar to champions of IS innovation in some ways, but has also revealed unique aspects, such as the importance they ascribe to addressing social concerns. This, in turn, led to a number of theoretical and practical contributions, as well as a methodological and a research contribution, all emanating from the three case studies. Firstly, two inductively generated theoretical contributions are offered: i) a conceptual framework for analysing and describing the origins of ICT4D champions; ii) a hybrid and contextual model of ICT4D champions that combines a complex set of factors (personal, organisational, and external) and the orientations of champions as a means to account for the complexity of these key individuals and their roles in ICT4D initiatives. The thesis contributes to ICT4D practice by suggesting ways to identify, develop, deploy and support champions; in so doing it offers actionable guidance on how to harness the potential positive contributions of these key individuals. Furthermore, a network-based approach - such as SNA used in the thesis - are rarely, if ever, followed in conducting champion research and this is offered as a methodological contribution. Finally, ICT4D champion research is in its infancy; the exploratory approach followed in the thesis draws on literature, the empirical findings and the theoretical contributions to offer an extensive agenda for future champion research in general, and ICT4D champion research in particular.

Non-formal education (NFE) has the potential to provide diverse learning opportunities for personal and professional development. Proponents of NFE conclude that it creatively and flexibly responds to ever-changing socio-economic challenges. In practice, these contributions are highly dependent upon the viability of NFE and the context in which it is delivered. This research studied US and Scottish national community education programs, designed for vulnerable and disadvantaged youth, in order to examine NFE. As a comparative case study, the research developed a model of NFE from the literature reviewed. This model was applied to explain and analyze governance, the use of social and human capital theories as well as other important concepts related to each program. Interviews (with policy leaders, community level program administrators and young people) as well as national and local documents informed the analysis. The top-down construct of community education programs demonstrated that policy influenced implementation within communities. Community level administrators could also plan programs, however, within the limits of policy. Both case studies were primarily similar in their norms and goals but also had interesting differences at national and local levels. The findings showed how history, western ideologies and youth narratives have a pervasive impact on programs. The case studies revealed contributions of NFE to lifelong learning, seen through the lens of social and human capital. Furthermore, a critical discussion was interwoven throughout the thesis and revealed challenges and tensions at all levels of the model. NFE is a complex and variable concept, and it continues to struggle for legitimacy and recognition within the wider education narrative. However, NFE’s relationship with government policy, its use within communities and the experienced outcomes for youth are testament that it is integral and influential within the narrative. Further NFE research and practices should be encouraged in order to understand its role and impact. There is an emphasis made here to expand the research on NFE because socio-economic inequality, concerns about youth transition and the importance of learning beyond the formal educational sector are universal and consistent issues.