abstract: This dissertation integrates research on boards of directors with human and social capital perspectives to examine board appointments. A director's appointment to a board is in part due to the belief that the individual can contribute critical resources and monitoring to the organization. The ability of a director to provide these resources and monitoring depends on his or her level of human and social capital. This dissertation more fully integrates human and social capital perspectives into our understanding of board appointment events. From these theoretical underpinnings, a model is developed proposing that several human and social capital indicators, including educational level, expertise, director experience, and access to network structural holes, affect the likelihood of joining a new board, joining a prestigious board, and exiting a current board. I also consider a number of contextual- and individual-level variables that may potentially moderate the relationship between a director's human and social capital and director mobility. Through this dissertation, I make a number of contributions to the literatures on boards, board appointments, and human and social capital. First, I offer a more comprehensive perspective of the board appointment process by developing an individual-level perspective of board appointments. Second, I contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the market for corporate directors. Third, I focus on several salient dimensions of director mobility. Fourth, I contribute to the growing literature on human and social capital at the board and director levels. Finally, I add to the growing literature on director selection. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Business Administration 2011

Submitted by BRUNO SENDRA DE ASSIS (brunosendra@gmail.com) on 2017-06-14T11:30:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Final - Bruno Assis - 12_06_17.pdf: 2716222 bytes, checksum: cdfe732a082e82e59387c49c6ba123e3 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br) on 2017-06-14T11:44:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Final - Bruno Assis - 12_06_17.pdf: 2716222 bytes, checksum: cdfe732a082e82e59387c49c6ba123e3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-14T12:35:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Final - Bruno Assis - 12_06_17.pdf: 2716222 bytes, checksum: cdfe732a082e82e59387c49c6ba123e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-11 / School managers are fundamental agents to guarantee an adequate educational environment that favors the students teaching-learning process. Among the various skills and abilities required for the position, the leadership capacity and the maintenance of a school climate focused on cooperation and pedagogical objectives stand out. The present study sought to analyze the state legislations in all the federative units and the microdata of the National System of Evaluation of Basic Education - SAEB, in order to investigate how the policies of appointment to the position of director are associated to the leadership factors of the director and of School climate, created through the Item Response Theory (TRI). The results shows a statistically significant difference in average school climate and director leadership according to the modality of selection adopted. The highest coefficients obtained are associated with the public tender and the selection process with election. The political indication presented lower averages for these factors and, although it is not directly linked to state policies, they predominate in most of the federative units. On the other hand, the magnitude of this effect is much lower if the different characteristics of each site are compared. Other explanatory variables relevant to this model were also identified. / Os diretores escolares são agentes fundamentais para garantir um ambiente educacional adequado que favoreça o processo de ensino-aprendizagem dos alunos. Entre as diversas competências e habilidades exigidas para o cargo, destacam-se a capacidade de liderança e de manutenção de um clima escolar voltado à cooperação e aos objetivos pedagógicos. O presente estudo buscou analisar as legislações estaduais em todas as unidades federativas e os microdados do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica – SAEB, a fim de investigar como as políticas de provimento ao cargo de diretor estão associadas aos fatores de liderança do diretor e de clima escolar, criados por meio da Teoria de Resposta ao Item - TRI. Os resultados mostram que existe diferença estatisticamente significante na média de clima escolar e de liderança do diretor de acordo com a modalidade de seleção de diretor adotada. Os maiores coeficientes obtidos estão associados ao concurso público e ao processo seletivo com eleição. Já a indicação política apresentou menores médias para estes fatores e, embora não esteja diretamente vinculada a políticas estaduais, predominam na maioria das unidades federativas. Por outro lado, a magnitude deste efeito é bem inferior se comparadas as diferentes características de cada local. Também se identificaram outras variáveis explicativas relevantes para este modelo.