Background: International research has shown that socioeconomically disadvantaged groups experience significantly higher mortality and morbidity rates than other groups. Both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes are major contributors to Australia's burden of disease, and individuals from lower socioeconomic groups are more likely to be affected by both, and to have worse prognoses and outcomes. There is substantial research evidence that a range of preventive activities can reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with these conditions. Research in countries with good access to primary health care services has demonstrated that socioeconomically disadvantaged groups tend to have higher levels of medical consultations, but make less use of preventive care and screening services. This fact contributes to their poorer health outcomes, as diagnosis will typically occur later than for more advantaged individuals, thus leading to a poorer prognosis. However, to date, there has been little research on the differential utilisation of preventive health services for CVD and diabetes by different socioeconomic groups in Australia. To understand socioeconomic influences on the use of preventive health services, a comprehensive review of the literature of determinants of health service utilisation was conducted and a number of explanations for this relationship considered. It was proposed that the following factors are likely to be important in this relationship: differences in the perception of the availability of, and accessibility to health care, attitudes and beliefs toward preventive health care, having a regular source of care, perception of interpersonal care from general practitioners, and social support. A number of theoretical models were also reviewed; in particular, the Andersen Behavioural Model of Health Service Research Utilisation. Aims: This doctoral research program has described the relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and utilisation of preventive health services in relation to CVD and diabetes. It aims to improve the understanding of the determinants of uptake and utilisation of preventive health services in general practice by different socioeconomic groups in Australia. Methods: The study was conducted in Brisbane Australia, in 2004, using a cross-sectional design and a self-administered mailed survey for data collection. A sample of adults aged 25-64 years was selected randomly from the Brisbane Electoral Roll. A conceptual model incorporating a range of relevant socio-demographic, risk-factor and behavioural variables in the relationship between SEP and GP-based use of preventive health services was used to develop a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was pilot-tested and then reviewed by a panel of international experts. A new self-administered questionnaire, the Health Service Utilisation Questionnaire (HSUQ), was developed. It included 79 items: 12 socio-demographic items; 10 items assessing health status, disease conditions and smoking status; 20 items assessing use of health services; and 37 items assessing the factors that might affect use of health services utilisation. The HSUQ was then mailed to 800 randomly selected survey participants. The survey response rate was 65.6 per cent. After exclusion of those patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, the final sample size was 381, consisting of 155 males and 226 females. Socioeconomic indicators were individual education level and family income. Blood pressure, blood cholesterol and blood glucose check-ups by general practitioners (GPs) were used as the major outcome variables. Nine scales and two dichotomous variables that measure those potential factors were derived following Principal Component Analysis and reliability testing. The data were analysed separately by gender, and adjusted for age and each of the socioeconomic indicators. Statistical description, bivariate analysis and multivariable modelling in SPSS were applied for the data analysis. Results: The survey results were suggestive of socioeconomically disadvantaged people being less likely than more advantaged people to utilise preventive health services for CVD and diabetes. For males, the low socioeconomic groups recorded the least use of preventive health services among the three education and income groups, including blood cholesterol and blood glucose check-ups, while the high socioeconomic group recorded the greatest use of preventive health services. There was no apparent relationship between education level and blood pressure check-up, while individuals from low-income families were less likely to go for a blood pressure check-up. For females, most of the results suggested that the low socioeconomic groups were less likely than the high socioeconomic groups to have blood cholesterol and blood glucose check-ups. However, this was not the case for blood pressure check-ups. The results showed that the low and middle socioeconomic groups were more likely than the high socioeconomic groups to have BP check-ups. However, the low socioeconomic groups were still less likely than the middle socioeconomic groups to have a blood pressure check-up. Overall, there was a similar pattern between education and income and the use of GP-based preventive health services among both males and females. The findings from the examination of the mediating factors between SEP and the GP-based use of preventive health services suggested that socioeconomically disadvantaged adults (both low level of education and low income) are more concerned about transport and travel time to health care, and accessibility to health care in terms of finding a GP who bulk bills, the cost of seeing a GP and having a choice of GP. They are also less likely to have a regular place of care and social support. These potential factors are likely to result in a lesser use of preventive health services than their high-SEP counterparts. In addition, the findings also suggested that respondents with a low level of education have less-positive attitudes towards health care, and that those from low-income families do not have a regular care provider and are less likely to visit their GP for a preventive check-up in relation to CVD and diabetes in Australia. Conclusions: Strategies for reducing socioeconomic health inequalities are partly associated with changing social and economic policies, empowering individuals, strengthening social and family networks, and improving the equity of the health care system. Strategies have been recommended for implementation in general practice that are directed at targeting the needs of disadvantaged groups; for example, providing longer consultation time and actively offering information on preventive care. Implementation of health promotion programs is needed in disadvantaged areas to keep the community informed about the availability of health services and to make health services more accessible. The health care system needs to be geographically accessible through improvements to the transport system. In addition, improving access to a regular source of primary health care is likely to be an important step in encouraging low-SEP individuals to use preventive health services.

Submitted by Ana Carolina de Morais Colombaroli null (carolcolombaroli@hotmail.com) on 2018-01-16T23:00:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina de Morais Colombaroli - Dissertação.pdf: 3469852 bytes, checksum: 3d554955e6d32b1ec28152e4297b2826 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Laura Odette Dorta Jardim null (laura@franca.unesp.br) on 2018-01-17T18:25:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina de Morais Colombaroli - Dissertação.pdf: 3469852 bytes, checksum: 3d554955e6d32b1ec28152e4297b2826 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-17T18:25:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Carolina de Morais Colombaroli - Dissertação.pdf: 3469852 bytes, checksum: 3d554955e6d32b1ec28152e4297b2826 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O Brasil apresenta um índice de homicídios muito elevado. Ocorrem, a cada ano, cerca de 60 mil homicídios, com uma taxa de aproximadamente 29 homicídios a cada 100 mil habitantes, o que coloca o país em primeiro lugar no número absoluto de homicídios, com uma taxa muito superior à média mundial. As taxas vêm crescendo continuamente desde a década de 1980 mas, a despeito da relativa antiguidade do problema, o Estado não tem se mostrado capaz de conter a violência letal. O objetivo do presente trabalho é empreender uma análise dos homicídios no Brasil, enfrentando os fatores sociais e econômicos a ele relacionados, bem como a debilitação da norma penal. Para tanto, utiliza-se de pesquisa bibliográfica para tratar das transformações da sociedade contemporânea, o risco, a insegurança, o afrouxamento do controle social. Faz-se uso da análise de dados estatísticos para estabelecer um panorama dos homicídios e da exclusão social e econômica que se encontram por detrás do problema, demonstrando que o problema incide majoritariamente sobre grupos específicos. Conjuga-se, ainda, pesquisa bibliográfica e análise de dados acerca do sistema de justiça criminal brasileiro e das suas instituições, demonstrando que estas não têm sido capazes de fazer frente ao avanço da violência letal. Grande parte do trabalho rompe com um padrão tradicional de pesquisa em Direito Penal, fazendo opção pela análise empírica e de dados, sem que possa ser considerado um trabalho estritamente criminológico, uma vez que a análise desses dados se relaciona à compreensão da eficácia da norma penal em relação aos homicídios. / Brazil has a very high homicide rate. Approximately 60,000 homicides occur each year, with a rate of approximately 29 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, which puts the country as the one with the higher number of homicides, with a much higher rate than the world average. The rates have been rising steadily since the 1980s, but despite the relative antiquity of the problem, the state has not been able to contain the homicides. The objective of this thesis is to undertake an analysis of the homicides in Brazil, facing the social and economic factors related to them, as well as the weakening of the penal norm. To this end, the bibliographical research is utilized to deal with the transformations of contemporary society, risk, insecurity, loosening of social control. We utilize the analysis of statistical data to establish an overview of the homicides and social and economic exclusion that lie behind the problem, demonstrating that the problem focuses on specific groups. We also conjugate the bibliographical research and the analysis of data about the Brazilian criminal justice system and its institutions, which have not been able to cope with the advance of lethal violence. The thesis breaks with a traditional pattern of criminal law research, making choice for empirical and data analysis, without being considered a strictly criminological work, since the analysis of these data is related to the understanding of the effectiveness of the criminal law about homicides. / FAPESP 2016/14856-2

Dans le cadre d’une analyse longitudinale centrée sur l’Ile-de-France, nous abordons la question du Peak Car, hypothèse de recherche selon laquelle le plafonnement de l’usage automobile dans de nombreux pays développés pourrait être le signe d’un repli de long terme de la mobilité automobile.En utilisant les données des EGT et du panel Parc Auto depuis les années 1970, on constate que le plafonnement du kilométrage des ménages apparait dès le début des années 1990 suivie d’une baisse continue à partir de 2000, et même actuellement dans un contexte de prix bas des carburants.Face au débat sur le Peak Car, nous montrons que si le prix des carburants a joué un rôle important sur le retournement de tendance, d’autres facteurs multidimensionnels influencent. C’est le cas de la forte baisse de la mobilité des jeunes, qui s’étend aux classes d’âges plus avancés, prémisses d’un changement d’usage à venir. Certains moteurs de la croissance sont aussi en voie d’achèvement et pourraient venir renforcer le Peak Car : rapprochement de la mobilité homme/femme, fin de la hausse de la mobilité des retraités et de la diffusion sociale de la voiture. La décorrélation de l’effet du revenu, synonyme d’une saturation du besoin de mobilité, s’opère aussi sur la motorisation. Le rapprochement du comportement entre groupes de revenu pourrait venir renforcer ce phénomène.Enfin, le rôle des opinions reste incertain. La conscience écologique ne semble pas jouer sur les comportements et si l’image de l’automobile a évolué, elle conserve son attrait utilitaire, symbole d’indépendance et de liberté et demeure un objet essentiel dans les déplacements limitant le report vers d’autres modes. / As part of a longitudinal analysis focused on the Ile-de-France region, we approach the question of Peak Car, a research hypothesis that the cap on car use in many developed countries could be the sign of a long-term decline in automobile mobility.Using the data from the EGT and the Auto since the 1970s, we note that the limit on household mileage appeared in the early 1990s, followed by a continuous decline from 2000, and even now in the context of cheap fuel prices.In view of the Peak Car debate, we show that while fuel prices have played an important role in the reversal trend, other multidimensional factors are influencing. This is the case of the sharp decline in youth mobility. It also extends to the older age classes and could be the premise of a future change of use. Some engines of growth are also nearing completion and could reinforce the Peak Car: mobility between men and women is merging, the end of the increase in the mobility of retirees and the end social diffusion of the car. The decorrelation of the effect of income, synonymous with a saturation of the need for mobility, also takes place on motorisation. The merger of behaviour among income groups may reinforce this phenomenon.Finally, the role of opinion remains uncertain. Ecological consciousness does not seem to play on behaviour. And if the image of the automobile has evolved, it retains its useful appeal, symbol of independence and freedom and remains an essential object for trips limiting the transfer to others modes.

Actuellement, comprendre comment les entreprises innovent avec un impact environnemental positif dans l’optique d’un développement plus durable est une problématique essentielle pour les entreprises et la société. Néanmoins,l’innovation environnementale reste insuffisamment appréhendée. L’objectif de cette thèse est de mettre en évidence les spécificités des innovations environnementales pour les PME au regard des déterminants et des barrières perçues.Le cadre théorique adopté est celui de l’hypothèse de Porter, pour examiner l’effet de la réglementation. Il a été enrichi par les approches RBV et KBV pour une meilleure prise en compte des capacités et ressources des PME dans leur adoption d’innovations environnementales.Cette recherche est basée sur trois articles empiriques et une démarche quantitative qui mobilise différentes méthodes économétriques.Trois contributions majeures sont issues de cette thèse : (1) Les PME innovantes en matière environnementale perçoivent plus de barrières, de manière plus intense et en plus grand nombre par rapport aux autres PME innovantes ou non-innovantes; (2) Les PME innovantes environnementalement font appel à plus de sources de connaissances externes vis-à-vis des autres PME; (3) Les PME peuvent adopter des innovations environnementales de manière proactive, comme les grandes entreprises, elles possèdent certaines capacités.Ces résultats sont à l’origine de recommandations en matière de politiques publiques et managériales qui visent à une plus grande diffusion des innovations environnementales pour les PME. / Understanding how companies innovate for positive environment impact and sustainable development is a crucial issue for business and society today. Yet,little is currently known about this particular kind of innovation. The objective of this thesis is to shed light on the specificities of environmental innovation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in terms of determinants and perceived barriers.The theoretical framework is based on the Porter’s Hypothesis in order to examine the effect of regulation. It is enriched by the RBV and KBV approaches to better take into account SMEs’ capabilities and resources in the adoption of environmental innovation.This research is based on three empirical articles and on a quantitative approach which mobilizes several econometric methods.This thesis contributes to three key findings: (1) Environmentally innovative SMEs perceive more barriers, in more intense and numerous ways, compared to others innovative or non-innovative SMEs; (2) Environmentally innovative SMEs utilize more external knowledge sources than other SMEs; (3) SMEs, like large firms, can adopt environmental innovations proactively because they possess certain capacities.These results lead to public policy and managerial recommendations for more widespread and more effective environmental innovation in SMEs.

This thesis is divided into several sections the first section deals with aggregate data about the amount, dynamic and structure of municipal expenditures and the second section is focused on determinants which influence the amount and dynamic of municipal expenditures. In this thesis there is operated with data from years 2001-2013. In the first part of practical part there were used all municipalities which existed in 2001-2013; in the second part there were used 6 236 municipalities in the Czech Republic. Expenditures were grouped into several expenditure areas according to types and then also according to lines. It has been found out 17 determinants which could influence municipal expenditures. Relations between the explained variable (individual expenditure areas of municipalities) and explanatory variables (individual determi-nants) have been determined by using analysis of panel data (random effects model). It has been found out that municipal expenditures are influenced mainly by: jurisdiction of the municipality to a certain region, scope of delegated powers of municipalities, years of elections to municipal councils, existence of allowance organization or legal entity, population density of the municipality, built-up area of the municipality and the number of children and pupils at schools which were set up by municipalities.

Basic theoretical background: The background of elaboration of this thesis was the fact that the perception of the occupation of a nurse has also changed remarkably with the requirements of the developing society. The present labour market mainly demands erudite, qualified general nurses that are able to work flexibly and independently under various conditions, to educate themselves independently, and to absorb new experience. The introduction of the theoretical part deals with more detailed identification of nurses' work and focuses on the individual attributes affecting nurses' work, like education, job contents and competences. One of the chapters also focuses on the personality traits necessary for the job of a nurse and on the organisation of work at internal medicine departments. The second part of the theoretical work then analyses the main determinants of the work. The aims of the thesis, questions and hypotheses: Three aims were set to meet the main purpose of the thesis. Aim 1: To identify the main determinants of the work of general nurses at internal wards. Aim 2: To map satisfaction among nurses from internal wards of the South Bohemia Region. Aim 3: To map the burnout syndrome among nurses from internal wards of the South Bohemia Region. Four research questions were asked in the qualitative research part to achieve the aims. RQ 1: What are the work determinants most often mentioned by the nurses? RQ 2: Are nurses satisfied with their work conditions? RQ 3: What motivating elements have the nurses experienced during their practice? RQ 4: How are nurses informed of the burnout syndrome phenomenon? Five hypotheses were consequently set for the quantitative research. H1: Nurses with tertiary education identify poor organization structure as the most important determinant of their work more than those without tertiary education. H2: Nurses with tertiary education perceive lifelong education as a motivating element for improvement of nursing care quality more than those without tertiary education. H3: Nurses with 10-year or shorter experience in internal medicine express the feeling of satisfaction with their work more than nurses with longer than 10-year experience in internal fields. H4: Nurses with 10-year or shorter experience in internal medicine express satisfaction with their working conditions more than nurses with longer than 10-year experience in internal fields. H5: Nurses with longer than 10-year experience have more experience with the burnout syndrome occurrence than nurses with 10-year or shorter experience. Methodology: Both the qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques were used in this thesis. The results for the first phase of the empiric research were obtained by means of semi-structured interviews led with twelve general nurses working at internal medicine specialized departments of four hospitals of the South Bohemia Region (České Budějovice, Tábor, Prachatice, Jindřichův Hradec). The results of the research were consequently analysed and categorized. The second part of the empiric research contains the results of the quantitative research based on data obtained by an anonymous questionnaire designed for general nurses working at internal medicine specialized departments of hospitals of the South Bohemia Region (České Budějovice, Tábor, Prachatice, Jindřichův Hradec, Písek, Strakonice, Český Krumlov). The obtained data were then classified, described and processed first by descriptive statistics into graphs by means of Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and statistical evaluation of the hypotheses was consequently performed. The hypotheses were tested by the chi-square test in a contingency table. The chosen significance level was 5 %.

The present thesis entitled "Health and social situation of unemployed persons living in Český Krumlov" deals with the issue of unemployment in the context of a human life situation. The five chapters the theoretical section define issues of health and its determinants with emphasis on the social determinants of health, and also deal with the characteristics of unemployment from an economic and social health point of view, the definition of the competencies of the Labour Office and other employment services, as well as with specific information about Český Krumlov including unemployment statistics relating to its territory. The practical part is based on quantitative research study. To collect data for this survey, interviewing method (a questionnaire) was used. A specific questionnaire was created, which contained mostly closed questions in the form of scales with a bilateral scale used for measuring the living situations of people questioned. Research tool focused on the subjective evaluation of the respondents in the areas of financial, social and health situation. The research sample consisted of individuals registered as jobseekers with the Labour Office in Český Krumlov. That means I used a deliberate choice through institutions. The selection was conducted by direct addressing potential respondents upon arriving at the Labour Office workplace in Český Krumlov. The questionnaires were distributed personally, so the return was 96.7%. After elimination of incomplete or logically incorrectly completed questionnaires, a total of 353 questionnaires were collected using the afformentioned procedure. The aim was to describe the health and social situation of unemployed persons living in Český Krumlov region and determine whether there is a relationship between social and health situation of the unemployed, and the relationship between unemployment length records and social situation of the unemployed. In line with the objectives of the work, two basic research questions were established in the following wording: "Does the subjective assessment of selected characteristics of the social situation reflect in the subjective evaluation of selected aspects of health of the unemployed?" And "Does the length of registration reflect in the subjective evaluation of the social situation of the unemployed?" To the research questions, the hypotheses were determined, which assumed that increasing the value of one variable will increase the value of the other variable. As the characteristics of the social situation for the first research question were chosen: duration of the records, perception of unemployment, living with a partner and financial situation. Health was due to the characteristics of the social situation assessed from three aspects - overall, mental and physical. The results of this research thus show that three out of four selected characteristics are reflected in the health of unemployed people in at least two respects. In terms of social situation, the results confirmed that the duration of the unemployment records are deteriorating financial situation and also the tolerance of the people around towards the unemployed from the perspective of the job seekers. These findings not only correspond with the current knowledge in this area, but also point out that the health and social problem of unemployment is still relevant even today, when the existential threat to the unemployed is averted. The diploma thesis could thus serve the Labour Office in Český Krumlov in the basic orientation about the health and social status of their registered candidates. Furthermore, it could be an incentive for local nonprofit organizations to establish cooperation with the unemployed if needed. The thesis could also enrich the existing research dealing with this issue in one of the regions with the highest unemployment rates in the country.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a qualidade na prestação do serviço público de licenciamento ambiental de Porto Alegre através da análise das percepções e expectativas de funcionários e clientes do serviço. Para tanto foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória através de entrevistas e grupos focados envolvendo funcionários e clientes do serviço de licenciamento prestado pela Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente de Porto Alegre (SMAM). A qualidade dos serviços foi estudada através da identificação dos atributos envolvidos neste aspecto do serviço prestado. Os resultados possibilitaram identificar os seguintes atributos: padronização dos procedimentos, comunicação, orientação dos processos ao cliente, agilidade, atendimento, fiscalização, interação entre secretarias, competência e coerência das legislações. Foi possível desenvolver um modelo conceitual contendo os elementos e relacionamentos identificados e alguns complementos indicados na literatura. O relacionamento entre os atributos foi organizado em quatro níveis subordinados: (i) qualidade percebida diretamente pelo cliente, (ii) determinantes dos clientes, (iii) processos e procedimentos e (iv) estruturas gerenciais. Como conclusão deste trabalho teve-se a confirmação de que o estudo da qualidade na prestação de serviços públicos, como o de licenciamento ambiental, permite relacionar os elementos essenciais e identificar oportunidades de melhoria. Este trabalho também auxilia a confirmar que cada tipo de serviço exige o desenvolvimento de seu próprio modelo conceitual, em função das especificidades existentes. / The purpose of this work is to study the quality of public services of environmental permission at Porto Alegre through the analysis of perceptions and expectations of employees and customers. For that purpose, an exploratory investigation using personal interviews and focus groups with employees and customers of the permission service was conducted. The level of service quality was evaluated through the identification of the attributes involved in providing the service. The results enable to identify the following attributes: standardization of procedures, communication, orientation of processes to customer, agility, customer service, inspection, interaction among government departments, competence, and coherence of legislations. It was possible to develop a conceptual model including the identified elements and relationships, and some findings of the literature. The relationship among the attributes was arranged in four dependents levels: (i) quality directly observed by customers, (ii) customers determinants, (iii) process and procedures, and (iv) managerial structures. This work confirms that the study of quality in public services, as the environmental permission one, allows unveiling essential elements and relationships, conducting to the identification of improvement opportunities. This work also helps to confirm that each kind of service involves the development of its own conceptual model, due to inherent specificities.

p. 1 - 154 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-01-28T19:48:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 55.pdf: 1677721 bytes, checksum: e80d36878845db126e5145476bc665d6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fatima Cleômenis Botelho Maria (botelho@ufba.br) on 2013-01-30T13:01:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 55.pdf: 1677721 bytes, checksum: e80d36878845db126e5145476bc665d6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-01-30T13:01:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 55.pdf: 1677721 bytes, checksum: e80d36878845db126e5145476bc665d6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Esta dissertação de mestrado trata de uma avaliação dos dados provenientes do Projeto Certificação Ocupacional dos Profissionais da Educação e dos dados de desempenho escolar, originados do Projeto Avaliação Externa do Ensino para estabelecer a relação entre os conceitos de competência do diretor escolar e o desempenho das escolas públicas estaduais do estado da Bahia. Os projetos cujos dados foram avaliados pertencem ao Programa Educar para Vencer, resultante de uma política pública para a educação realizada pela Secretaria da Educação da Bahia. A partir da pergunta inicial “como as competências dos dirigentes escolares se relacionam com o desempenho das escolas estaduais da Bahia?” foram revistas as literaturas sobre os conceitos de competência e de desempenho escolar, adotadas duas dimensões como fonte de indicadores da competência do diretor escolar, a funcional e a construtivista, e, para o desempenho escolar, adotada a dimensão proficiência do aluno. Com o objetivo de responder a pergunta em destaque neste resumo foram elaboradas, à luz da literatura revisada, quatro hipóteses. A análise das relações e os testes das hipóteses foram feitos com base em dados montados a partir do cadastro das escolas estaduais da Bahia no Censo Escolar de 2004. Do universo de 1867 escolas, 1193 atenderam ao critério da pesquisa: possuir diretor que participou do processo de certificação ocupacional realizado pela Fundação Luís Eduardo Magalhães para a Secretaria da Educação da Bahia e gerenciou a mesma unidade escolar ao longo de todo ano letivo de 2004. Como ferramenta de análise, utilizou-se os softwares Excel e SPSS e, como métodos estatísticos, a correlação linear simples e a regressão linear múltipla. Para ampliar o conhecimento sobre os resultados das relações encontradas, foram introduzidos fatores de teste relacionados teórica e empiricamente com o desempenho escolar ou a competência do diretor: idade do diretor, porte da escola, complexidade da gestão, existência de projeto pedagógico, disponibilidade de livros, a satisfação com as condições de trabalho e desenvolvimento municipal. As conclusões chegadas a partir deste estudo seguiram as expectativas iniciais: (1) há uma tendência de existir mais alto desempenho dos alunos onde há diretores mais competentes, na dimensão funcional; (2) a competência do diretor escolar, na dimensão construtivista, relaciona-se com mais intensidade e de maneira mais significativa com o desempenho escolar do que a competência na dimensão funcional; (3) a competência do diretor escolar, na dimensão construtivista, apresentou ser, no conjunto das relações estabelecidas com o desempenho escolar, o fator interno à escola de maior relevância; (4) há uma tendência de maior desempenho escolar quando há uma maior taxa de competência da equipe, na dimensão funcional. / Salvador

Submitted by Ricardo Hartmann (rrhartmann@gmail.com) on 2016-03-10T20:45:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 465483 bytes, checksum: 27f5b50ca9ecbad75975c38d27252126 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br) on 2016-03-10T22:03:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 465483 bytes, checksum: 27f5b50ca9ecbad75975c38d27252126 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-11T11:31:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 465483 bytes, checksum: 27f5b50ca9ecbad75975c38d27252126 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-15 / This work aims to identify the funding form of the Brazilian agribusiness companies and the factors that define them, infleuncing their capital structure composition. For that, based on a sample of 56 companies, during the period of 2005 to 2014, their financial data were collected, being used to compose the variables of indebtedness index and contribution to the capital structure formation. The analysis of panel data was proceeded, through the models of fixed effects and random effects. The results indicated how these companies tend to be financed, verified the presence of correlation between the selected determinants and the indebtedness and presented how the effect is observed. Based on the results, it appears that the agribusiness companies expressively depend on debt capital, being the long term pretty close to the short term. With the regressions, it can be concluded that profitability, size, tangibility, liquidity, growth, type of capital and shareholding control factors do influence the indebtedness, contributing to the composition of the capital structure of the Brazilian agribusiness companies. / Este trabalho visa a identificar a forma de captação de recursos das empresas de agronegócio brasileiras e os fatores que a definem, influenciando a composição de sua estrutura de capital. Para isso, com base em uma amostra de 56 empresas, no período de 2005 a 2014, foram coletados os dados financeiros das mesmas, sendo usados para compor as variáveis de índice de endividamento e contribuição para a formação da estrutura de capital. Com isso, procedeu-se a análise dos dados em painel, por meio dos modelos de efeitos fixos e efeitos aleatórios. Os resultados indicaram como essas companhias tendem a se financiar, verificaram a presença de relação entre os determinantes selecionados com o endividamento e mostraram como se dá esse efeito. Com base nos resultados, constata-se que as empresas do agronegócio dependem expressivamente do capital de terceiros, sendo o financiamento de longo prazo bastante próximo ao de curto prazo. Com as regressões, conclui-se que os fatores lucratividade, tamanho, tangibilidade, liquidez, crescimento, tipo de capital e controle acionário exercem algum tipo de influência sobre o endividamento, contribuindo, portanto, com a formação da estrutura de capital das empresas de agronegócio brasileiras.