Organizational identification among Brazilian public employees: a study of the cultural sector

• Autor(a) principal: de Souza Costa Neves Cavazotte, Flávia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Francisco de Araujo, Fábio, Lúcia de Abreu, Ana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/3366
• topic: Organizational identification; value alignment; organizational citizenship; voluntary turnover.; Identificação organizacional; alinhamento de valores; cidadania organizacional; rotatividade voluntária.; Identificação Organizacional / Gestão Públicas / Cultura

Purpose – This study aims to understand the identification of publicemployees with the organizations in which they work by analyzing itsdeterminants and consequences, in order to subsidize human resourcemanagement policies within these organizations.Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on datacollected from two federal public institutions in the cultural sector,hereby metaphorically named “Young Executive” and “Older Lady”.A structured questionnaire was developed and voluntarily answered byemployees from both organizations. The measurement and structuralmodels were evaluated through structural equations, applying PartialLeast Squares (PLS).Findings – Data analysis indicates that alignment between individuals’values and the values of organizations is related to employees’organizational identification with the company. The results showthat there is greater organizational identification among “OlderLady” employees, as a consequence of their greater alignment toit in comparison with “Young Executive” employees. The level oforganizational identification influences employees’ organizationalcitizenship and intention to leave these organizations.Originality/value – The study contributes to understand organizationalidentification among Brazilian public company employees, presentingevidence that advance knowledge on the subject and subsidize theformulation of management policies in the sector.