Employees’ identification with a state-owned company in a changing context: the case of Finep

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Cláudio Barbosa da
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Silva, José Roberto Gomes da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6602
• topic: organizational identity; identification; public organization; organizational change.; identidade organizacional; identificação; empresa pública; mudança organizacional.

The recent changing scenario in public organizations tends to influence their employees´ identification process. This is also the case of some science and technology institutions. This article identifies which aspects influence the identification of individuals with an S&T public organization, considering its frequent changes of direction and structure. The object of analysis is the case of Finep, a public agency which finances economic, social, scientific, and technological studies, researches, projects, and programs in Brazil. Based on documental data collection and interviews with 24 employees, the study has permitted the composition of two conceptual frameworks corresponding, respectively, to the aspects contributing positively (identification map) as well as negatively (frustration map) to the relation between individuals and the organization.