Identification and alterity in organizational identity of a public organization

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, José Osmar
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Fantinel, Letícia Dias, Palassi, Márcia Prezotti, Leite da Silva, Alfredo Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Administração Pública e Gestão Social
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/apgs/article/view/5088
• topic: identidade organizacional; mudança organizacional; organizações públicas; Administração pública; identidade organizacional

This article aims to understand the relationship between contextual transformations experienced by a governmental institution of Espírito Santo, Brazil,and identity configurations expressed by the organization's managers. We describe the identity processes of the organization by an interpretive look atunderstanding the symbolic relations that permeate this organization, observed in speeches of the subjects. We used documentary research and individual semi-structured interviews, material treated with content analysis. As results, the research findings point to two central identity configurations that lead to the identificationof Idaf with other organizations and the distinctiveness of Idaf before other organs.Keywords: organizational identity; organizational change; public organizations.