Reflexes of Organizational Social and Environmental Practices on Individual Attitudes: an Understanding Under the Theory of Planned Behavior Optics

Authors

  • Minelle Enéas da Silva PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - PPGA/UFRGS
  • Rita de Cássia Braga Melo UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO - UFRPE

Keywords:

socio-environmental behavior, individual attitudes, organizational change.

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the consequences of changing organizational behavior to environmental issues on individuals, from the Theory of Planned Behavior, in view of a unit of managing people in a public institution of higher education in Pernambuco State, Brazil. The used approach qualitative and the method of verification the case study, in which semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 employees of the institution analyzed, which represents a sample of 25% of the total amount, they were analyzed from the perspective of the analysis content. The discussions indicate that with the implementation of the EA project and a stimulus to change institutional practices, there was a positive pre-disposition of servers to social and environmental issues, as well as a tendency to influence the socio-environmental behavior on inserted individuals in considering their influence on developed practices and incorporated in this context.

Author Biographies

Minelle Enéas da Silva, PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - PPGA/UFRGS

Possui mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brasil. Discente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - PPGA/UFRGS, Brasil, nível doutorado.

Rita de Cássia Braga Melo, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO - UFRPE

Possui mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brasil. Servidora Pública da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Brasil.

Published

03-08-2012