História, escolas e movimentos dos indicadores culturais

The cultural indicators literature recognizes them as the newest member of theindicators family. In the perspective of understanding how its concept and applicationoccurs in the social reality, it is intended to comprehend the history through schoolsand moves around the theme. Therefore, it is problematized this path starting from theagents, institutions, temporalities and intentionalities in the indicators definition anduses. It is concluded with the results presentation in the exploratory r...

Inovação social em rede no âmbito de um instituto brasileiro

This study aims to analyze the importance of interorganizational networks for the development of socialinnovations through a qualitative case study carried out on the Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimentoe Sustentabilidade (IABS), based in the city of Brasília. We opted for direct observation, documentaryanalysis and semi-structured interviews as data collection techniques. Faced with the complexity of mostof the problems faced by the Institute, interorganizational networks were considered ...

The coaching process seen from the daily (and controversial) perspective of experts and coaches

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the coaching process as perceived by experts and coaches,addressing its routine aspects and areas that are object of dissent in the organizational field.Design/methodology/approach - Qualitative research conducted through interviews with 20 experts andcoaches who work in Portugal.Findings - Lack of consensus on conceptual approaches, few demands from organizations for concreteresults, and elitism due to its selective use for high-level profess...

Pobreza intergeracional no complexo de favelas do São João - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

This paper discusses a multidimensional approach to poverty, highlighting variables that allow usto gauge and interpret the reproduction of intergenerational poverty (Bird, 2007). This exploratoryand descriptive research privileged a qualitative methodology based on semi - structured interviewsconducted with 29 residents of the São João favelas complex, in Engenho Novo, Rio de Janeiro.We adopted a standard of comparative analysis between three generations: first generation arethe progenitors ...