Configuração de competências coletivas a partir das práticas de gestão de pessoas

Abstract

Recent studies have investigated a competence level which is still little explored in academic and corporate contexts: collective competence. In order to generate understanding about how the collective competences are configured, several researchers have pointed out people management practices as a promising area of analysis. This study aims to identify and characterize people management practices able to contribute to the collective competences configuration within the managerial framework. The research method adopted was a single case study with qualitative and exploratory approaches. Data were collected by means of documental analysis, focus groups, semi-structured interviews and observations. Data analysis was carried out by using categorical content analysis. The data collected and the analysis carried out brought to light people management practices of greater relevance to the manifestation of collective competences. The identification of these practices came about from the verification of the presence of manifestation sources of collective competencies identified within the literature. Therefore, the study paved the way for the analysis of relationships between people management practices and collective competences. The identification of these relationships stemmed from the verification of the presence of attributes for the configuration of collective competencies identified in the literature. It was possible to observe that when the people management practices favor construction of collective sense, sense of interdependence and shared problem solving based on autonomy, cooperation and trust, then the presence of collective competence attributes is favored. With the results, it was possible to propose an approach of study for the identification and characterization of the configuration of collective competences from organizational practices, reinforcing propositions of previous studies and indicating ways for future research on the topic.