Aprendizagem, comunicação, liderança e comprometimento organizacional : um estudo no Grupo Beta

Abstract

Although organizational learning can be classified as a multidisciplinary concept, in this study it was approached from the perspective of an agent of behavioral and attitudinal change, with a view to its dynamic and integrating character, valuing the tendency for changes to occur continuously, at the individual, group, organizational, formal and informal levels. Communication is a process that cannot be considered merely as the act of issuing and receiving messages, because of the complexity of the human mind sustaining the process. Organizational communication is a vital area in business, encompassing dialogue with the internal and external audiences of the organization. Leadership is seen as an interaction between two or more members of a group, where it is occasionally necessary to structure or restructure the situation and the members' perceptions and expectations. Organizational commitment is tied to people's engagement, and engaged employees often act on consistent lines of activities, which denotes their commitment. Based on this, the objective of this dissertation was to verify the relationship among organizational learning, internal communication, leadership and organizational commitment. As a case study, which adopted the triangulation of data and sources, this dissertation was guided by a mixed approach, the first phase was quantitative and exploratory, the second phase qualitative and descriptive, and the results were then analyzed jointly, in the third phase, together with documents of the group. Quantitative analysis, uni and multivariate, provided understanding of which factors are consistent with the literature and which converge. The main result denotes the existence of vertical communication, lack of feedback and restricted use of communication tools. The main type of commitment found was affiliative, which refers to the sense of belonging that the employees have towards the organization. Leadership, originally posed as relationship-oriented and task-oriented, was grouped and with good internal reliability. The type of learning that had greater representativeness was the one of group level, evidencing the importance that communication and the leadership possess in the organizational context. Qualitative analysis complemented and clarified the findings of the first phase, where it was possible to explore the main reasons why vertical communication is the model that most explains a correlation analysis, and the evidence that leaders are more willing to listen than to talk (absence of feedback). Limitations of this study focus on not having performed a qualitative step with the employees, which would broaden the understanding about the scenario found. It is suggested that future research replicate the study in the logic of action research, and that the theoretical perspectives of organizational culture and corporate governance are considered.