Os comportamentos dos líderes como fator de motivação nas equipas da atual Administração Pública - Estudo de caso na ARH Alentejo

A liderança e a motivação são factores essenciais na obtenção do sucesso das organizações. Os dirigentes da Administração Pública têm de estar preparados para fazer face aos desafios constantes. Eles têm um papel de destaque nas organizações, quer através da tomada de decisões estratégicas, quer na motivação dos colaboradores. Esta investigação tem como objectivo principal compreender de que forma os comportamentos dos líderes constituem fatores de motivação nas equipas da atual Administração Pública. A metodologia seguida é a de um estudo de caso realizado na Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Alentejo, tendo-se efetuado a recolha de dados através da análise documental, aplicação de questionário e realização de entrevistas. Os resultados evidenciam o estilo de líder simpático (82,1%) como o mais apreciado, estes líderes tem uma forte componente de orientação para as pessoas, criam ambiente favorável ao trabalho, conseguindo influenciar a motivação dos colaboradores, cujas necessidades de sucesso (82,1%) assumem uma maior preponderância na hierarquia das suas necessidades motivacionais; ABSTRACT: The leadership and motivation are essential factors to obtain organizational success. The leaders of the Public Administration have to be prepared to face permanent challenges. They have the main roll on the organizations, not only on making calls about strategic decisions but also in motivating collaborators. This investigation has as main goal to understand in which way the behavior of leaders will influence the motivation on the actual teams of the Public Administration. The methodology followed it’s from a study that was made in Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Alentejo, getting the data with documental analyses, surveys and interviews. The results show the “nice leader” style (82,1%) as the must appreciated, this leaders have a strong orientation component to lead people, they create a nice work environment, being able to motivate the collaborators, which necessities of success (82,1%) assume a major preponderance on the hierarchy of theirs motivational necessities.

“A long-term mortality analysis of subsidized firms in rural areas: an empirical study in the Portuguese Alentejo region”

Studies have demonstrated that public policies to support private firms’ investment have the ability to promote entrepreneurship, but the sustainability of subsidized firms has not often been analysed. This paper aims to examine this dimension specifically through evaluating the mortality of subsidized firms in the long-term. The analysis focuses on a case study of the LEADER+ Programme in the Alentejo region of Portugal. With this purpose, the paper examines the activity status (active or not active) of 154 private, rural, for-profit firms in Alentejo that had received a subsidy to support investment between 2002 and 2008 under the LEADER+ Programme. The methodology is based on binary choice models in order to study the probability of these firms still being active. The explanatory variables used are the following: (1) the characteristics of entrepreneurs and managers’ strategic decisions, (2) firm profile and characteristics, (3) regional economic environment. Data assessment showed that the cumulative mortality rate of firms on 31st December 2013 is over 20 %. Interpretation of the regression model revealed that he probability of firms’ survival increases with higher investment, firm age and regional business concentration, whereas the number of applications made by firms has a negative impact on their survival. So it seems that for subsidized firms the amount of investment is as important as its frequency.