Purpose-This paper aims to analyse the relationship between the organizational commitment, the knowledge transfer and the knowledge management maturity at a Brazilian public university. As indicated in the literature, the organizational commitment and the influence on knowledge management in the public sector, especially in developing countries, configures an important gap to be filled (Razzaq et al., 2018). Design/methodology/approach-The research has a descriptive and quantitative nature, and to run the analysis, an exploratory factorial analysis was conducted and after that a structural equations modelling was carried out. Findings-The results indicated a significant relationship between the organizational commitment to the knowledge transfer and, consequently, to the knowledge management maturity. Originality/value-In the first place, the model including all dimensions of commitment: affective, calculative and normative with knowledge transfer and knowledge maturity was not tested before. Second, data on the public sector in developing countries are still rare and studies in this field encouraged (Razzaq et al., 2018). In this case, the present study contributes in this field, specifically in the education sector. Finally, understanding the individual commitment profile helps to understand the extent to which that person contributes both to the knowledge transfer, and therefore, in the same analogy, to the knowledge management maturity level.

Por mais que queiramos contribuir com empreendedores e com agentes de políticas públicas, frente ao caos vivenciado, oferecendo reflexões, recomendações e subsídios, ancorados em artigos científicos, ainda assim não temos nenhuma certeza, apenas otimismo e a crença de que teremos um futuro diferente.Nosso editorial anterior (v. 9, n. 2, de 2020) questionou, de modo singular, se os empreendedores e as pequenas empresas estavam preparados para as adversidades contextuais, propiciando uma reflexão à luz da pandemia do Covid-19 (Nassif, Corrêa, & Rossetto, 2020). Esse assunto continua em pauta, neste número, não como passado, mas presente e, de certa forma, prospectando o futuro. A crise está em curso, enquanto este texto está sendo escrito, em especial no Brasil, o que dificulta a localização de referências de como agir, em um momento tão difícil.Já vivenciamos outras crises, como a de 2008-2009, que nos trouxeram aprendizados e novos caminhos, visando a um futuro melhor, além de sugestões aos gestores de pequenas empresas e para agentes de políticas públicas. No enfrentamento ao Coronavírus, contudo, grande parte das pesquisas, realizadas em países desenvolvidos, como, por exemplo, Alemanha e Reino Unido, e mesmo em países emergentes, como a China, cuja classificação coincide com a do Brasil, as ações de enfrentamento apresentam diferenças substanciais.

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Purpose This study aims to examine the relationships among organizational stress, disengagement from knowledge sharing and knowledge management maturity in a public institution of higher education in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive and quantitative means were used; in particular, a questionnaire developed by Batista (2012), the Instrument for Knowledge Management Assessment in the Brazilian Public Administration, a scale developed by Ford and Staples (2008) to measure the disengagement from knowledge sharing and the Occupational Stress Scale, developed by Paschoal and Tamayo (2004) were used to collect data. A multivariate analysis was performed, including the use of structural equation modeling to relate the constructs to each other. Findings A positive significance was found in the relationships between organizational stress and disengagement from knowledge sharing and between stress and maturity in knowledge management. This finding supports the suggestion of Ford et al. (2015) that health, a key indicator, is directly related to disengagement from knowledge sharing. Research limitations/implications This study adopted a cross-sectional design, so a longitudinal or experimental research may discover other insights. Originality/value These results will be interesting to managers because stress management initiatives can help guide or identify opportunities to improve maturity in knowledge management and knowledge sharing.