Objetivo: Este estudo analisa os efeitos do compartilhamento de informações no risco e desempenho da aliança estratégica de cooperativas, mediado pelo compartilhamento de conhecimento e vazamento de informações. Método: Pesquisa de levantamento foi realizada em cooperativas agropecuárias listadas na Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras (OCB) com gestores (gerente, supervisor, coordenador e controller) cadastrados na rede LinkedIn. O questionário foi enviado pela plataforma SurveyMonkey aos 516 gestores que aceitaram o convite e a amostra totalizou 96 respostas válidas. Para testar as hipóteses da pesquisa aplicou-se a técnica de modelagem de equações estruturais. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram que o compartilhamento de informações impacta diretamente no compartilhamento de conhecimento, mas o mesmo não se observa na interação entre compartilhamento de informações e vazamento de informações. O vazamento de informações impacta diretamente no risco da aliança estratégica, do mesmo modo que o compartilhamento do conhecimento impacta no desempenho da aliança. Entretanto, o compartilhamento do conhecimento e o vazamento de informações não cumpriram os requisitos para demonstrar mediação na relação do compartilhamento de informações com risco da aliança estratégica e desempenho da aliança. Contribuições: Instiga-se realizar pesquisas com outras mediações que possam elucidar as dissonâncias, como (des)confiança entre os membros da aliança estratégica.

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PurposeThis study analyzes, from the perspective of social exchange theory, the influence of empowering leadership on contextual performance mediated by perceived organizational support (POS) and affective organizational commitment (AOC).Design/methodology/approachA survey was carried out with 182 employees of the Best Companies to Work in Brazil. Data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling (SEM) and by fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA).FindingsResults demonstrate that empowering leadership directly influences higher contextual performance and indirectly through the mediation of AOC, but not through POS. Serial mediation confirms that the model's variables self-promote each other to ultimately foster higher performance. Furthermore, all solutions to obtain high contextual performance include empowering leadership in the dimension of trust in the high performance of employees.Research limitations/implicationsThe statistical support for the serial mediation indicates that empowering leadership promotes POS, which influences AOC that finally promotes the employee's contextual performance. However, this study's model does not include employees' task performance; our results add to the contextual performance literature.Practical implicationsThe study highlights the role of the empowering leadership style in the organizational context, an aspect that deserves attention from the managers and organizations due to its effect on employee performance.Originality/valueThe study adds a new framework to the literature, which can be used by organizations to promote contextual performance. The variables, which include contextual and individual factors, foster the employee's contextual performance in a joint and self-promoting way. Contextual performance exceeds the manager's technical attributions; it covers psychological and discretionary behaviors.

PurposeThis paper analyzes the effects of environmental uncertainty on the use of Management Control Systems (MCS) and product and process innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested with data from a survey carried out with 140 managers of innovative Brazilian firms using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe analyzes show significant negative effects of environmental uncertainty on MCS use and non-significant ones on product and process innovation, which suggests that when environmental uncertainty increases, the MCS use decreases. In contrast, significant positive effects of MCS use on product and process innovation were found, despite environmental uncertainty permeating innovation. However, no mediating effect of the MCS use on the relationship between environmental uncertainty and innovation was observed.Research limitations/implicationsThis study presents implications to the management literature grounded on the Contingency Theory by pointing out negative effects of environmental uncertainty on MCS use and product and process innovation. This encourages research on other contingency factors that might be predictors of MCS use and innovation.Practical implicationsThe findings provide evidence that the analyzed organizational practices (MCS use and innovation) are conceived and implemented to disregard external stimuli, which may bring dysfunctional consequences that need to be monitored.Originality/valueThe study contributes by revealing that environmental uncertainty inhibits the MCS use and does not favor innovation. It was expected that MCS that produce information about the external environment would be valued and would have effects on the strategic planning in these firms.

Este estudo analisa a associação da capacidade de coordenação interorganizacional com o gerenciamento de riscos do relacionamento entre startups e seu parque tecnológico. Uma pesquisa de levantamento foi realizada com gestores de startups de parques tecnológicos brasileiros. Os dados foram submetidos à análise descritiva e testes de correlação e regressão para predizer o grau de associação entre as variáveis. Os resultados denotam correlações significantes entre as variáveis do estudo e a análise da regressão desvela a coordenação interorganizacional como antecedente do gerenciamento de riscos do relacionamento. Esses resultados elucidam a pertinência do relacionamento entre a startup e seu parque tecnológico.