Ambidestria organizacional e desempenho das instituições de ensino superior privadas no Brasil

Sergio H A C Forte; Macário Neri Ferreira Neto; Randal Martins Pompeu

doi:10.21713/rbpg.v20i41.2239

Ambidestria organizacional e desempenho das instituições de ensino superior privadas no Brasil

Resumo

A pesquisa objetiva modelar e testar construtos preditores da ambidestria organizacional e seus efeitos no desempenho nas Instituições de Ensino Superior privadas no Brasil. Esta pesquisa se classifica como explanatória, realizada no segundo semestre de 2022, em 135 Instituições de Ensino Superior, com uso de modelagem de equações estruturais, por meio de 10 hipóteses. Nove hipóteses foram confirmadas, à exceção da hipótese que relaciona “capacidade absortiva” e “desempenho de inovação”, em que, quando mediada pela ambidestria organizacional, seria suportada. O modelo apresentou um alto R² ajustado (67,5%), significando um excelente poder explicativo de todos os preditores sobre o desempenho organizacional. Este estudo mostra que a ambidestria organizacional é variável mediadora entre as variáveis antecedentes e o desempenho de inovação, e este, no desempenho organizacional. Como contribuição teórica, entende-se que o modelo integrado apresentado, interligando cinco constructos, implica em melhores desempenhos inovadores e organizacionais. Assim, nós podemos concluir, então, que quanto mais uma Instituição de Ensino Superior privada trabalha em contexto inovador, com apoio interorganizacional e em rede estratégica, utilizando informações selecionadas, internalizadas e transformadas na realidade de atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão, mais ela potencializa sua capacidade de inovação, apresenta melhores desempenhos de inovação e amplia seu desempenho organizacional.

Autores

Sérgio Forte Universidade de Fortaleza
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8406-0910

Macário Banco do Brasil S/A
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-4066

Randal Pompeu Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-3725

Biografia

Sérgio Forte, Universidade de Fortaleza

Doutor em Administração pela Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/EAESP). Professor Titular da Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) – Fortaleza – CE.

Macário , Banco do Brasil S/A

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) – Fortaleza – CE.

Randal Pompeu, Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR)

Doutor em Gestão pela Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) – Portugal. Professor Titular e Reitor da Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) – Fortaleza – CE.

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FORTE, S. H. A. C.; FERREIRA NETO, M. N.; POMPEU, R. M. Ambidestria organizacional e desempenho das instituições de ensino superior privadas no Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Pós-Graduação, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 41, p. 1–29, 2025. DOI: 10.21713/rbpg.v20i41.2239. Disponível em: https://rbpg.capes.gov.br/rbpg/article/view/2239. Acesso em: 5 dez. 2025.

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Absorptive Capacity, Organizational Ambidexterity, Organizational Performance., Higher Education Institution, Strategic Networks Capacidad de absorción, Ambidestreza organizacional, Desempeño de la organización, Instituciones de educación superior, Redes Estratégicas Redes estratégicas, Capacidade absortiva, Ambidestria organizacional, Desempenho organizacional, Instituições de ensino superior

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