After All, Who Makes it Happen? Leadership Skills as Factor to Implement Human Resources Policies

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https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v15i1.13422

Abstract

Research purpose: Describe the relevance of the political skills of Human Resource (HR) unit leaders for the implementation of their policies in public organizations.

Theoretical framework: Given that several factors interfere in the implementation of HR policies and practices, this study considers the political sphere inherent in the complex context of public organizations, encompassing the impact of political skills of HR leadership in the insertion of HR units in organizational decision-making arenas.

Methodology: This research is characterized as theoretical-empirical of descriptive nature. The study used a qualitative approach and, through a cross-section, data were collected from semi-structured interviews with HR leaders from public organizations.

Results: The most relevant way to face the multiplicity of agendas and the different decision-making actors in organizations is the production and control of information by the HR leadership, to moderate the perception of information and manipulate the impressions of other actors about HR initiatives with the incorporation of general and demands.

Originality: The originality of this research is present by providing initiatives to combat contingencies in the implementation of strategic personnel policies through the signaling of relevant political skills of the HR leadership.

Theoretical and prctical contributions: The research calls on the leaders of the public sector personnel unit to interpret the complex context surrounding the public machine. The main contribution of this research is to demonstrate that representatives of the people management sector are agents of change by seeking constant insertion in the main decision-making spaces, resulting in opportunities to choose initiatives with a high beneficial impact for society.

Keywords: Strategic Human Resource Management. Political skill. Leadership. Public Management.

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Mariana Lopes Araújo, Universidade de Brasília

Mariana Lopes de Araújo is a PhD student at the Department of Administration, University of Brasilia. Volunteer Professor at Departament of Administration, University of Brasilia. Researcher at the Projectum Research Group at UnB, who works on the proposal and development of methodologies applied to public management. Experience as a research fellow in projects related to the development of management models in Public Administration. Part of the Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Políticas Estratégicas de Gestão de Pessoas no Setor Público Brasileiro (CePGP). E-mail: marylopesaraujo@gmail.com

Júlia Cássia dos Santos Silvério, University of Brasilia

Júlia Cassia dos Santos Silvério is a Volunteer Professor in the Graduate Administration Course at the University of Brasilia (UnB). She holds a Masters in Administration from the Post-Graduate Program in Administration (PPGA) at UnB, graduated in Administration at UnB, researcher at Grupo Projectum / UnB and a student of the MBA in Project Management at Esalq / USP. Email: jucsilverio@gmail.com.

Giullio César da Silva Barbosa, Universidade de Brasília

Giullio César da Silva is Bachelor's degree in Management at the University of Brasília. E-mail: giulliocesarbol@hotmail.com

Pedro Paulo Murce Menezes, University of Brasilia

´Pedro Paulo Murce Menezes is Doctor (2007), Master (2002) and bachelor's degree (1999) in Psychology from the University of Brasília, where he currently holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Administration/FACE and the role of Researcher at the Postgraduate Program in Administration, in addition to Coordinator: from the Research Center on People Management in the Brazilian Public Sector (CePGP), a research group dedicated to the development of grounded theories on the political, strategic and instrumental performance of human resources sectors in federal public bodies of the executive powers, legislative and judiciary; and Projectum, a research group dedicated to the production of organizational and people management methods and technologies. E-mail: pemeneses@yahoo.com.br

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2023-01-20

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Araújo, M. L., Silvério, J. C. dos S., Barbosa, G. C. da S., & Menezes, P. P. M. (2023). After All, Who Makes it Happen? Leadership Skills as Factor to Implement Human Resources Policies. Administração Pública E Gestão Social, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v15i1.13422

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janeiro-março 2023: 15(1)

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