A perceção do setor privado sobre a temática da liderança no setor público

Abstract

Leadership is essential for organizations, with a wellstructured leadershipresulting in crucial stimuli for the development of the organization's objectives, whether public or private. Leadership is considered to be a foundation for employee motivation, resulting in the achievement of the commitments defined for the organization. Leadership is highlighted depending on the leader, this must be the maximum example of the organization, enhancing its development, consciously organizing the management of employees and leading their team through the adoption of decisions that do not compromise the proper functioning of the organization. The public or private leader depends on several intrinsic characteristics to be able to lead the team. These characteristics are personal and unique to each individual. The captivation of employees must be encouraged so that its development is possible, as well as influencing the behavior of employees. Proper leadership is really important, as it is through this that employees feel confident and, as a result, become more productive.Considering our interest in this very important topic and trying to understandwhether other professionals in the private sector attach equal importance, we defined as the main objective: To know the perception of the Private Sector on the Thematic of Leadership in the Public Sector, opting for a typology of investigation qualitative, descriptive and transversal. Following this methodology, in order to obtain the results data, 15 interviews were carried out with individuals belonging to the private sector. Considering the information obtained from the 15 interviews carried out, we can see that it was possible to respond positively to the objectives proposed in the study. We can highlight that the perception of public sector leaders tends to be positive, namely, when respondents are able to list characteristics related to leadership, as well asmoments where leaders needed to put such characteristics to the test, mentioning some more media cases, examples of which to determine whether or not leaders have leadership capacity.

Date of Award	20 Dec 2021
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Célia Ribeiro (Supervisor)