Farewell editorialThe history of Cadernos EBAPE.BR reflects a long-standing commitment by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) to producing and sharing scientific knowledge in the field of administration. FGV EBAPE was established in 1952 as the first Brazilian school dedicated exclusively to training and research in public administration. Its publishing journey began in April 1954 with the launch of Cadernos de Administração Pública, led by Benedicto Silva. Published until 1971, this journal was the result of an agreement between Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Ford Foundation. It published 82 issues and played a fundamental role in strengthening the field of public administration in Brazil.
This first journal compiled texts, monographs, and case studies specifically created for the developing Brazilian research program in Public Administration, with the explicit goal of strengthening the national literature. By encouraging critical reflection on Brazilian reality, Cadernos de Administração Pública significantly contributed to building a truly Brazilian doctrinal and bibliographic foundation, leaving a lasting mark on teaching and research in the field.
In 1980, publication resumed under the title Cadernos EBAP, which over more than two decades totaled 127 issues until its closure in 2002. Although more modest in editorial scope, this journal aimed to foster internal exchange of ideas among faculty, students, and researchers, publishing preliminary studies, academic essays, and the results of consulting projects for public and private organizations.
FGV EBAPE’s editorial history has always been marked by diversity and complementarity. Besides this journal, the Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP) - published continuously since 1967 - has become one of the leading scientific journals in the field in Brazil and Latin America. Also noteworthy is the Revista Portuguesa e Brasileira de Gestão (RPBG), published in partnership with INDEG/ISCTE Lisbon since 2002, dedicated to advancing an Ibero-American research agenda in management studies and currently serving as the Revista de Gestão dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (RGPLP).
In 2003, Professor Marcelo Milano Falcão Vieira was tasked with revitalizing the former Cadernos EBAP and transforming it into a scientific journal with a wider reach. This led to the creation of Cadernos EBAPE.BR. The new name, which echoes the school’s editorial heritage, holds significant symbolic value: it honors the past while reaffirming a dedication to the future of research in administration and organizational studies in Brazil.
The journal was conceived with a clear and innovative editorial purpose: to embrace theoretical and methodological approaches underrepresented in mainstream journals in the field, prioritizing critical essays and qualitative studies. At the time, the positivist paradigm, marked by a strong quantitative bias, still shaped much of Brazilian scientific production, especially in organizational studies, where structural contingency theory was predominant. In this context, Cadernos EBAPE.BR established itself as an alternative space of epistemic resistance.
Since its first issues, initially published quarterly, the journal attracted recognized Brazilian and international authors from both the Global North and the Global South. With institutional support from FGV EBAPE and, later on, from the Brazilian agency National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), it was possible to expand the journal to publish five issues per year, establishing it as a leading reference in the field.
In 2009, after six years as editor, Professor Marcelo Milano handed the role to Professor Ana Lúcia Guedes, who continued to strengthen the journal by expanding the editorial board and reviewer network, as well as diversifying its theoretical and epistemological perspectives.
From 2013 to 2016, Professor Fernando Tenório served as editor, strengthening the journal’s role as a platform for independent knowledge creation rooted in social critique, epistemological diversity, and sociocultural significance.
From July 2016 to December 2019, Professor Isabella Francisca Freitas Gouveia de Vasconcelos was the editor-in-chief of the journal, with me serving as co-editor. Our aim was to broader dialogue with the academic community and to value the diversity of theoretical approaches.
Since 2020, I have served as editor-in-chief, with the valuable partnership of Professor Fabrício Stoker as deputy editor since 2021. Our administration has focused on strengthening the journal’s institutional visibility, enhancing editorial efficiency, and expanding its international reach, particularly through dialogue with researchers from the Global South.
We adopted a continuous desk review process, which significantly reduced response times for authors. We encouraged thematic calls and expanded the journal’s sections, including one dedicated to teaching cases, reinforcing our commitment to critical education for faculty and students. We also deepened engagement with key academic events, offering fast-track opportunities for selected papers at national conferences such as EnANPAD, EnGPR, EnANGRAD, and SEMEAD, as well as EGOS.
As this cycle concludes, it is with deep satisfaction - and with confidence in the collective nature of editorial work - that I pass the editorship to Professor Alexandre Faria. A researcher recognized for the originality and critical rigor of his scholarship, I am confident that under his leadership, Cadernos EBAPE.BR will continue to innovate, welcome diverse voices, and contribute meaningfully to advancing organizational studies and administration from a plural and critical perspective.
I extend my sincere gratitude to the FGV EBAPE Board of Directors for the trust placed in me, and to all authors, reviewers, editors, advisors, readers, and technical staff who have contributed to the ongoing strengthening of Cadernos EBAPE.BR. I am especially grateful to Professor Fabrício Stoker for his dedicated partnership as Deputy Editor, and to our editorial manager, Fabiana Braga Leal, whose meticulous and committed work has been indispensable to the journal’s daily operations and development and to Jackelyne Silva, assistant editorial.
This edition begins with a reflective essay by Professor Renato Colomby. Following this introduction, the first article features a study by Bruno Ricardo Peixoto de Rezende and Alfredo Rodrigues Leite da Silva, titled “Lost in translation? Implications of Theodore Schatzki’s multifaceted ontology for organizational studie” The authors explore Theodore Schatzki’s approach to practice within organizational studies, based on how the Heideggerian concepts of Dasein and Lichtung are appropriated in the interpretation of the ontology of social sites.
Next, in “Crisis, resilience, and human resource management: Strategic adaptations of Brazilian federal universities in Minas Gerais due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Michael Joseph Presti, Diego Costa Mendes, and Jorge Lucas Santos da Luz analyze the strategic role of people management in how federal universities in Minas Gerais adapted during the (post)pandemic period.
In “Leadership style, enabling performance measurement system, managerial attitudes, and managerial performance: a mixed methods analysis,” Jobson Ribeiro Cabral, Micheli Aparecida Lunardi, Vagner Horz, and Pedro Henrique da Silva Melo Pereira examine how leadership styles influence enabling performance measurement systems, managerial attitudes, and managerial performance.
The fourth article, “Self-entrepreneurship and coloniality of power in the experience of workers in Agreste das Confecções,” by Fernanda Maria Almeida de Andrade, Elisabeth Cavalcante dos Santos, and Ana Márcia Batista Almeida Pereira, analyzes the implications of the coloniality of power for workers in the Agreste das Confecções region of Caruaru, Pernambuco.
In the theoretical essay “The objectivity of intersubjectivity: objective social knowledge within and around organizations,” Paulo Tromboni de Souza Nascimento provides a critical synthesis of the relevant literature and questions whether, and how, intersubjectivity can be accessed through an objective approach.
The sixth article, “Managerialism in digital platforms: the fallacy of success narratives and social disease,” by Gustavo Candido da Silva, Julice Salvagni, and Maria Aparecida Bridi, examines how managerialist ideology propagates neoliberal rationality on social media, drawing on Instagram posts.
In “Milton Santos’ geographical perspectives in studies of culture and consumption: A study in a rural communit,” Breno Giordane dos Santos Costa and Marcelo de Rezende Pinto present empirical research demonstrating the relevance of Milton Santos’s geographical thought for culture and consumption studies.
The final article, “Influence of personality traits on job performance of public servant,” by Ilse Maria Beuren and Silvana Mannes Meurer, analyzes the influence of personality traits on public servants’ performance and the impact of performance quality and expertise.
This edition also features a literature review by Bruno Luiz Americo, entitled “Understanding power dynamics in contemporary times: A book review of Frameworks of Power ”.
We wish you a pleasant read.
