Innovation, organizational learning and absorption capacity

Evidências em escolas públicas integrais

Authors

  • Elisângela da Silva Araújo Carvalho Secretaria Estadual de Educação de Pernambuco, Brasil
  • André Gustavo Carvalho Machado Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v13i36.2819

Keywords:

Educational Innovations, Organizational Learning, Absorptive Capacity, Full-Time Education, High School

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze how full-time public schools – furthered by organizational learning and absorptive capacity – are innovating high school education in the state of Pernambuco. The methodology used in this work was multiple case studies and investigated the three most outstanding full-time public schools in the state of Pernambuco. Data have shown that most of the innovations applied are incremental. The study also found different levels of learning, which have developed through processes of sharing experience, effective communicative process, peer socialization, collective integration and partnerships. These processes are interconnected with the absorptive capacity– whose dimensions and processes are evident in the three organizations –, which greatly fosters the development of innovative practices. The study concluded that the innovations in full-time schools in the state of Pernambuco are furthered by organizational learning and absorptive capacity.

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Published

2019-08-30

How to Cite

Carvalho, E. da S. A., & Machado, A. G. C. (2019). Innovation, organizational learning and absorption capacity: Evidências em escolas públicas integrais. Management & Society Electronic Journal, 13(36), 3146–3170. https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v13i36.2819