Application of a Multi-method to Identify a Research Problem

Marchisotti, Gustavo Guimarães; Farias Filho, José Rodrigues

doi:10.1590/1982-7849rac2022210020.en

Gustavo Guimarães Marchisotti ^** Corresponding Author

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Engenharia, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7028-0015

José Rodrigues Farias Filho

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Engenharia, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-8695

* Corresponding Author

Editors-in-chief:

Wesley Mendes-da-Silva (Fundação Getulio Vargas, EAESP, Brazil)

Marcelo de Souza Bispo (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PPGA, Brazil)

Associate Editor:

Evelyn Lanka (Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom)

Reviewers:

Pallavi Singh (Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom)

Alexandre Abdal Cunha (Fundação Getulio Vargas, EAESP, Brazil; CEBRAP, Brazil)

Authorship

Gustavo Guimarães Marchisotti*

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Engenharia

Rua Passos da Pátria, n. 156, São Domingos, 24210-240, Niterói, RJ, Brazil

E-mail: marchisotti@terra.com.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7028-0015

José Rodrigues Farias Filho

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Engenharia

Rua Passos da Pátria, n. 156, São Domingos, 24210-240, Niterói, RJ, Brazil

E-mail: joserodrigues@id.uff.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-8695

Authors' Contributions

1^st author: conceptualization (supporting); data curation (supporting); formal analysis (equal); investigation (supporting); methodology (supporting); project administration (equal); supervision (lead); validation (lead); visualization (lead); writing - original draft (lead); writing - review & editing (lead).

2^nd author: conceptualization (lead); data curation (equal); formal analysis (equal); investigation (equal); methodology (lead); supervision (equal); validation (equal); visualization (equal); writing - original draft (equal); writing - review & editing (equal).

Conflict of Interests

The authors have stated that there is no conflict of interest.

Criteria	Objective	Indexes	Contribution
Number of articles’ citations	Consider how significant the article has been considered, from an academic point of view, since citations by other authors show that it is a relevant article.	Number of citations received for the article.	0.23
Productivity of the 1st author´s article	Identify authors who have a consistent academic production, with great productivity and relevance.	Value of the h-index of the articles’ first author.	0.13
Academic journal evaluation	Identify relevant magazines, which publish in quantity and quality, in order to become a reference.	Value of the SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact Per Paper) indexes of the academic journal in which the article was published.	0.22
Thematic alignment	Check the article’s importance, considering its potential contributions to the research theme, according to the researcher’s point of view.	Score given by the researcher, according to the alignment of the article with the research theme.	0.42

Criteria	Score
Article not aligned with the research theme	1
Article little aligned with the research theme	3
Article moderately aligned with the research theme	5
Article very aligned with the research theme	7
Article extremely aligned with the research theme	9

Gap number	Most frequent words	Category inferred	Meaning
1	Public	Dominant public service	Public policies need to be transformed into public services, which are implemented by public companies through projects.
2	Service/Services	Dominant public service	The new approaches to the public employees that should be oriented to service provision and meeting the needs and wishes of end users.
3	Governance	Good governance	New demand in the way in which public management should behave, generating good public governance through appropriate control mechanisms.
4	Management	Performance management	New public management focused on managing the company and employees performance.
5	Performance	Performance management
6	Government	NA	There were no expressions that stood out, since the word government was used in various ways and in different contexts.
7	Project / Projects	Project management	The correct Project management in the public sector increases the implementation rate of the company’s strategy, with potential performance improvement.
8	Political	Political activity	Decision-making in public companies must be independent of political interference when it is harmful. The focus should be on improving performance and service delivery and not serving political interests.
9	Sector	Public partnerships	The public sector needs to build bridges with other sectors, acting collaboratively and complementarily, in order to improve its performance and the quality of its service.
10	Private	Public partnerships	There is a need to make public-private partnerships, combined resources, cultures, values and competence, since public services are more modern and have more complex problems.

Gap number	Most frequent words	Category inferred	Meaning
1	Public	Dominant public service	Public policies need to be transformed into public services, which are implemented by public companies through projects.
2	Service/ Services	Dominant public service	The new approaches to the public employees that should be oriented to service provision and meeting the needs and wishes of end users.
3	Governance	Good governance	New demand in the way in which public management should behave, generating good public governance through appropriate control mechanisms.
4	Management	Performance management	New public management focused on managing the company and employees performance.
5	Performance	Performance management
6	Government	NA	There were no expressions that stood out, since the word government was used in various ways and in different contexts.
7	Project / Projects	Project management	The correct Project management in the public sector increases the implementation rate of the company’s strategy, with potential performance improvement.
8	Political	Political activity	Decision-making in public companies must be independent of political interference when it is harmful. The focus should be on improving performance and service delivery and not serving political interests.
9	Sector	Public partnerships	The public sector needs to build bridges with other sectors, improving performance and service quality
10	Private	Public partnerships	There is a need to make public-private partnerships, combined resources, cultures, values and competence, since public services are more modern and with more complex problems

Gaps number	Theoretical gap	Practical gap	Theoretical-practical gap
1	Gap number 8 - Political activity	Gap number 3 - Harmful political influence	Political influences are potentially harmful to the governance system and the state-owned company´s results. How to shield the company?

Title	Authors	Academic Journal	Keywords	Abstract	Year	Citation	Article Authorship (h-index of first author)	Academic Journal Evaluation		Thematic Alignment	Final Score
						Weight = 0.23	Weight = 0.13	SJR	SNIP	Weight = 0.42
								Weight = 0.22
The three dimensions of a governance framework for major public projects	Brunet, Maude and Monique Aubry	International Journal of Project Management	Governance framework, Major public projects, Public administration, Project governance, Conceptual article.	The aim of this article is to advance a conceptualization for governance frameworks for major public projects based on public administration literature. The governance of major public projects has been an important subject of inquiry in project management, as researchers have investigated governance frameworks for public projects as a tool to enhance performance. Yet, while performance is traditionally seen as improved efficiency, other aspects need consideration. Using phronetic and abductive theory building, this conceptual article investigates the relevance of a governance framework for major public projects along three dimensions: those of greater government efficiency, legitimacy and accountability. The main contribution of this article is to enrich existing theory on the governance of major public projects.	2016	63	5	2.659	3.561	9	= [(70.23) + (30.13) + (60.22) + (90.42)] = 1.61 + 0.39 + 1.32 + 3.78 = 7.1
						7*	3*	5*	7*
								= (5+7)/2 = 6

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Application of a Multi-method to Identify a Research Problem

Aplicação de um Método Múltiplo para Identificar um Problema de Pesquisa

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