Abstract
This article analyzes the historical role of the Revista de Administração de Empresas (RAE) in building the academic field in Administration in Brazil, based on articles, editorials and reviews published since its launch in1961. The RAE appears as the journal that introduces the first management models to be adopted in research, portraying a new language, a new way to organize sales or production, as well as a new mindset that proposes different social organization. Since its launch, relevant features of the journal have been the dissemination of new areas of knowledge in Administration; and the publication of the first empirical research on the Brazilian context. The first issues of RAE indicate: i) the presence of foreign authors, several linked to Michigan State University, an institution that participated in the foundation and development of FGV EAESP; ii) the first articles in thematic areas of Administration, especially Marketing, Finance and Organizational Behavior; and iii) the contact of Brazilian professors with updated international literature, especially North American, in the field of management. Alongside texts dealing with administrative practices, the RAE is also a space for political-social debates and reflective and critical articles.
Keywords:
Revista de Administração de Empresas; Academic field; Administration; Mentality and management