The Variation of Bureaucratic Capacities in the Brazilian Federal Public Administration: an Analysis with Survey Data

Gomide, Alexandre de Ávila; Machado, Raphael Amorim; Lins, Rafael da Silva

doi:10.1590/1984-92302022v29n0009EN

Alexandre de Ávila Gomide

Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasília, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-8865

Raphael Amorim Machado

Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasília, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-4485

Rafael da Silva Lins

Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasília, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-3279

Associate Editor: Wescley Silva Xavier

Authorship

Alexandre de Ávila Gomide PhD in Public Administration and Government from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, with a postdoctoral period at the School of Global Politics and Strategy, University of California, San Diego. Member of the Planning and Research career at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and permanent professor of the professional master's degree in Public Administration at the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research (IDP). E-mail: alexandre.gomide@ipea.gov.br

Raphael Amorim Machado PhD in Political Science from the State University of Campinas. Visiting researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research. E-mail: raphaelmachado2@gmail.com

Rafael da Silva Lins Bachelor's Degree in Statistics from the University of Brasília (UnB) and Master's Degree in Statistics from the same university. Associate Researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea). E-mail: rafaeldslins@gmail.com

Conflict of interests

The authors inform that there is no conflict of interest.

Authors' contributions

First author: conception (leader), formal analysis (leader), investigation (leader), methodology (equal), project administration (leader), resources (leader), supervision (leader), validation (leader), visualization (equal), writing – original draft (leader), writing – proofreading and editing (equal).

Second author: conception (equal), data curation (support), formal analysis (support), writing – original draft (equal), writing – reviewing and editing (equal).

Third author: design (support), data curation (leader), formal analysis (equal), research (equal), methodology (leader), project administration (support), resources (support), supervision (support), validation ( support), visualization (leader), writing – original draft (support), writing – reviewing and editing (equal).

Type of organization	Public Policy Sector	Code	Number
Indirect - Regulatory Agency	Oil, gas and telecommunications	AR	5
Indirect - Regulatory Agency	Land, waterway and aviation transport	AT	3
Indirect - Regulatory Agency	Complementary health and health surveillance	AS	2
Indirect - Autarchy and Foundations	Land regulation and health	S	2
Direct - Ministry and Foundation	Rights Protection	D	2
Indirect - Public and mixed economy companies	Infrastructure and the productive sector	E	3
Direct - Department	Police force	F	2
Direct - Ministries	Productive	MI	3
Direct - Ministries	Socioenvironmental	MS	5
Direct - Ministries	Government Nucleus	N	6
Indirect - Autarchy and Foundations	Research and Technology	P	3

Variable	Indicators (Questions)
Innovation	H5 - My organization is creative and innovative
Efficiency	H2 - The policies produced by the organization I work for achieved the expected results
Restriction on corruption	D1 - The culture of my work organization makes corrupt practices difficult

Variable	Indicators (Questions)
Weberianity	B1 - My work unit is able to recruit people with the right skills B2 - Promotions for commissioned positions in my work unit are based on merit B5 - Technical competence is important for nomination to a commissioned position [in my organization
Autonomy	C1 - My perception is that the government makes the most of my skills C2 - In my current position I feel encouraged to bring new and better ways of working C5 - What is the level of satisfaction with your involvement in decisions that affect your work?
Resources	The following items are obstacles to the good performance of your work unit: E1 - Human resources E2 - Budget resources E3 - Technological resources
Coordination	In the last 12 months, how often have you interacted with: F1 - other organizations or agencies linked to the body you currently work for F2 - other organizations or agencies linked to other ministries
Relationship with society	In the last 12 months, how often have you interacted with: F8 - Private companies F10 - Civil Society Organizations

	Efficiency	Innovation	Restriction on Corruption
Intercept	-2,03***	-3,36***	-2,69***
	(0,336)	(0,48)	(0,36)
	Efficiency	Innovation	Restriction on Corruption
Weberianity	1,20	4,41***	4,15***
	(0,76)	(1,06)	(0,8)
Autonomy	1,54**	0,28	-1,36
	(0,72)	(0,99)	(0,75)
Resources	0,69	-0,20	-0,17
	(0,41)	(0,61)	(0,41)
Coordination	-0,17	-0,03	0,61
	(0,35)	(0,48)	(0,36)
Relacionamento	-0,40	-0,52	0,10
	(0,33)	(0,45)	(0,36)
Pseudo R2	0,38	0,39	0,38

[1] Associate Editor: Wescley Silva Xavier

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The Variation of Bureaucratic Capacities in the Brazilian Federal Public Administration: an Analysis with Survey Data

Abstract