ABSTRACT
The objective is to analyze the organizational commitment regarding material resources and assets of a recycling cooperative. Management of material resources and assets, which is generally a relevant and problematic issue to recycling cooperatives, may occur in a more rational manner, generating productivity gains, greater ability to control the outcome, improving the quality of decisions of the enterprise, and, consequently, the operational and financial results. An empirical, descriptive and qualitative research was made; a case study was chosen as technical procedure. The Cooperativa Recicla Paranaíba (Coorepa) was selected as the object of study because of its local notoriety, being the only cooperative in the state duly registered with the Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras de Mato Grosso do Sul (OCB/MS), besides being creditable in the “Prêmio Santander Universidades” in 2011 , the latter awarded a hundred thousand reais to Coorepa. Data collection involved a triangulation of sources of evidence: direct observation, interviews and documents. For data processing, we used the content analysis. The results were organized according to the approaches of organizational behavior (affective, normative and instrumental). Coorepa faces many problems related to the management of their assets and material resources and, considering this perspective, it is necessary to establish rational and appropriate management methods, as well as small investments, preparation of simple mechanisms for management of material resources and assets. However, a key aspect to high-quality managing of material resources and assets is the commitment of its members. The conceptual model of organizational behavior analysis developed in this paper links the approaches of organizational behavior with major authors and categories of analysis, that allowed us to assess the levels of involvement of the Coorepa’s members as low in all three assessed approaches: emotional, instrumental and normative.
KEYWORDS
Organizational commitment; Recycling cooperative; Material resources management; Asset management; Tridimensional approach