Productive dynamic capability, environmental uncertainty, and organizational performance: an analysis of micro and small-sized agroindustries in Southern Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465941355

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Productive dynamic capability, Environmental uncertainty, Organizational performance, Micro and small-sized agroindustries, Agribusiness.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to correlate the constructs of productive dynamic capability and organizational performance mediated by environmental uncertainty in micro and small agroindustries of Brazilian states such as the Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná.

Methodology: In order to reach the expected aim, quantitative research using the survey technique was developed. The sample that was used consisting of 138 small and micro-sized of southern Brazilian agroindustries. It was performed confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling for the data analysis. In order to analyze the mediation, the two dimensions of environmental uncertainty, complexity, and dynamism were analyzed each one isolated.

Findings: The outcomes show a positive correlation between productive dynamic capability and performance in rural agroindustries. The mediation of both complexity and dynamism presented a positive statistical significance, that is the environmental uncertainty mediated the relationship. This study suggests that the agroindustries productive dynamic capability contributes to its performance, and the perception of environmental uncertainty influences this relation.

Originality/Value: The study contributes to the dynamic capabilities’ theory, advancing and providing new empirical evidence to the investigations on dynamic capabilities, specifically on productive dynamic capability, when relating the performance construct in micro and small agroindustries. It also contributes to the environmental uncertainty field through its mediating effect on the relation between productive dynamic capability and organizational performance. 

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Author Biographies

Michele Raasch, PPGA - Federal University of Santa Catarina

Ph.D. candidato em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Mestre em Desenvolvimento Territorial e Sistemas Agroindustriais pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (2019). Graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (2017). Este artigo é baseado em sua dissertação de mestrado, concluído na Universidade Federal de Pelotas.

Elvis Silveira-Martins, Faculty of Administration and Tourism at the Federal University of Pelotas

Ph.D. em Administração e Turismo pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (2012), Mestre em Administração pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (2006), graduação em Administração pela Universidade de Passo Fundo (2003). Atualmente é professor de cursos de graduação (administração) e mestrado (acadêmico: PPGDTSA e profissional: PROFIAP) da Universidade Federal de Pelotas e avaliador ad hoc da Secretaria de Educação do Brasil.

Vilmar Antônio Gonçalves Tondolo, Faculty of Administration and Tourism at the Federal University of Pelotas

Ph.D. em Administração na Unisinos (2011), com doutorado. na Panamericana da Universidade do Texas (2009), mestre em administração pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2004), graduado em administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (2001). Atualmente é professor da Faculdade de Administração e Turismo da Universidade Federal de Pelotas.

Gilnei Luiz de Moura, Department of Administrative Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria

Ph.D. in Administration at the School of Economics, Administration and Accounting, at the University of São Paulo (2008), Master degree in Administration at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1995), undergraduate degree in Administration at the Federal University of Santa Maria (1989). Currently is Professor of the Department of Administrative Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria.

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Raasch, M., Silveira-Martins, E., Tondolo, V. A. G., & Moura, G. L. de. (2020). Productive dynamic capability, environmental uncertainty, and organizational performance: an analysis of micro and small-sized agroindustries in Southern Brazil. Revista De Administração Da UFSM, 13(5), 1068–1072. https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465941355

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