O Papel da Liderança Transformacional na Reconstrução de Significados Compartilhados de uma Unidade Estratégica de Negócios da Área da Saúde

The aim of this paper was to verify how the transformational leader’s role might influence the reconstruction of shared meanings as regards strategic corporative changes considering a restructuring process of Business Units which have different and inter-related portfolios. The strategy for research has been characterized as a case study because it presents the singularity of a unique organization, as well as the use of a triangulation of different data sources. Such triangulation allowed not only for the definition of analysis categories supported by theoric development and by the questionnaire, but also for the confirmation of such categories along with data collecting, including 106 respondents and 20 managers (called “transformational leaders”). It was possible to conclude that even though there are structural problems, leaders are well accepted by employees and their role is highly significant on the change process and on the building of meanings, specially considering the interpretation of the directors’ expectations and work conditions that are offered and perceived.