Study goals
To analyze the relationship between Knowledge Management and the implementation of Integrity Programs in public organizations.
Relevance / originality
Preventing illegal acts in public organizations, such as corruption, nepotism, and other unethical practices, has been a challenge. This challenge has led to significant efforts in recent years to develop guiding principles, but results have remained incipient.
Methodology / approach
A mixed methodology was adopted, with a questionnaire administered to 15 institutions of the Federal Executive Branch, based on the maturity models of the Comptroller General's Office and the Asian Productivity Organization. To this end, a Simple Linear Regression was performed.
Main results
A positive and significant relationship was found between Knowledge Management and Public Integrity, explaining 21% of the variation in program effectiveness. Furthermore, institutions with a greater number of employees in the Sectoral Integrity Units (USI) performed better.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
The study corroborates the importance of Knowledge Management for implementing integrity programs and can inform other studies addressing elements that should be considered in this process.
Social / management contributions
The study contributes to public management as a whole, as it identifies elements that aim to help managers implement integrity programs with greater performance and disseminate this knowledge more practically within organizations.