Competência moral e cidadania organizacional: estudo com militares em formação

Abstract

The research developed fits study area of cognitive psychology and social processes , taking as its theme the development of moral and organizational citizenship behaviors . The study was conducted with cadets of the Brazilian Army (EB), registered in 2015, the training course for officers of the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (AMAN) . stand out as study objectives : to analyze the relationship between the educational process of AMAN and the improvement of skills for evaluation of moral dilemmas ; investigate the links between training in AMAN and development of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (CCO) ; and check the links between the moral levels of competence with the CCO indicators of the same public . The study is based on theoretical elaborations of Piaget and Kohlberg on moral competence, and constructs of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. The survey included a sample of 732 cadets distributed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the seven military specialty training in AMAN. We used the Moral Judgment Test (MJT xt) of Battaglia and Lind (1998), and Behavior Scales and Organizational Citizenship, Siqueira (2014) in its three categories: dissemination and advocacy organization; creativity in the solution of organizational problems; and the adoption of supportive behavior and social cooperation in the implementation of the tasks. Statistical analysis done left the SPSS platforms (Statistical Package for Social Science) and AMOS modules (Analysis of Moment Structures). Noteworthy are the following results: the contents of the score C (moral competence) cadets stood at median levels, significant differences were observed (positive or negative) resulting from the progress in the training course or for the different military specialties. No significant differences were identified in scores C in correlation with the family background of the cadets (whether military or civilian), school origin (whether military or civilian college) and religious affiliations. The formulations of alternative dilemmas for the MJT (xt) show correlation with the original test formulations, but need to expand the database, mainly to Student's Dilemma. The Organizational Citizenship Behaviors suffer negative influence throughout the course, as analyzed aspects of defense organization and cooperation. The data point to a negative correlation between the development of Moral Competence and CCO of cadets.