Elisângela Furtado

She holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a Specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management from UFMG, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from PUC Minas.

She serves as the leader of the thematic area “Social Development: Possibilities and Paradoxes” within the Organizational Studies Division of EnANPAD. Previously, she led the thematic area “Public Administration, Government, State and Society, and the Third Sector” at ENANGRAD from 2020 to 2024, receiving recognition for her contributions for four consecutive years. She is a member of the Brazilian Society for Organizational Studies (SBEO), the Brazilian Association for Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE.BR), and the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers (ABPN).

Her research interests include:

1. Productive Inclusion. Research aimed at identifying solutions that expand access to opportunities in both the labor market and entrepreneurship.

2. Corporate Social Responsibility. Studies that examine how sustainability initiatives, ethical practices, and social engagement influence stakeholder perceptions and organizational performance.

3. Social Entrepreneurship. Investigations of entrepreneurial initiatives that combine financial sustainability with social transformation, assessing methodologies, impact measurement, and the challenges involved in scaling innovative solutions.

4. Inequality and Underrepresentation in Organizations. Research addressing major societal challenges within organizations, including the underrepresentation of marginalized groups and issues of organizational justice. These studies seek to identify biases and understand the impacts of homogeneity on organizations.

5. Diversity and Inclusion. Analysis of D&I policies related to gender, race, LGBTQIA+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other groups, as well as their influence on creativity, organizational climate, and business performance, including challenges in effective implementation.

6. Critical Theory. Non-positivist studies grounded in the Frankfurt School and its contemporary developments, investigating how critiques of dominant structures such as capitalism, mass culture, power relations, and instrumental rationality can contribute to social and political transformation. Topics include the culture industry, authoritarianism, neoliberalism, and emancipatory alternatives for individuals and organizations.

7. Emerging Topics in Organizational Studies. Research dedicated to understanding new organizational dynamics shaped by trends such as the green economy, remote work, religiosity, art, and post-pandemic management models, analyzing their impacts on organizational structures, culture, and strategy.

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