Renato José de Souza is a professor at the Department of Business Administration and Human Resources at FGV EAESP and Coordinator of the MBA in Strategic Management of Human Resources at FGV. He is an associate researcher at the Center for Studies on Organizations and People (NEOP) at FGV EAESP. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from UFMG, a Master's in Production Engineering from UFSC and a PhD in Business Administration from FGV EAESP. He has research interests in the themes of theory and practice of leadership, people management, behavior and organizational change, and strategic management of human resources. He served for more than 25 years as Senior Executive of Human Resources in organizations in Brazil, United Kingdom and in the Americas Region, in the segments of Consumer Goods, Financial Services and Education, focusing on the areas of organizational and people development, talent acquisition, training and development, leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion. As a Human Resources strategic partner, he led change processes, including mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs, with strategic thinking in the design of solutions that resulted in the evolution of organizational skills, talent and leadership development, and improvements in organizational and work processes.

Articles: 

WOOD, THOMAZ ; HOLZ, EDVALTER BECKER ; SOUZA, RENATO. When Rigor Meets Relevance: the development of hybrid actionable knowledge production systems. Systemic Practice and Action Research, v. 36, p. 1-29, 2023.

WOOD, THOMAZ ; SOUZA, RENATO ; CALDAS, MIGUEL P. The relevance of management research debate: a historical view, 1876-2018. Journal Of Management History, v. 28, p. 409-427, 2022.

SOUZA, RENATO; WOOD JR, THOMAZ. The Multiple Lenses of Studying and Approaching Leadership. RAE. Revista de Administração de Empresas, v. 62, p. 1-20, 2022.

WOOD JR, THOMAZ ; SOUZA, RENATO JOSÉ DE. Os Caminhos da Pesquisa Científica em Administração em Busca da Relevância Perdida. Organizações & Sociedade (online), v. 26, p. 535-557, 2019.

NICOLLETTI, MARIANA ; LUTTI, NATALIA ; SOUZA, RENATO ; PAGOTTO, LÍVIA. Social and Organizational Learning in the Adaptation to the Process of Climate Change: the case of a Brazilian thermoplastic resins and petrochemical company. Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 226, p. 748-758, 2019.

WOOD JR, T. ; CALDAS, M. P. ; SOUZA, R. J. Um Novo Modelo para as Escolas de Administração. GV Executivo, v. 18, p. 12-16, 2019.

WOOD JR, T. ; CALDAS, M. ; SOUZA, RENATO. Aproximando Gregos e Troianos. GV Executivo, v. 17, p. 13-15, 2018.

Book chapters: 

SOUZA, RENATO; WOOD, THOMAZ ; JACKSON, B. What Favelas Can Teach about Leadership: the importance of shared-purpose and place-based leadership. In: Devin P. Singh; Randal Joy Thompson; Kathleen A. Curran. (Org.). Reimagining Leadership on the Commons: shifting the paradigm for a more ethical, Equitable and Just World. 1ed.Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021, v. , p. 1-.

SOUZA, R. J.; JACKSON, B. Enacting Leadership in the Favela: an empirical investigation using a dialogical heuristic framework. In: Rob Koonce; Rens van Loon. (Org.). The Dialogical Challenge of Leadership Development. 1ed.Greenwich: Information Age Publishing, 2019, v., p. 76-114.

SOUZA, R. J.. Leadership and the Collective. In: Gerardo Abreu Pederzini. (Org.). Considering Leadership Anew. 1ed.Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, v., p. 101-114.

LIMA, F. P. A. ; SOUZA, R. J. ; ALVES, G. B. O. A Produção das Lesões por Esforços Repetitivos num Restaurante Universitário - Análise Ergonômica e Psicossocial. In: Maria Elizabeth Antunes Lima; José Newton Garcia de Araújo; Francisco de Paula Antunes Lima. (Org.). Lesões por Esforços Repetitivos: Dimensões Ergonômicas e Psicossociais. 1ed.Belo Horizonte: Health, 1998, v. , p. 108-177.