DIÁLOGOS EN CONFLICTO

REPERTORIOS INTERPRETATIVOS SOBRE LA HUELGA DE LOS SERVIDORES MUNICIPALES DE UBERLÂNDIA

Abstract

This article investigates how different interpretative repertoires were mobilized during the strike of municipal workers in Uberlândia, analyzing them in light of Stakeholder Theory and the Salience Model, in order to identify which actors were perceived as salient in participants’ discourses, and how those discourses articulate with power, legitimacy, and urgency. A qualitative approach is adopted, of an applied nature and with an exploratory-descriptive objective. The methodology combines documentary research and content analysis, grounded in Stakeholder Theory and the Salience Model (Mitchell, Agle & Wood, 1997). Official documents, judicial decisions, news reports, and public pronouncements were examined. The results show that the interpretative repertoires revealed disputes around the legitimacy of the movement, the morality of management’s decisions, and the urgency of the presented agendas, allowing an understanding of how the Municipal Government of Uberlândia (PMU) responded selectively to different stakeholder groups. It is concluded that the municipal administration responded based on the perception of the involved groups’ attributes of power, legitimacy, and urgency.