Ph.D. in Administration from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). She teaches and advises on the Graduate Program in Public Administration and the Graduate Program in Management of Public Organizations. Address correspondence to Kelmara Mendes Vieira, Department of Administrative Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, avenue Roraima, 1000, 4212 Santa Maria, Brazil, Zip Code 97105-900. E-mail: Kelmara.vieira@ufsm.br ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8847-0941.