Quantitative studies in administration: comparative analysis between Brazilian and international publications

This article aims to identify research strategies focused on methodological procedures and presentation of results in national and international quantitative studies, in the administration area, within a framework of critical-comparative analysis, in the period between 2015 and 2019. To develop this study, an exploratory-descriptive research was carried out, with a qualitative and bibliographic approach. For the treatment of the data it was used the content analysis technique, by means of Iramutec software, based on the phases described by Bardin (1977). The results showed that there are significant differences in national and international publications that have been analyzed in terms of the research problem, hypothesis, used technique and presentation of results. It is considered that this article, although of an exploratory nature, has a theoretical and practical contribution as far as it is discussed part of the process concerning the procedures applied in the development of empirical research. Finally, as a suggestion for future studies, we indicate studies aimed at analyzing the appropriateness of the research instruments in relation to the object of study, technique, sample description and data collection method in management articles using the quantitative approach.