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The Authenticity of the Others: How Teammates’ Authenticity Relates to Our Well-Being
2019
Although prior research has linked being authentic to individual well-being, little is known about authenticity’s external effects, that is, whether being around those who are authentic is good or bad for us. Integrating authenticity research and social penetration theory, we propose that others’ authenticity facilitates a number of positive intra- and interpersonal processes. Using a sample of 715 employees nested in 109 teams working for a nonprofit organization, we found that teammate authenticity relates positively to focal employees’ work engagement and negatively to their emotional exhaustion. While teammate authenticity explained incremental validity in both outcomes beyond the foca…
Temporary workers: the role of Corporate Image on Work Engagement
2012
Introduction: A great deal of attention has been given recently on relations between the employees and organization: if this relation is not healthy, it decreases the likelihood of turnover (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2009); employers are unlikely to invest in organizational commitment and motivation to work for temporary workers (Allen, Meyer, 1990; Becker, 1993; Amuedo-Dorantes, 2000; De Cuyper et al., 2008). In order to be successful, organizations should strategically aim to fit the individual values with corporate values (Bellotto, 1997). Value conflicts decrease employees' involvement in their work. Employees experience a de-motivating situation in which they are d…
Self-esteem and Occupational Self-efficacy as Mediators of the Associations between Perceived Organizational Support, Work Engagement and Job Satisfa…
2012
Introduction: Previous research has documented greater vulnerability and exposure to stress among temporary workers due to labor uncertainty, especially in cases where temporary workers are considered peripheral workers in whom employers are unlikely to invest foster long-term organizational commitment and motivation to work (Becker, 1993; Amuedo-Dorantes 2000; De Cuyper & De Nitte, 2005; De Cuyper at al., 2008). Many characteristics of temporary employment adds to the vulnerability of temporary workers: poor job characteristics, highly monotonous work (Hall 2006), lower influence on workplace decisions (Aronsson et al. 2002; Parker et al. 2002), lower job satisfaction and lower organizatio…
Analyzing Online Social Support Networks. The Case of Italian Time Banks on Facebook
2019
With the advent of the Internet, social support has changed in nature and size, and new forms of social help have emerged, that reshaped the meaning of this concept. In the last years, social support has been mainly investigated within the theoretical framework of relational sociology, using network analysis techniques (Crossley, 2011; Donati, 2011; Mische, 2011; Tronca, 2013). An interesting expression of social support networks and civic engagement is the phenomenon of time banks that has had a broad diffusion in the mid-1990s, after important changes in postindustrial society. These organizations are now trying to exploit the potential of the Internet and social networking sites as a mea…
Digitisation as a tool to promote transparency between collections: the case of the Baltic amber from the Königsberg collection at the Museum of Comp…
2019
A total of 383 Baltic amber samples, including 43 type specimens, held at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, for near a century were found to belong to the classic amber collection from the Albertus-Universität of Königsberg. This discovery was greatly facilitated by the public availability online of digital images produced during a four-year project that digitised the over 30,000 samples from the MCZ’s fossil insect collection. The amber samples were hand carried and reincorporated to the portion of the original Königsberg collection that was saved from World War II, held at the Geowissenschaftliches Museum from the Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum of the Georg-Augus…
Discrepancy between individual and organizational values : occupational burnout and work engagement among white-collar workers
2013
Abstract This pilot study aimed to investigate the level of discrepancy between individual and organizational values, and assessed its impact on white-collar workers' job burnout and work engagement. The study examined the hypothesis that the better the fit between individual and organizational values, the higher the work engagement and the lower the risk of professional burnout. The modified Schwartz's typology of values, focusing on work related issues, was used as a framework for the study. Also, organizational level analysis was incorporated into the study questionnaire in order to capture the potential mismatch effect between the person and his or her work environment. A total of 480 w…
PRATIQUES INFO-COMMUNICATIONNELLES ET MOBILISATION SOCIALE À L'ÈRE D'INTERNET : LE CAS DE L'ITALIE
2013
Ce travail de recherche porte sur le rôle des pratiques info-communicationnelles de l'Internet dans la constitution, le développement et la mobilisation des nouveaux groupes contestataires en Italie. Avec cette approche, nous souhaitons porter notre attention sur les pratiques humaines et non pas sur les réseaux informationnels, considérés trop souvent comme le moteur déterminant du changement social. Ainsi, bien que l'essor d'Internet n'ait pas impliqué le passage à une forme de société plus émancipée, la création d'espaces informationnels indépendants représente néanmoins un enjeu politique important. L'enquête de terrain est structurée en deux volets, l'un portant sur l'analyse de la mob…
Darbinieku iesaistīšanās starptautiskās organizācijās (Aviācijas industrija)
2019
Bakalaura darba tēma ir “Darbinieku iesaistīšanās starptautiskās organizācijās (Aviācijas Industrija)”. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir analizēt, kuri no virzītājspēkiem atstāj lielāku ietekmi uz darbinieku iesaistīšanos lidmašīnu salona apkalpes locekļu vidū. Darba saturs is sadalīts trīs daļās. Pirmajā darba daļa tiek sniegts teorētisks apskats par literatūrā ierosinātajām definīcijām un teorijām par darbinieku iesaistīšanās un faktoriem kuri atstāj pozitīvu ietekmi uz to iesaisti. Darba otrā daļā tiek analizēts kādu ietekmi uz darbinieku efektivitāti atstāj darbinieku iesaistīšana. Tiek izpētīts Aon Hewitt iesitīšanās modelis, apskatīta metode kā Air Baltic Airlines paaugstina darbinieku iesai…
Fostering brand engagement and value-laden trusted B2B relationships through digital content marketing
2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how digital content marketing (DCM) users can be engaged with business-to-business (B2B) brands and determine how such engagement leads to value-laden trusted brand relationships. Design/methodology/approach Through an online survey, data were collected from the email marketing list of a large B2B brand, and the hypothesised research model was analysed using covariance-based structural equation modelling. Findings This paper identifies a bundle of helpful brand actions – providing relevant topics and ideas; approaching content with a problem solving orientation; as well as investing in efforts to interpret, analyse and explain topics through …
Analysis of Viral Advertisement Re-Posting Activity in Social Media
2016
More and more businesses use social media to advertise their services. Such businesses typically maintain online social network accounts and regularly update their pages with advertisement messages describing new products and promotions. One recent trend in such businesses’ activity is to offer incentives to individual users for re-posting the advertisement messages to their own profiles, thus making it visible to more and more users. A common type of an incentive puts all the re-posting users into a random draw for a valuable gift. Understanding the dynamics of user engagement into the re-posting activity can shed light on social influence mechanisms and help determine the optimal incentiv…