Search results for "Adaptability"
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Contractual satisfaction: drivers and implication for theory
2014
The aim of inter-firm relations is to achieve each firm’s objectives. The achievement of these objectives is reflected in firms’ satisfaction. Satisfaction as a concept can be studied at different levels and contractual relations is one such level. Most studies on inter-firm satisfaction have looked at the general level of satisfaction, whose drivers are complex to account for. This study aims to investigate contractual satisfaction from the perspective of some of its key drivers. The main finding suggests that, while ongoing term specificity, contingent adaptability, reputation and trust have a positive influence on contractual satisfaction, opportunism has a negative one.
Employability and Job Insecurity:Supporting Individuals to Achieve Career Success in the WhiteWater Environment
2019
El rápido ritmo de la cuarta revolución industrial de hoy, junto con la inestabilidad económica y la competitividad global, han resultado en cambios organizativos generalizados y en una creciente inseguridad laboral. Reconociendo que la inseguridad laboral continuará intensificándose en los años venideros, esta investigación, a través de tres estudios, tiene como objetivo actualizar el papel de la empleabilidad en el éxito profesional subjetivo en el mundo laboral contemporáneo y descubrir las condiciones que pueden impulsar el rendimiento al experimentar inseguridad laboral . El estudio 1 ha demostrado que la empleabilidad sigue siendo un concepto relevante en el mercado laboral actual a p…
The Țigani Community Adaptability to Changes in Rural Romania and the COVID-19 Impact
2021
Romanian rural villages are struggling to survive present times when youngsters leave for a better life in the city while elders work the land like a hundred years ago. Our paper integrates human environments research with public health preparedness, presenting the Țigani (Gypsy/Roma) ethnic group from rural Romania as an example to the world. The future security of mankind will require a new understanding of the human place in its environment. That will lead to a new society, not the most powerful or intelligent, but the one that is more adaptable to changes, with sensitive and interconnected community members. Therefore, the Țigani ethnic group that fought for its rights and flourished de…
The role of individual and parental expectations in student-athletes’ career adaptability profiles
2022
To support holistic development, adolescent student-athletes are encouraged to integrate sport with education/academics (i.e., dual careers). Career adaptability, as a psychological resource, may help youth athletes cope with transitions and successfully manage their careers. Individuals with a plan and higher expectations for the future demonstrate higher career adaptability and are better prepared for the future. In the present study, we examined what kinds of distinct career adaptability profiles could be identified among youth athletes in Finland at the transition stage to a sports high school (i.e., specialized school for athletes). Moreover, we investigated whether youth athletes’ suc…
Meeting the need for flexibility in business processes
2017
Nykyaikaisessa liiketoimintaympäristössä organisaatioiden tulee olla joustavia. Joustavuuden tarve ilmenee monella tavalla – organisaatioiden tulee pystyä sopeuttamaan sekä toimintansa luonnetta että toimintatapojaan, sekä tilapäisesti että pysyvästi, sekä ennakoitavissa että ennakoimattomissa tilanteissa. Liiketoimintaprosessisuuntautuneisuus ja Business Process Management (BPM) ovat viime aikoina olleet merkittäviä paradigmoja organisaatioiden johtamisessa ja saaneet tunnustusta keinoina parantaa organisaatioiden suorituskykyä. On kuitenkin epäselvyyttä siitä, kuinka yhteensopivia perinteiset BPM-metodit ovat joustavuuden vaatimusten kanssa. Tällä eksploratiivisella kirjallisuuskatsauksel…
Genome-wide mapping of signatures of selection using a high-density array identified candidate genes for growth traits and local adaptation in chicke…
2023
Abstract Background Availability of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays and progress in statistical analyses have allowed the identification of genomic regions and genes under selection in chicken. In this study, SNP data from the 600 K Affymetrix chicken array were used to detect signatures of selection in 23 local Italian chicken populations. The populations were categorized into four groups for comparative analysis based on live weight (heavy vs light) and geographical area (Northern vs Southern Italy). Putative signatures of selection were investigated by combining three extended haplotype homozygosity (EHH) statistical approaches to quantify excess of haplotype homoz…
The Work of Cultural Transition: An Emerging Model
2016
In today’s uncertain, fluid job market, transnational mobility has intensified. Though the concept of cultural transition is increasingly used in sport and career research, insight into the processes of how individuals produce their own development through work and relationships in shifting cultural patterns of meaning remains limited. The transnational industry of sports, in which athletes’ psychological adjustment to cultural transitions has implications for both performance and meaningful life, serves as a backdrop for this article. This study applied the life story method to interviews with 15 professional and semi-professional athletes, focusing particularly on the cultural transition …
The role of career adaptability resources in dual career pathways: A person-oriented longitudinal study across elite sports upper secondary school
2023
Objectives Obtaining education is an important milestone in athletes’ preparation for their professional career after sport. Literature indicates that combining school and sport is not an easy task for many aspiring youth athletes. It has been proposed that career adaptability, which refers to psychosocial resources enabling individuals to solve complex occupational transitions, present and anticipated vocational development tasks, and career related challenges could be a relevant concept for applied work with student-athletes. In this study, we examined whether there are distinct developmental profiles of career adaptability among adolescent athletes across the upper secondary school years…
Career Adapt-Abilities Scale – Dual Career Form (CAAS-DC): psychometric properties and initial validation in high-school student-athletes
2016
Talented adolescent athletes attempting to sustain academic and vocational training alongside the increasing demands of their athletic career often encounter difficulties, including lower vocational readiness and the challenge of adapting to life after elite sport. Therefore, it is necessary to better understand the specific competencies that youth athletes can draw upon to successfully combine sport and education into a dual career pathway. Building on the existing Career Adapt-Abilities Scale [Savickas & Porfeli, (2012). Career adapt-abilities scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(3), 661–673], we developed a …