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Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Passion for Work on Performance Variables in Sports Clubs
2021
Entrepreneurial orientation and passion for work have been widely studied due to their effects on the behaviour and attitude of management teams in the short- and long-term. However, despite the influences of these variables on the sustainability and survival of an entity, there is a gap when considering the effects of these two performance variables in sports organisations. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were to understand the influences of entrepreneurial orientation and passion for work on service quality and sporting performance. To this end, 199 Spanish non-profit sports clubs were analysed using instruments with good psychometric properties. Data analysis was carried out…
Poverty Permanence Among European Youth
2008
Previous studies suggest that Scandinavian countries are the ones with the highest rates of youth poverty in Europe. This somewhat unexpected finding prompts the question whether the incidence of poverty is an appropriate measure of youth disadvantage. Instead of considering poverty rates we define here youth disadvantage in terms of the number of periods an individual is recorded to be below the poverty line. Using the European Community Household Panel, individuals are classified into different groups of poverty permanence, each reflecting severity of social disadvantage. Based on these categories we implement a generalized ordinal logit model to assess the various factors associated with…
Maternally‐transferred thyroid hormones and life‐history variation in birds
2022
1. In vertebrates, thyroid hormones (THs) play an important role in the regulation of growth, development, metabolism, photoperiodic responses and migration. Maternally transferred THs are important for normal early-phase embryonic development when embryos are not able to produce endogenous THs. Previous studies have shown that variation in maternal THs within the physiological range can influence offspring phenotype. 2. Given the essential functions of maternal THs in development and metabolism, THs may be a mediator of life-history variation across species. 3. We tested the hypothesis that differences in life histories are associated with differences in maternal TH transfer across species…
I piani nazionali di ripresa e resilienza in prospettiva comparata
2021
L’articolo propone un’analisi dei piani di ripresa e resilienza di Francia, Germania, Italia, Spagna, Grecia e Portogallo. Per ogni caso di studio si prendono in considerazione vari elementi. Innanzitutto, è oggetto di disamina il contesto economico nel quale è calato il singolo piano, con un approfondimento sull’impatto della pandemia sulle finanze di ciascun Paese. Successivamente, si dà conto delle dimensioni e delle caratteristiche del piano. In particolare, si esaminano la portata finanziaria complessiva del piano, i settori in cui sono concentrate le risorse, la ripartizione dei finanziamenti previsti tra sovvenzioni e prestiti. Si ricostruisce, inoltre, il modello di governance di og…
A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis model to predict bank bailouts: a study of the Spanish financial system
2020
This paper examines the restructuring of the Spanish financial system. This study is justified by the massive economic and social impact of this process in Spain. Based on the annual accounts and the annual reports of Spanish credit institutions, a model was created to predict the possibility of bank failure or bailout. The variables were selected following a review of the literature. They included the legal form of the credit institution (savings bank versus bank), leverage, real estate investment, gross operating margin, staff costs and non-performing loans. Two variables that had not previously been used in studies of this type were also included in the model: risk-weighted assets and co…
Psychosocial Factors and Chronic Illness as Predictors for Anxiety and Depression in Adolescence
2020
Adolescence is a challenging time when emotional difficulties often arise. Self-esteem, good relationships with peers, and emotional competences can buffer the effects of these difficulties. The difficulties can be even greater when coupled with the presence of a chronic physical illness (CD). Our goal is to analyze psychosocial factors and CD as predictors for anxiety and depression. It was compared the results of structural equation models (SEM) with models based on qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to analyze the possible influence of these variables on levels of anxiety-depression in adolescents with and without CD. The sample consisted of 681 adolescents, between 12 and 16 years o…
Metodologia analizy porównawczej nazw świąt prawosławnych i katolickich ( na materiale języka polskiego i rosyjskiego)
2020
W niniejszym artykule zostały przedstawione rozważania autora na temat badań porównawczych nazw świąt prawosławnych i katolickich (na przykładzie języka polskiego i rosyjskiego) oraz opisane metody badań, które mogą być zastosowane podczas pisania pracy doktorskiej.