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Aquiescence produce methods bias?: A study across self-esteem scales
2011
Un exercici corrent a les escales d’autoestima és presentar ítems en la direcció del tret, així com ítems en el sentit oposat. Aquesta pràctica ha esdevés habitual donat la presència d’aquiescència, entesa com la tendència a respondre de manera afirmativa amb independència del contingut dels ítems. Existeix abundant evidència a la literatura que el seu ús genera variància de mètode, fent aparéixer efectes de mètode no associats amb els trets d’interés. En aquest sentit, la present investigació pretén ampliar l’evidència i l’estudi de l’efecte de mètode associat als ítems negatius en el context de les escales d’autoestima. Es valora si aquest es presenta, no només quan l’autoestima es mesura…
How Virtuous is Your Firm? A Checklist
2009
Scholars are noting a change in the way business is being conducted. Many firms --one scholar estimates the number at 15%-- are concerned about values rather than focusing exclusively on maximizing profits. This new kind of capitalism considers factors such as societal needs, quality, needs of employees, and environmental sustainability in business decision making. In addition, a large number of consumers (approximately 70 million Americans), known as values-driven consumers, prefer doing business with companies that have values. This paper provides a checklist that can be used by firms to determine whether or not they are indeed virtuous; if they are not, the authors provide reasons why th…
Datortomogrāfijas protokola pielietošana smadzeņu nāves apstiprināšanai
2020
Bakalaura darba tēma ir “Datortomogrāfijas protokola pielietošana smadzeņu nāves apstiprināšanā”. Attīstoties intensīvās terapijas un transplantoloģijas nozarēm, smadzeņu nāves diagnostikā nepieciešams papildus veikt izmeklējumus, kas nodrošina ātru un efektīvu rezultātu, veicot apstiprinājumu smadzeņu nāves diagnozei. Datortomogrāfijas angiogrāfija ir viens no tiem. Bakalaura darba izvirzītā hipotēze ir: datortomogrāfijas protokols smadzeņu nāves apstiprināšanai katrā slimnīcā ir atšķirīgs. Darba mērķis ir noskaidrot datortomogrāfijas protokola pielietošanu smadzeņu nāves apstiprināšanai 3 Latvijas slimnīcās. Pētniecības uzdevumi ir apkopot un analizēt literatūru par galvas smadzeņu anatom…
A firm's activity in social media and its relationship with corporate reputation and firm performance
2015
There is growing debate about whether companies’ investments in social media really pay off. This research attempts to contribute to this discussion by investigating the relationship between a firm’s social media activity and two outcomes, namely, company reputation and firm financial performance. Two propositions are developed based on theory and tested with a sample of 59 companies. The findings suggest that a firm’s social media activity is only partially linked with its financial performance and is not linked with corporate reputation. The implications of the research suggest that little is known about the relationships between a firm’s social media activity and corporate reputation and…
Dimensiones del Ecosistema Digital Universitario: Validación del Instrumento «University Digital Ecosystem» (UN-DIGECO) / Dimensions of the Universit…
2020
El presente estudio presenta el diseño y validación del instrumento UN-DIGECO (University Digital Ecosystem), orientado a conocer el Ecosistema Digital Universitario, identificando las dimensiones asociadas al uso que hacen los estudiantes de los medios sociales (MMSS) y/o aplicaciones digitales. La validación de contenido y comprensión se efectuó en tres fases: construcción, refinado y validación psicométrica, mediante el análisis factorial confirmatorio, apoyado en el constructo teórico inicial. Se diseñaron ítems –recabando información de instrumentos similares-, acordes a indicadores adscritos a seis dimensiones: aprendizaje, interacción social, creación de contenidos, consumo online, o…
Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Competitive Advantage: Lessons from Parmalat’s Turnaround
2012
The large number of scandals which rocked the corporate world since the end of the twentieth century have fueled a considerable body of research regarding the factors which drove companies to adopt socially irresponsible behaviors and the institutional remedies which may discourage the repetition of such episodes. Today, the time lag since the initial upsurge of corporate scandals allows to shift attention towards the post-scandal turnaround processes brought about by such companies and the factors which influence their performance. Through the in-depth longitudinal study of a particularly successful turnaround which occurred at Parmalat and its comparison with other partially overlapping c…
Représentations socio-professionnelles des étudiant·es en soins infirmiers : effets du genre
2022
Les étudiant·es infirmier·es sont majoritairement des femmes. L’objet de notre travail est, simultanément, de modéliser la représentation socioprofessionnelle qu’ont les étudiant·es infirmier·es de leur futur métier, d’en analyser l’ancrage et l’impact du genre. À partir d’une méthode d’évocation par induction hiérarchisée et d’entretiens semi-directifs, des différences associées au genre apparaissent dans la structure de la représentation, plus consensuelle chez les femmes. Les variations concernent également les qualités vues comme nécessaire pour être un·e bon·ne infirmier·e. Enfin, la motivation initiale, le parcours de formation antérieur ou encore les projections professionnelles sont…
Stakeholder salience for small businesses : a social proximity perspective
2017
This paper advances stakeholder salience theory from the viewpoint of small businesses. It is argued that the stakeholder salience process for small businesses is influenced by their local embeddedness, captured by the idea of social proximity, and characterised by multiple relationships that the owner-manager and stakeholders share beyond the business context. It is further stated that the ethics of care is a valuable ethical lens through which to understand social proximity in small businesses. The contribution of the study conceptualises how the perceived social proximity between local stakeholders and small business owner-managers influences managerial considerations of the legitimacy, …
Methods for territorial intelligence
2006
Quantitative methods which are used by social sciences for thirty years can provide tools to help territorial actors better managing their territories. This short paper outlines an inventory of the kinds of methods that are usable within this framework.
La valeur partenariale : vers une mesure opérationnelle.
2007
L’objectif de cet article est de proposer une mesure operationnelle de la valeur partenariale. Cette mesure est illustree par une application a un certain nombre de firmes europeennes du secteur automobile. Cette application met en evidence l’interet de la demarche pour construire un diagnostic financier permettant de mieux mettre en relation la conception contractuelle de la firme et l’approche strategique.