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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact on manufacturing performance of human resource management (HRM) practices across two job levels within manufacturing firms in…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact on manufacturing performance of human resource management (HRM) practices across two job levels within manufacturing firms in Argentina and Uruguay: that of line managers and frontline workers. HRM practices are categorised into three bundles defined by the AMO theoretical framework: ability, motivation and opportunity.
Design/methodology/approach
The article uses data from a survey to 301 manufacturing plants in Uruguay and Argentina. Given the characteristics of the dependent variable, linear regression models have been estimated in order to test the hypotheses.
Findings
The results show that the ability and opportunity bundles for line managers are positively associated with manufacturing performance. However, only the motivation bundle affects manufacturing performance for frontline workers.
Research limitations/implications
The main limitations are the use of cross-sectional data, the focus on two specific countries and the analysis of two employee categories that are not completely homogenous. The paper extends the contingency perspective in HRM by examining the relevance of job level as a contingent factor in the HRM-performance relationship in the manufacturing industry.
Practical implications
The results suggest that manufacturing companies should target HR investments more towards line managers than to frontline employees. More specifically, they should concentrate efforts on the ability and opportunity bundles.
Originality/value
The article contributes to the very limited empirical evidence on the impact of HRM differentiation on firm performance by analysing sub-dimensions in a context not previously analysed.
Objetivo
El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el impacto sobre los resultados de manufactura de la aplicación de prácticas de Dirección de Recursos Humanos en dos niveles de empleados dentro de las empresas industriales argentinas y uruguayas: los supervisores y los operarios de producción. Las prácticas de DRH son clasificadas en tres paquetes de acuerdo con el marco definido por el modelo AMO: capacidad, motivación y oportunidad.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
El artículo utiliza datos procedentes de una encuesta realizada a 301 plantas industriales en Uruguay y Argentina. Dadas las características de la variable dependiente, se estiman modelos de regresión lineal para contrastar las hipótesis.
Hallazgos
Nuestros resultados muestran que los paquetes de prácticas orientados a la capacidad y la oportunidad para los supervisores están asociados positivamente con los resultados de manufactura. Sin embargo, solo el paquete de prácticas orientado a la motivación afecta a los resultados de manufactura para los operarios de producción.
Limitaciones/implicaciones de investigación
Las principales limitaciones son el uso de datos transversales, el enfoque en dos países concretos y el análisis de dos ocupaciones que no son completamente homogéneas. Este trabajo extiende la perspectiva contingente analizando la importancia del nivel jerárquico del puesto como un factor de contingencia en la relación DRH-resultados en la industria manufacturera.
Implicaciones prácticas
Los resultados sugieren que las empresas industriales deberían dirigir sus inversiones en DRH más hacia los supervisores que hacia los operarios. Más concretamente, deberían concentrar sus esfuerzos en los paquetes de capacidad y oportunidad.
Originalidad/valor
El artículo contribuye a la escasa evidencia empírica sobre el impacto de la diferenciación de la DRH sobre los resultados de manufactura analizando subdimensiones en un contexto no estudiado con anterioridad.
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This paper aims to develop a framework for the semantic operationalisation of the business model, which enables the automated identification of business models using content…
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Purpose
This paper aims to develop a framework for the semantic operationalisation of the business model, which enables the automated identification of business models using content analysis.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors approached the operationalisation of the business model by conducting a review of the organisational and management literature to derive the key business model elements highlighted in the existing research, along with their associated keywords.
Findings
The study proposed a conceptual framework that specifies a granular structure of business model elements, as well as the keywords that characterise each element. By coming down to the level of distinct keywords, the authors arrived at measurable constructs to capture the magnitude of every element in a company’s business model.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to offer a semantic operationalisation of the business model by defining the set of keywords that pertain to each element of the business model. The proposed operationalisation of the business model can aid future empirical research by serving as a tool for the automated assessment of the magnitude of every element in a company’s business model using content analysis.
Propósito
Este artículo tiene como objetivo desarrollar un marco de trabajo para la operacionalización semántica de los modelos de negocio, que permita la identificación automatizada de esos modelos usando “análisis de contenido”.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Abordamos la operacionalización del modelo de negocio mediante una revisión de la literatura de organización y gestión de empresas para derivar los elementos clave de los modelos de negocio destacados en la investigación existente, junto con sus palabras clave asociadas.
Hallazgos
Nuestro estudio propone un marco conceptual que especifica una estructura detallada de los elementos de modelos de negocio, así como las palabras clave que caracterizan cada elemento. Al llegar al nivel de palabras clave distintas, obtuvimos constructos medibles para capturar la magnitud de cada elemento dentro del modelo de negocio de una empresa.
Originalidad
Nuestro estudio es el primero en ofrecer una operacionalización semántica de los modelos de negocio al definir el conjunto de palabras clave que se refieren a cada elemento del modelo de negocio. La operacionalización propuesta puede ayudar a la investigación empírica futura al servir como una herramienta para la evaluación automatizada de la magnitud de cada elemento en el modelo de negocio de una empresa mediante análisis de contenido.
Propósito
Este artigo tem como objetivo desenvolver um framework para a operacionalização semântica do modelo de negócio, que possibilita a identificação automatizada de modelos de negócio por meio de análise de conteúdo.
Design/metodologia/abordagem
Abordamos a operacionalização do modelo de negócio realizando uma revisão da literatura organizacional e de gestão para derivar os principais elementos do modelo de negócio destacados nas pesquisas existentes, juntamente com suas palavras-chave associadas.
Resultados
Nosso estudo propôs um framework conceitual que especifica uma estrutura granular de elementos do modelo de negócio, assim como as palavras-chave que caracterizam cada elemento. Ao descer ao nível de palavras-chave distintas, chegamos a construtos mensuráveis para capturar a magnitude de cada elemento no modelo de negócio de uma empresa.
Originalidade
Nosso estudo é o primeiro a oferecer uma operacionalização semântica do modelo de negócio, definindo o conjunto de palavras-chave que se referem a cada elemento do modelo de negócio. A operacionalização proposta do modelo de negócio pode auxiliar pesquisas empíricas futuras, servindo como uma ferramenta para a avaliação automatizada da magnitude de cada elemento no modelo de negócio de uma empresa por meio de análise de conteúdo.
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- Content analysis
- Conceptual framework
- Business model
- Business model canvas
- Operationalisation
- Modelo de negocio
- Operacionalización
- Análisis de contenido
- Marco conceptual
- Lienzo de modelo de negocio
- Modelo de negócio
- Operacionalização
- Análise de conteúdo
- Framework conceitual
- Canvas de modelo de negócio
Jinnatul Raihan Mumu, Paolo Saona, Hasibul Islam Russell and Md. Abul Kalam Azad
This study aims to pinpoint gaps in the literature on corporate governance and remuneration by producing a comprehensive bibliometric review for the period 1990–2020.
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Purpose
This study aims to pinpoint gaps in the literature on corporate governance and remuneration by producing a comprehensive bibliometric review for the period 1990–2020.
Design/methodology/approach
Bibliometric analysis is the quantitative study of the bibliographic material in a specific research field. It allows an analyst to classify that material by paper, journal, author, indexation, institution or country, among other possibilities. This study reviews a total of 298 Web of Science–indexed journal articles on corporate governance and top-management remuneration schemes.
Findings
The authors find five distinct research strands: (1) firm performance and remuneration of top management, (2) the remuneration and independence of boards of directors and the efficiency of boards of directors as a governance system, (3) outside-director remuneration and the efficiency of outside directors as a monitoring system, (4) director remuneration and the corporate governance of companies and (5) the role of ownership structure and top managers' compensation schemes as corporate-governance tools. The authors identify gaps in the literature and avenues for future research for each of these strands.
Practical implications
The authors’ findings have implications for board diversity (e.g. gender diversity), remuneration policy for top-level managers and governance issues (independent directors, separation of ownership with control). This study is the only one to summarize the key topics on which top research has been focused and can be broadly used for corporate governance management perspective.
Originality/value
This paper provides an overview of how the literature on corporate governance and remuneration has developed and a synopsis of the most influential and most productive authors, countries and journal sources. It creates an opportunity for other researchers to focus on this area. This study will also serve as a foundation for future meta-analyses.
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Haiyan Kong, Xinyu Jiang, Xiaoge Zhou, Tom Baum, Jinghan Li and Jinhan Yu
Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analysis may further enhance the automated and smart features of tourism and hospitality services. However, it also poses new challenges…
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Purpose
Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analysis may further enhance the automated and smart features of tourism and hospitality services. However, it also poses new challenges to human resource management. This study aims to explore the direct and indirect effects of employees’ AI perception on career resilience and informal learning as well as the mediating effect of career resilience.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper proposed a theoretical model of AI perception, career resilience and informal learning with perceived AI as the antecedent variable, career resilience as the mediate variable and informal learning as the endogenous variable. Targeting the employees working with AI, a total of 472 valid data were collected. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with AMOS software.
Findings
Findings indicated that employees’ perception of AI positively contributes to career resilience and informal learning. Apart from the direct effect on informal learning, career resilience also mediates the relationship between AI perception and informal learning.
Originality/value
Research findings provide both theoretical and practical implications by revealing the impact of AI perception on employees’ career development, leaning activities, explaining how AI transforms the nature of work and career development and shedding lights on human resource management in the tourism and hospitality field.
研究方法
本文提出了人工智能感知为前因变量、职业弹性为中介变量、非正式学习为内生变量的理论模型。以旅游业AI工作环境中的员工为研究对象, 本课题共收集了472份来自中国的有效数据, 并通过结构方程建模(SEM)来进行相关模型检验。
研究目的
人工智能和大数据分析可能会使旅游和酒店服务更加自动化和智能化, 但这也对人力资源管理提出了新的挑战。本研究旨在探讨员工对人工智能(AI)的感知对职业弹性和非正式学习的直接和间接影响, 以及职业弹性的中介作用。
研究发现
研究结果显示, 员工对人工智能的感知对职业弹性和非正式学习有积极影响。除了对非正式学习的直接影响外, 职业弹性在人工智能 (A I) 感知和非正式学习之间起中介作用。
研究创新/价值
本研究在以下几个方面具有重要的理论和实践意义:解释了人工智能感知对员工职业发展和学习行为的影响, 以及它是如何改变工作性质和员工职业发展的; 研究发现对旅游和酒店行业的人力资源管理具有实践指导意义。
Objetivo
La IA y el análisis de big data pueden potenciar aún más las características automatizadas e inteligentes de los servicios de turismo y hostelería. Sin embargo, también plantea nuevos retos a la gestión de los recursos humanos. Este estudio pretende explorar los efectos directos e indirectos de la percepción de la IA por parte de los empleados sobre la resiliencia profesional y el aprendizaje informal, así como el efecto mediador de la resiliencia profesional.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
En este trabajo se propone un modelo teórico de percepción de la IA, resiliencia profesional y aprendizaje informal con la IA percibida como variable antecedente, la resiliencia profesional como variable mediadora y el aprendizaje informal como variable endógena. Dirigidos a los empleados que trabajan con IA, se recogieron un total de 472 datos válidos. Los datos se analizaron mediante un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) con el software AMOS.
Resultados
Los Resultados indicaron que la percepción de la IA por parte de los empleados contribuye positivamente a la resiliencia profesional y al aprendizaje informal. Aparte del efecto directo sobre el aprendizaje informal, la resiliencia profesional también media en la relación entre la percepción de la IA y el aprendizaje informal.
Originalidad/valor
Los Resultados de la investigación proporcionan implicaciones tanto teóricas como prácticas al revelar el impacto de la percepción de la IA en el desarrollo profesional de los empleados, las actividades de aprendizaje, explicar cómo la IA transforma la naturaleza del trabajo y el desarrollo profesional, y arrojar luz sobre la gestión de los recursos humanos en el ámbito del turismo y la hostelería.
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Mayra Liuviana Vega Chica and Iván Manuel De la Vega Hernández
This study aims to examine the influence of absorptive capacity and learning motivation in the process of knowledge acquisition in students of higher education institutions and…
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Purpose
This study aims to examine the influence of absorptive capacity and learning motivation in the process of knowledge acquisition in students of higher education institutions and subsequently evaluate its effect on the transfer of knowledge in the companies where students work, and the possible moderating effect of students’ social skills and the level of work autonomy.
Design/methodology/approach
The research design is non-experimental, cross-sectional correlational-causal, with a quantitative approach and the data collected are from primary sources. The variables autonomy and social skills are used on the perceptions of students in continuing education in programs related to third- or fourth-level business and administration careers in universities in Ecuador.
Findings
With the results obtained, it can be concluded that knowledge absorption capacity and learning motivation, as reflective constructs, have a significant effect on knowledge acquisition, and knowledge acquisition has a significant effect on transfer of knowledge, in part-time students, of the administrative area, studying in higher education institutions in Ecuador and working full time.
Originality/value
This study identifies the significant relationship between the variables of job autonomy and social skills and between the acquisition and transfer of knowledge. In addition, it is evident that the variables of job autonomy and social skills are significantly related.
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Miguel Ángel Lopez-Lomelí, Joan Llonch-Andreu and Josep Rialp-Criado
This paper fills a gap in the literature on branding, as local and glocal brands have not received as much attention as global brands from academics and practitioners and the…
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Purpose
This paper fills a gap in the literature on branding, as local and glocal brands have not received as much attention as global brands from academics and practitioners and the scarce amount of relevant research done on glocal branding strategies is mainly theoretical or conceptual.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper therefore defines a model relating brand beliefs (brand quality, brand image, brand familiarity and brand as a social signalling value), brand attitudes and brand purchase intentions. The model is then tested with a sample of different categories/types of consumer brands (local, global and glocal). The influence of the type of brand on these relationships is then analysed.
Findings
The findings suggest that brand quality is the most important driver of brand attitude for any type of brand, and that the relationship between brand quality and brand attitude, as well as between brand attitude and brand purchase intention, is weaker for a glocal brand than for a local or global brand.
Originality/value
This paper provides new empirical evidence of the influence of brand type on brand associations and attitude configurations and the effects these attitudes have on buying intentions. This work is also relevant for the managers’ efforts to develop more effective global, glocal and local marketing strategies for brand positioning.
Propósito
El presente trabajo persigue contribuir a la literatura sobre marcas al tratar sobre las marcas locales y las marcas glocales, puesto que éstas han estado menos estudiadas que las marcas globales.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Definimos un modelo que relaciona las creencias de marca (la calidad de marca, la imagen de marca, la familiaridad de marca y la marca como señal de valor social), las actitudes de marca y las intenciones de compra de la marca, probamos el modelo con una muestra de diferentes categorías de marcas de consumo (local, global y glocal) y analizamos la influencia del tipo de marca en estas relaciones.
Resultados
Nuestros resultados sugieren que la calidad es el impulsor más importante de la actitud hacia la marca, para cualquier tipo de marca, y que la relación entre la calidad y la actitud hacia la marca, así como entre la actitud hacia la marca y la intención de compra es más débil para una marca glocal que para una local o global.
Originalidad/valor
La investigación proporciona nuevas evidencias empíricas en relación a la influencia del tipo de marca (local, global o glocal) en las asociaciones de marca y en la configuración de las actitudes hacia dichas marcas y en su intención de compra. Nuestro trabajo es de interés también para los directivos de marketing ya que les puede permitir desarrollar mejores estrategias de posicionamiento para marcas locales, globales o glocales.
Palabras claves
Marca global, Marca local, Marca glocal, Teoría de las señales, Actitud hacia la marca, Intención de compra
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Beatriz Moliner Velázquez, María Fuentes Blasco and Irene Gil Saura
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in hotels contributes to satisfaction and loyalty from the consumer…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in hotels contributes to satisfaction and loyalty from the consumer perspective, considering the online dimension of recommendations.
Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative research based on a structured questionnaire and using a personal survey method was developed. Surveys were conducted on 386 guests from Spanish hotels. Causal methodology by testing structural equation model was applied.
Findings
Significant relationships are obtained in the sequence “ICT use perception – satisfaction with ICT – overall satisfaction with the hotel – dimensions of loyalty” and the mediating effect of positive electronic word-of-mouth intention between ICT satisfaction and general intention to recommend the hotel is confirmed.
Research limitations/implications
Future research can replicate these relationships in other tourist services and employ multidimensional scales to measure word-of-mouth behaviour.
Originality/value
The novelty of this work is that it studies the relationships between ICT, satisfaction and loyalty in hotel services, paying particular attention to positive word-of-mouth behaviour, both conventional and online.
Objetivo
El propósito de este trabajo es investigar la contribución que tiene la adopción de las TIC en los hoteles en la satisfacción y la lealtad, desde la perspectiva del consumidor y considerando la dimensión online de las recomendaciones.
Diseño/metodología
Se desarrolló una investigación cuantitativa basada en un cuestionario estructurado y empleando el método de la encuesta personal. Se realizaron 386 encuestas a huéspedes de hoteles españoles. Se aplicó la metodología causal testando un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales.
Hallazgos
Se obtienen relaciones significativas en la secuencia “percepción de los clientes del uso de las TIC – nivel de satisfacción con las TIC – nivel de satisfacción general con el hotel – dimensiones de la lealtad” y se confirma el efecto mediador que tiene la intención del boca-oreja online entre la satisfacción con las TIC y la intención general de recomendar el hotel.
Limitaciones/implicaciones
En futuras investigaciones se pueden replicar estas relaciones en otros servicios turísticos y emplear escalas multidimensionales para medir la conducta de boca-oreja.
Originalidad/valor
La novedad de este trabajo radica en el estudio de las relaciones entre las TIC, satisfacción y lealtad en los servicios hoteleros poniendo especial atención en la conducta de boca-oreja positivo, tanto convencional como online.
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J. Samuel Baixauli and Antonina Módica‐Milo
This paper aims to construct a financial health indicator to define the degree of financial health in order to decontaminate the estimation sample and to make predictions that are…
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Purpose
This paper aims to construct a financial health indicator to define the degree of financial health in order to decontaminate the estimation sample and to make predictions that are not biased by unhealthy firms.
Design/methodology/approach
The binomial logit model is used to examine the likelihood that a firm will go bankrupt. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the estimated models, measures proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are applied: cumulative accuracy profile (CAP) and the receiver operating characteristics (ROC).
Findings
The proposed financial health indicator permits the heterogeneity of the firms to be reduced as well as identifying a strong firm sample to estimate the bankruptcy probability accurately.
Originality/value
A drawback of all bankruptcy prediction models comes from the fact that bankruptcy is an example of a homogeneous observable qualitative response while non‐bankruptcy would be expected to be represented by a healthy firm. However, the non‐bankruptcy firms are heterogeneous and their actual probabilities of bankruptcy are non‐observable. The article adds to the previous literature on SMEs' bankruptcy prediction by using a financial health indicator to construct the estimation sample and to make accurate bankruptcy predictions.
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Andres Salas-Vallina and Rafael Fernandez
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between inspirational leadership, participative decision making (PDM) and happiness at work (HAW).
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between inspirational leadership, participative decision making (PDM) and happiness at work (HAW).
Design/methodology/approach
The sampling frame consists of medical specialists in allergy of Spanish public hospitals (n=167). The authors used structural equation modelling to verify if the relationship between inspirational leadership and HAW is mediated by PDM.
Findings
Results suggest that PDM fully mediates the relationship between inspirational leadership and HAW. Thus, PDM plays an essential role in explaining how inspirational leader behaviours.
Research limitations/implications
The authors put forward a cross-sectional research, which does not guarantee similar results in the future. Future longitudinal studies may reveal further effects of inspirational motivation and PDM beyond HAW. Also the authors focussed on a specific population of medical specialists working in public allergy units. Future research might consider longitudinal analysis and other populations.
Practical implications
This research provides evidence of the direct and positive effect of inspirational leadership on HAW. However, fostering inspirational leadership is not sufficient on its own to foment HAW, and should be complemented by applying other organisational factors such as PDM.
Originality/value
In recent years, some studies have put forward different conceptual models to explain the gap in the relationship between human resource management and performance, considering the effect of mediating variables. This study proposes a theoretical model that attempts to develop this human resource “black box” by empirically validating a conceptual proposal that links inspirational leadership, PDM and HAW.
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The main goal of this paper is to examine the evolution of Latin American productive integration in terms of the regional value added incorporated in intra-regional exports of…
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The main goal of this paper is to examine the evolution of Latin American productive integration in terms of the regional value added incorporated in intra-regional exports of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. In addition, the study traces the trade and productive integration trajectories for each of these countries from 1995 to 2015.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on the use of OECD’s global ICIO input-output tables, this paper applies the methodological framework by Wang et al. (2018) for the analysis of trade flows at the bilateral level, which allows breaking down the value of gross exports of each sector-country, depending on the origin of the value added contained in exports, as well as their use.
Findings
The estimates show very low shares of value added from regional partners in the intra-regional exports of the countries studied. Conversely, the weight of the value added incorporated in these exports by countries outside the region has increased in tandem with China’s expanding involvement in Latin America. This development, along with the downward trend in domestic value added incorporated in exports, indicates a lack of a regional integration process of any depth.
Originality/value
This article addresses an economic problem of conventional importance from a global value chain perspective using a novel methodology based on the use of global input–output tables.
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