bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Freshwater Salinization Syndrome Alters Nitrogen Transport in Urban Watersheds
Authors: Galella Joseph G. , Kaushal Sujay S. , Mayer Paul M. , Maas Carly M. , Shatkay Ruth R. , Inamdar Shreeram , Belt Kenneth T.
Published: November 2023

Anthropogenic salt inputs have impacted many streams in the U.S. for over a century. Urban stream salinity is often chronically elevated and punctuated by episodic salinization events, which can last hours to days after snowstorms and the application of road salt. Here, we investigated the impacts of freshwater salinization on total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) and NO3−/NO2− concentrations and fluxes across time in urban watersheds in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metropolitan area of the Chesapeake Bay region. Episodic salinization from road salt applications and snowmelt quickly mobilized TDN in streams likely through soil ion exchange, hydrologic flushing, and other biogeochemical processes. Previous experimental work from other studies has shown that salinization can mobilize nitrogen from sediments, but less work has investigated this phenomenon with high-frequency sensors and targeted monitoring during road salt events. We found that urban streams exhibited elevated concentrations and fluxes of TDN, NO3−/NO2−, and specific conductance that rapidly peaked during and after winter road salt events, and then rapidly declined afterwards. We observed plateaus in TDN concentrations in the ranges of the highest specific conductance values (between 1000 and 2000 μS/cm) caused by road salt events. Plateaus in TDN concentrations beyond a certain threshold of specific conductance values suggested source limitation of TDN in watersheds (at the highest ranges in chloride concentrations and ranges); salts were likely extracting nitrogen from soils and streams through ion exchange in soils and sediments, ion pairing in soils and waters, and sodium dispersion of soils to a certain threshold level. When watershed transport was compared across land use, including a forested reference watershed, there was a positive relationship between Cl− loads and NO3−/NO2− loads. This relationship occurred across all sites regardless of land use, which suggests that the mass transport of Cl− and NO3−/NO2− are likely influenced by similar factors such as soil ion exchange, ion pairing, sodium dispersion of soils, hydrologic flushing, and biogeochemical processes. Freshwater salinization has the potential to alter the magnitude and timing of total dissolved nitrogen delivery to receiving waters during winter months following road salt applications, and further work should investigate the seasonal relationships of N transport with salinization in urban watersheds.
Future Joint Probability Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation in the Yellow River Basin
Authors: Li Fujun , Zhang Guodong , Zhang Xueli
Published: November 2023

The relationship between climate change and extreme precipitation is extremely complex. From a probabilistic perspective, a proper understanding of the response of extreme precipitation to climate change is of significant importance. This study was based on daily precipitation provided by CMIP6 climate models and employed copula functions to construct joint distributions of precipitation amount and precipitation intensity indices at different quantile levels. A spatial–temporal assessment of the susceptibility areas for extreme precipitation in the Yellow River Basin was conducted while considering bivariate return periods and design values. The results indicate that there were significant spatial differences in the bivariate return periods. Taking the R90P-SDII (90) index for a 20a return period as an example, the difference between the maximum and minimum joint return periods within the Yellow River Basin was 1.4 times, while the co-occurring return period was 7.0 times, and the Kendall return period was 4 times. Moreover, this difference increased with the increase in the return period. The magnitude order of the four return periods is as follows: TAnd > TKendall > TSingle-variable > TOr. Joint return periods (Or) and co-occurring return periods (And) could be considered as the extreme cases under single-variable return periods, serving as an estimation interval for actual return periods. Under the influence of climate change, the bivariate design values for future periods exhibited a variability increase of 6.76–28.8% compared to historical periods, and this increase grew with higher radiative forcing scenarios, ranking as SSP126 < SSP245 < SSP585. The bivariate design values showed a noticeable difference in variability compared to the single-variable design values, ranging from −0.79% to 18.67%. This difference increased with higher quantile values, with R95P-SDII (95) > R90P-SDII (90) > PRCPTOT-SDII.
Intraspecific and Interspecific Variations in Habitat Usage by Hemimyzon formosanus and Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis in Riffle Areas of a Mountain Stream
Authors: Lu Ying-Sheng , Suen Jian-Ping
Published: November 2023

In this study, we explored the structure of two migratory fish species and their variations along the longitudinal gradient of a stream by examining abiotic factors such as spatial scale elements and environmental factors, and biotic factors such as competition. The studied fish species, i.e., Hemimyzon formosanus and Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis, were sampled from the middle and upper reaches of the Nanzihsian Stream using the electrofishing technique, and data were collected on the physical environment covered by the electric grid. Statistical analyses confirmed that the interspecific and the intraspecific hydraulic habitat environments of the two species were different, i.e., H. formosanus was distributed relatively upstream and S. nantaiensis was distributed relatively downstream. Therefore, the habitat use of the two benthic fish species was different. The Nanzihsian Stream experienced an extreme flood event in 2009. The densities of adult and juvenile H. formosanus and S. nantaiensis are significantly higher than those before the extreme flood event in 2021, so we suggest that the H. formosanus and S. nantaiensis populations have recovered to those of the stages before the extreme flood event. We provide an integrated approach for applying engineering and biology to the context of future projects involving river dredging after extreme floods.
Monitoring of social networks of an employee: private life or work
Authors:   Mari State University, Izbienova T. A.
Published: November 2023

The article reveals the issues of permissible limits of employer’s monitoring of social networks of employees in connection with the performance of their labour function, as well as outside working hours.
Adaptation to Telehealth of Personalized Group Visits for Late Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease
Authors: Drake Connor , Rader Abigail , Clipper Christie , Haney Malia , Bulgin Dominique , Cameron Blake , Kinard Tara , Sangvai Devdutta , Tomso Susan , Snyderman Ralph
Published: November 2023

Key Points

Improving late stage diabetic kidney disease care requires adapting evidence-based, self-management programs for telehealth delivery.

We adapted and pilot-tested a telehealth approach and found it to be feasible. Preliminary data suggested it improved relevant health and patient-recorded outcomes.

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented shift in the delivery of outpatient medical care, including the rapid transition of services from in-person to telehealth. We adapted an evidence-based personalized health planning group visit care model traditionally offered in-person to telehealth to support the care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and CKD. Despite the need to leverage telehealth technologies to better support self-management for patients with CKD, scant evidence exists on how to do so.

Methods

We conducted prospective adaptations of in-person evidence-based group visit model for telehealth delivery for patients with CKD and T2D. Intervention adaptations are reported using the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications–Expanded taxonomy. The adapted virtual group visit care model was pilot-tested among adults with T2D and stage 3b or 4 CKD. Feasibility outcomes included recruitment, attendance, satisfaction, and self-reported goal progress. Clinical outcomes were evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and included hemoglobin A1c, diastolic and systolic BP, body mass index, and eGFR.

Results

Adaptation areas included outreach, visit format, educational materials design and access, staffing, and patient engagement strategies. 39% (43) of patients (110) contacted verbalized interest, and 58% (25) of those participated. 72% completed >6 group sessions. 68% of patients reported completing one or more health goals, with nutrition and physical activity being the most common. We observed a statistically significant improvement in hemoglobin A1c (P = 0.0176) 6 months postprogram participation.

Conclusions

Adapting evidence-based interventions for telehealth delivery is challenging because of the risk of altering an intervention's core components responsible for observed benefits. We adapted an in-person group visit model for the care of T2D and CKD for telehealth delivery. The telehealth approach was feasible, and preliminary data suggested it improved relevant health and patient-recorded outcomes up to 6 months postprogram completion. The approaches used here may be applicable to the adaptation of other clinical programs for telehealth delivery.

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O impacto da comunicação efetiva para a equipe multiprofissional na atenção primária à saúde
Authors: De Carvalho Laura Vissotto , Oliveira Giulia Godoi , Montanari Fabio Luis
Published: November 2023

Introdução: Fazer o uso da comunicação efetiva como ferramenta que garanta maior eficácia na assistência e no processo de trabalho faz-se necessário, principalmente na equipe multidisciplinar. A comunicação é a melhor e maior ferramenta para a prestação da assistência à saúde, visto que é de fácil acesso a todos. Entretanto, em muitos casos não é utilizada adequadamente dentro das unidades de saúde pela equipe multidisciplinar, e essa é a primeira ferramenta que o paciente irá buscar. Este trabalho tem como objetivo destacar que a comunicação mais assertiva entre a equipe multidisciplinar na Atenção Primária à Saúde, traz eficácia ao trabalho da mesma e possibilita a melhoria da assistência ao paciente. Método: estudo de metodologia qualitativa do tipo análise de conteúdo de Bardin, realizado em Unidades Básicas de Saúde de um município do interior de São Paulo. A coleta de dados ocorreu de Agosto a Outubro de 2022 por meio de entrevista estruturada através da ferramenta Google Forms. Os critérios de inclusão foram: profissionais da Atenção Primária à Saúde, de ambos os sexos e que aceitem participar da pesquisa após a leitura e compreensão dos propósitos a serem estudados, de acordo com o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecidos. Resultados: Foram evidenciados pontos positivos e negativos pelos profissionais participantes. Apesar da comunicação ser uma ferramenta utilizada regularmente, a mesma acaba em déficit na atenção primária à saúde, com a equipe multidisciplinar, mesmo que sua importância seja reconhecida pelos profissionais.
Manutenção de profissionais na área de tecnologia da informação
Authors: Freitas Larissa Leite
Published: November 2023

RESUMOO mercado de Tecnologia da Informação está em constante crescimento e, com isso, há uma concorrência acirrada por talentos no mercado de trabalho, exigindo que as organizações contratem profissionais qualificados da área e, mais do que isso, adotem estratégias para manter os talentos existentes no quadro de colaboradores. Tendo isso em vista, esta pesquisa tem como principal objetivo apresentar estratégias que auxiliem o departamento de Gestão de Pessoas a manter seus bons profissionais motivados e garantir sua retenção nas organizações, diminuindo o turnover. Para tal, explanou-se as algumas das principais áreas de atuação dos profissionais de TI, investigou-se quais fatores ocasionam a alta rotatividade destes profissionais nas empresas, pesquisou-se os fatores que atraem os profissionais em uma proposta de emprego, bem como o que faz com que estes queiram continuar na empresa em que venham a trabalhar. Como metodologia, adotou-se a revisão de bibliografia pertinente ao tema, por meio de livros, artigos, teses, dissertações e sites da Internet, selecionando dados que demonstram principalmente, mas não somente, a alta rotatividade dos profissionais do setor de TI, além de adotar a pesquisa qualitativa. Por fim, apresentou-se estratégias que podem vir a ser usadas pelos departamentos de Gestão de Pessoas para a manutenção dos seus profissionais, tais como: feedbacks constantes para uma comunicação clara e assertiva, reconhecimento e valorização do profissional através de acompanhamento individualizado para progressão de carreira.
Avaliação das manifestações patológicas em edificações de Manaus: Edifício Solar das Amazonas
Authors: Lima Thiago Garrincha de Souza , Pinheiro Erika Cristina Nogueira Marques , De Oliveira Raquel Paiva
Published: November 2023

Este estudo de caso se concentra nas manifestações patológicas identificadas no Edifício Solar das Amazonas, localizado em Manaus. O objetivo principal é analisar essas manifestações e suas implicações, fornecendo uma compreensão abrangente das irregularidades e problemas estruturais enfrentados pelo edifício. A pesquisa envolveu métodos qualitativos, incluindo pesquisa de campo e análise documental. Durante a pesquisa de campo, foram realizadas inspeções detalhadas no Edifício Solar das Amazonas para identificar e documentar manifestações patológicas, como fissuras, umidade, desabamentos parciais e outros danos visíveis. Além disso, foram registradas informações sobre a localização geográfica, condições estruturais e riscos associados ao edifício. A análise dos dados concentrou-se na descrição das manifestações patológicas identificadas e de suas implicações. Este estudo destaca a presença de irregularidades e patologias no Edifício Solar das Amazonas, abordando questões relacionadas à segurança dos moradores e à conformidade com as normas técnicas. A ausência de elevadores, problemas estruturais não solucionados, a falta de documentação adequada e outras não conformidades foram identificadas como desafios significativos que afetam a habitabilidade e a segurança do edifício. Essas constatações ressaltam a importância de abordar de maneira abrangente e eficaz as questões relacionadas à infraestrutura urbana e à segurança dos edifícios. O estudo destaca a necessidade de cooperação entre diferentes partes interessadas, incluindo autoridades municipais, órgãos reguladores e associações de moradores, para garantir que edifícios como o Solar das Amazonas atendam aos padrões de segurança e conformidade necessários.
Transformational Leadership fostering Open Innovation: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective
Authors: Cera Elona , Abbas Zuhair
Published: November 2023

Drawing upon dynamic capability theory, this research examines the role of transformational leadership in fostering open innovation in an emerging economy context in Southeastern Europe. Foremost, the study endeavours to tackle a noteworthy limitation, namely the nascent state of open innovation in the current body of literature pertaining to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a quantitative survey, we gathered information from 154 Albanian SMEs respondents. Data was analysed using PLS-SEM on the SmartPLS 4.0 version. The results show transformational leadership has a significant relationship with developmental culture and open innovation. In addition, we found that developmental culture mediates the relation between transformational leadership and open innovation. This research provides important practical implications for policymakers, leaders and industry practitioners to develop new business models for innovation diffusion. It requires shifting the focus from traditional innovation approaches towards new solutions to ensure collaboration and knowledge exchange. Existing researchers have highlighted transformational leadership with open innovation in the Western context. However, open innovation is less explored in Southeastern Europe specifically in SMEs which is an important context to unravel the useful insights. Significantly, open innovation became enabler of value creation, improved competitiveness and economic growth.
Corporate Social Responsibility Latin America: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda
Authors: Usuriaga-Medrano Damari Jomara , Farro-Portocarrero Ines , Fernandez-Hurtado Gisela , Cordova-Buiza Franklin
Published: November 2023

This research topic studies the main implications and approaches of social responsibility in Latin American companies, and becomes a topic of great importance due to the need of many organizations to transcend and differentiate themselves with their target audience, promoting inclusive and sustainable growth, managed by policies that promote welfare and development. The databases used for this systematic review were Dialnet, Scielo, Redalyc and Scopus, using information from 2012 to 2022; likewise, the method used was the search of empirical literature with the analysis of descriptive designs and quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. On the other hand, the country with the highest number of studies on the subject was Mexico with 24%, followed by Colombia with 20%; likewise, descriptive and explanatory studies of quantitative type are addressed; and among the populations with the highest study implication are companies in the commercial and productive area. Finally, the objective of this study is to determine the factors that induce Latin American companies to apply corporate social responsibility; one such factor being environmental leadership, as the main finding, which seeks to maintain standards of image and acceptance in the market that differentiate it from the competition; the next factor is ethical labor actions, which ensure a fair internal system in relation to its stakeholders, who are the heart of the operation of its business; and finally, maintaining a successful corporate philanthropy, which strengthens human relations and creates awareness of respect and quality in the organizations. The contribution of this research will allow future research to know the repercussions of corporate social responsibility practices and how these factors influence the creation of a competitive image valued by the market.
Can Teal practices increase employees’ work engagement?
Authors: Davies Muriel , Buisine Stéphanie
Published: November 2023

Because engaged employees work with passion, in deep connection with their company and are innovative, they may drive their organization’s performance. Teal organizations, which implement original and inspiring ways of working, appear particularly favourable to create and support engagement in the long run. The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to study engagement drivers and barriers among many organizational dimensions, and secondly to characterize Teal Organization through their practices. We also hypothesize that Teal practices may drive employees’ engagement. To this aim, we built a questionnaire and performed a cross-industry survey in France. The survey included a standardized measure of engagement, an assessment of organizational structure, management, leadership styles and social climate based on scholarly literature, and a series of questions dealing with Teal practices that we designed. The sample was composed of 767 respondents on behalf of their company. Using multiple regression analysis, we observe that engagement is predicted by social openness of the company and by organizational trust. Teal practices aggregate in a statistically reliable manner into a construct that we call Teal index. If Teal index is not a direct predictor of engagement, it appears to contribute to predicting trust, which itself predicts engagement. These results are insightful in many ways: they highlight trust as a key factor of engagement, offer a first overview of the adoption of Teal practices among French companies and open up avenues for capturing Teal philosophy beyond observable and measurable practices in everyday corporate life. These findings are discussed with an evolutionary viewpoint to better understand current and future transformation of organizations.
Servant Leadership Knowledge Structures: A Bibliometric Review
Authors: Kalsoom Ghulam , Zámečník Roman
Published: November 2023

Servant leadership is an emerging approach that appears timely debate for scientific progress in leadership research. There have been several qualitative, quantitative, and systematic reviews on servant leadership. Surprisingly, there needs to be more research using bibliometric analysis on servant leadership. For this reason, this study addresses methodological limitations by using a bibliometric review to analyze and visualize the historical background of servant leadership, its present state of knowledge structures and emerging trends. To do so, we included a sample of 214 peer-reviewed articles over the period 2004 to 2022 by using the Web of Science (WoS) database. The bibliometric analysis revealed three major clusters in servant leadership: (1) Servant leadership and innovativeness, (2) Servant leadership with employees' extra-role behaviours and personality traits, (3) Attitudinal and behavioural employee outcomes such as emotional labour and ethical followers. Significantly, our contribution recognizes more nuanced results than previously partially identified and highlights servant leadership research. This study also opens a fresh avenue for future scholars by providing future research questions.
Pre-recruiting HR marketing for new Gen talent acquisition: the mediating role of Word of Mouth
Authors: PANAGIOTIDOU SOFIA
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this study is to investigate how, at the pre-recruitment stage, product brand awareness and publicity of a company affect the knowledge of the company's Employer Brand and the intention to apply for a job in this company. Furthermore, it will be investigated whether these associations are strengthened by the mediating effect of the positive Word of Mouth about the company as a desired employer. The Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) software was used on a sample of 737 students and recently graduates from Greek public universities. Overall, the findings of our research indicate the impact of a company's product/service brand awareness on the formulation of positive comments about the company as an employer. Indeed, product knowledge, when linked to company publicity initiatives and both are leveraged in a general pre-recruiting marketing plan of the HR department, positive Word of Mouth (WOM) commentary is enhanced. The information that job seekers receive from employees' feedback helps them to gain practical and useful details about the work conditions and the opportunities for training and personal development within it. Moreover, through the descriptions of the employee experience in the company the job seekers’ intention to search employment in this particular employer is strengthened.
Leadership: impact on the satisfaction of Public Administration workers in Portugal
Authors: Sousa Pereira Manuel , Pinto Bessa Carlos , Faria Sílvia
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this work is to evaluate the role of leadership in the local public administration workers' satisfaction level. This is a study case carried out with workers from the Municipality of Penafiel. A questionnaire was made, based on the European framework model of self-assessment CAF (Common Assessment Framework). With a total of 72 questions, supported by a Likert scale, we were able to get a final sample of 407 valid answers, out of 665 employees. Data indicates the existence of a positive and statistically significant correlation between leadership and motivation, involvement, and workers' participation. It was also possible to see the impact of leadership on the workers' perception of justice, equal opportunities, rewards and career development.
HR Analytics in The Commercial Aviation Sector: a literature review
Authors: Pimenta de Brito António , Sousa Maria José
Published: November 2023

HR Analytics is the area of Human Resources Management (HRM) that uses the techniques of artificial Intelligence, social sciences, and innovation to extract, treat, and present data for decision-making. This has been a big trend in HR in recent years, with already business cases, academic studies, and industry applications, but it is still in an early stage of development. The commercial aviation industry has people at the heart of its strategy, as it is a people-to-people service. But there are no satisfied customers without satisfied employees. In addition, the topic of aviation safety is a central one, and the sector has extensive regulations on the subject. Aviation safety is also based on human-machine interaction and crew resource management (CRM). People must therefore be in the core strategy of aviation companies because, for the provision of their service, the human factor in the interaction with the machine, the team, and the customer is a critical success factor. An appropriate approach to HR Analytics is to start with the problems that the business faces and, from there, create indicators and models that can measure them. In this paper, a sectoral and problem-based HR analytics is discussed, which is one of its main contributions. HR analytics techniques are descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. Starting from the nature of the air operation and its problems, HR analytics is an essential strategy to better know and act on the evidence of aviation service and operation. The purpose of this publication is to understand what academic studies exist on the applications of HR Analytics to the aviation industry. Through a literature review, it was concluded that the aviation sector has also few academic studies about HR analytics; however, there are already some indicators and models that can point in the right direction for the future. This is an area that can help measure performance indicators of HR policies and provide management with important data for decision-making in human resources management. The results of this research are presented, future research paths are suggested, and the limitations of this study are pointed out.
Autonomous Systems landscape in Hungary: model and the first results of a survey
Authors: Nick Gábor András , Mezgar Istvan , Szaller Adam , Bartis Eszter , Zahoran Laszlo
Published: November 2023

The global economy increasingly responds to industrial digitization trends and develops its digitalization strategies, i.e., through application of Industry 4.0 concepts. Thereby, initiatives and developments are often carried out on a company-, industry- or country level.Hungary is one of the most industrialized countries in Europe since many leading car companies, together with their suppliers and related industries have production sites in this area. Witnessing the unprecedented scale and speed of industry transformation due to digitization in general and the emergence of autonomous solutions in all aspects of production and logistics in particular, it is well justified to deal with the question of what Autonomous Systems (ASys) will look like. How influential will it be when the changes' hard challenges and disruptive effects will be overcome, and what are the chances to meet the critical requirements of collaboration and cooperation? What are the technological and management tools to avoid being stuck in the so-called pilot purgatory? To analyse the ASys development status on a high level in the main part of this study, we introduce a conceptual model, including pillars and dimensions aiming to understand the Hungarian ecosystem in terms of ASys. The suggested framework follows a holistic approach in assessment by integrating the following pillars: ecosystem smart factory, human, product.In the second part a questionnaire’s first results are presented: there is yet a lot to do to facilitate a definite turn in the mindset of the actors and to make them realize the relevance of simultaneous and continuous cultural and technological development.It's a newly developed, but already tested model to evaluate ASys ecosystems, which can be used in other countries, as well.
Digital Τransformation in Family Businesses: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
Authors: Daskalopoulos Efthymios , Machek Ondřej
Published: November 2023

Digital transformation has become a necessity for many organizations, including family firms. Understanding the role and impact of digital transformation is crucial to guarantee family firms' survival and long-term prosperity in an uncertain and constantly developing environment. This study aims to synthesize the limited existing body of knowledge on digital transformation in family firms and identify future research directions. We employed a systematic literature review to address the goals and identified 30 relevant peer-reviewed papers published between 2019 and 2023. The limited number of existing family firm studies indicates the nascent state of research in this area and highlights the increasing research need in the rapidly expanding and evolving field of digital transformation and digitalization. The studies identify and provide insights into the drivers, challenges, strategies, and outcomes of the digital transformation process in family firms. Moreover, the review highlights challenges family firms face during digital transformation, such as the development, activation, or reconfiguration of new and existing capabilities and the deployment of resources by the family. Based on the findings, this systematic literature review identifies several promising avenues for future research. Within the particularities of the family business context, these include the role of family influence, possible antecedents to the process, enablers and barriers, explanatory mechanisms, and performance outcomes and implications. Although the number of identified studies is relatively limited, this review contributes to the literature by consolidating the current knowledge on digital transformation in family firms and highlighting areas for further investigation. Practitioners and policymakers can draw insights from this review to inform their decision-making processes regarding digital transformation strategies for family firms. Researchers are encouraged to address the identified research directions to advance our understanding of issues related to digital transformation in family firms and pave the way for future theoretical and practical advancements.
Attitudes of Managers towards Ethical Programs in Slovakia
Authors: Cincalova Simona
Published: November 2023

In the modern world, ethical programs have high importance regarding the ethical behavior of companies. Developing and maintaining the corporate ethical culture and reputation is the responsibility of top managers. The current paper aims to reveal the main characteristics of employees influencing their attitude towards selected elements of the ethical program that are considered the most suitable for supporting the ethical behavior of managers, as well as to identify the components of the ethical program with less impact on ethical behavior of managers. The study applied the questionnaire survey method for quantitative data collection in the selected Slovak company. The results show that a code of ethics is an essential part of an ethical program and is crucial for companies. Moreover, although employees’ attitudes towards selected elements regarding ethical behavior are positive, only the attitude to employee care is dependent on the position of respondents in the company. We concluded about employees considering training, employee care, conflict of interest monitoring and transparency in stakeholder relations as the most influential components of the ethical program.
Network governance in Healthcare, a systematic literature review
Authors: Maris Arjen , Hoppenbrouwers Stijn , Ravesteijn Pascal , Van Hillegersberg Jos
Published: November 2023

The typical structure of the healthcare sector involves (specialist) intertwined practices co-occurring in formal or informal networks. These practices must answer to the concerns and needs of all related stakeholders. Multimorbidity and the need to share knowledge for scientific development are among the driving factors for collaboration in healthcare. To establish and keep up a permanent collaborative link, it takes effort and understanding of the network characteristics that must be governed.

It is not hard to find practices of Network Governance (NG) in a variety of industries. Still, there is a lack of insight in this subject, including knowledge on how to establish and maintain an effective healthcare network. Consequently, this study's research question is: How is network governance organized in the healthcare sector?

A systematic literature study was performed to select 80 NG articles. Based on these publications the characteristics of NG are made explicit. The findings demonstrate that combinations of governance style (relational versus contractual governance) and governance structure (lead versus shared governance) lead to different network dynamics. Furthermore, the results show that in order to comprehend how networks in the healthcare sector emerge and can be regulated, it is vital to understand the current network type. Additionally, it informs us of the governing factors.
How are Educators Taking the Next Steps in Leadership and Entrepreneurship
Authors: Benitez Garcia Antonio
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT

How are educators taking the next steps in leadership and entrepreneurship teaching concepts?

In recent years the development of leadership as a concept has taken different meanings in the educational field. The following paper will explain some practical approaches on how this concept it’s been addressed in the classroom and outside in a different environment, as well as the settings of these courses to better equip the students with full understanding on a particular subject.

 

Entrepreneurship has step up its game in fields that we were not used to see before. These entrepreneurial activities are directly linked with the leadership approach of an organization, start up, or school. Hence the importance of how to dive in into full understanding and delivery of the subject, not only through previous theories and proven concepts in particular organizations, but by the students putting themselves in a position of action, so that they can put in practice the knowledge applied.

 

The author will examine responses of the students in entrepreneurship and leadership courses, from a University in China, from different majors, where cultural variables may be applicable as well. The study will have a qualitative approach, which will shed some light in the current practices from students and academics approach to the delivery of these subjects, and how to create a better learning environment incorporating theory and action plan, considering their major program and path in their own school curriculum.

 

This paper aims to develop some understanding of innovative forms and approaches applied in Education, through the way of delivery some of the most important courses like Leadership and Entrepreneurship, since these courses could ultimately be applied to every sector of an industry.

 

Keywords: Leadership, Education, Entrepreneurship, Management, Studies, University, Approaches
Determinants of risks disclosure in non-financial companies. Evidence from Portuguese capital market
Authors: Lemos Kátia , Pacheco Filipa
Published: November 2023

The present study aims to determine the level of disclosure about financial risks in Portuguese non-financial companies and to identify the determinants of the level of disclosure. To carry out this study, the research methodology used was the content analysis of the reports and accounts, for the period 2017, of 40 non-financial companies listed on Euronext Lisbon, using a disclosure index for financial risks, created based on the requirements contained in the International Financial Reporting Standard No. 7 - Financial Instruments: Disclosures. After the content analysis, to identify the determining factors of disclosure level, a linear regression model was built to relate certain characteristics of the companies with the disclosure level presented. It was possible to conclude that the companies under study have an average disclosure level of about 50% of the requirements contained in IFRS 7 and that the size of companies and the concentration of capital significantly and positively influence the level of disclosure about financial risks. Indebtedness was also a determinant factor, but with a negative sign, being an uncommon result in relation to most other studies.
Lean and Safety Management: a Project to Improve the Continuity of Care for Chronic Patients
Authors: Tiso Anna , Cháfer-Vilaplana Joan , Torrego-Ellacuría Macarena , Morales Contreras Manuel Francisco , Verbano Chiara
Published: November 2023

Enhancing the quality of care for chronic patients means guaranteeing the delivery of integrated care. Integrated health systems help overcome the fragmentation of care processes, by bridging the organisational, managerial, and informational gaps, with the final purpose of improving the access, quality, and continuity of services. Indeed, chronic patients require the assistance of multiple providers, referring to different levels of care (primary, secondary, or tertiary). However, hyper-specialised and fragmented healthcare systems hamper the achievement of these goals, resulting in suboptimal care, higher cost, and poor quality of care. The implementation of lean and safety management (L&SM) within hospitals demonstrated its ability to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and patient satisfaction, through proactive identification and reduction of risks and wastes. The novelty lies in adopting this approach to act on integration and continuity between different levels of care. With this aim, a L&SM project has been developed in a Spanish hospital. The project focuses on improving the discharge process from internal medicine to primary care, essential to prevent further patients’ readmissions. In fact, cooperation between the hospital and primary care is crucial to ensure continuity in chronic pathways, providing adequate assistance to patients’ healthcare and social needs. The first results show how this approach was instrumental to engage in the project all key actors involved in the pathways, overcoming departmental barriers, and enhancing continuity of care. Moreover, this approach facilitated the convergence of identified inefficiencies with the clinicians’ interests, focusing only on the aspects considered of primary importance, such as the communication between the hospital and primary care. The expected outcomes encompass the achievement of a better understanding of the process, the identification of the criticalities in terms of risks and waste, the proposal and implementation of improvement interventions. This project represents an innovative attempt to implement L&SM outside of hospital boundaries to improve new performance dimensions, focusing on integration and continuity of care.
Neuromarketing: Evaluating Consumer Emotions and Preferences to Improve Business Marketing Management
Authors: Zeng Ian Mei , Lobo Marques João Alexandre
Published: November 2023

The invention of neuroscience has benefited medical practitioners and businesses in improving their management and leadership. Neuromarketing, a field that combines neuroscience and marketing, helps businesses understand consumer behaviour and how they respond to advertising stimuli. This study aims to investigate the consumer purchase intention and preferences to improve the marketing management of the brand, based on neuroscientific tools such as emotional arousal using Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) sensors, eye-tracking, and emotion analysis through facial expressions classification. The stimuli for the experiment are two advertisement videos from the Macau tea brand “Guanding Teahouse” followed by a survey. The experiment was conducted on 40 participants. 76.2% of participants that chose the same product in the first survey responded with the same choice of products in the second survey. The GSR peaks in video ad 1 measured a total of 60. On the other hand, video ad 2 counted a total of 55 GSR peaks. The emotions in ad1 and ad2 have similar responses, with an attention percentage of 76%. The results showed that ad1 has a higher engagement time of 11.1% and ad2 has 9.6%, but only 19 of the respondent’s conducted engagement in video ad1, and 31 showed engagement in video ad2. The results demonstrated that although ad 1 has higher engagement rates, the respondents are more attracted to video ad 2. Therefore, ad2 has better marketing power than ad 1. Overall, this study bridges the gap of no previous research on measuring tea brand advertisements with the neuroscientific method. The results provide valuable insights for marketers to develop better advertisements and marketing campaigns and understand consumer preferences by personalising and targeting advertisements based on consumers' emotional responses and behaviour of consumers' purchase intentions. Future research could explore advertisements targeting different demographics.
Navigating Global Markets: The Strategic Role of Roadmaps in International Market Expansion
Authors: Jaami Urooba , G. Abulrub Abdul-Hadi
Published: November 2023

The potential of adopting roadmaps to support internationalisation strategy is critical to organisations yet it has limited development. The process of introducing products into foreign markets poses considerable challenges due to the presence of numerous uncertainties and assumptions during market selection. Limited research has been conducted on the utilisation of roadmaps specifically for international markets. While scholars have explored roadmaps in various contexts and offered diverse methodologies for their implementation; there is a shortage of literature addressing the process of market expansion. Consequently, there exists limited guidance on the use of a visual, strategic, and collaborative tool to assist companies in developing an internationalisation strategy.

A qualitative based interview approach was taken where seven interviews were conducted with industry professionals and experts in roadmapping. The aim was to gain experts' insight into the purpose and role of roadmaps during market expansion. The findings show that roadmaps serve varying roles during the process of market expansion but ultimately entail a strategic narrative. All the participants listed different benefits the roadmap had during their market expansion journey illustrating that the multifaceted role of a roadmap links to different elements of market expansion. Therefore, roadmaps should advance the current advice on market analysis and strategy. The paper offers a roadmap tool which is a non- prescriptive guide with prompts to aid in product launch and help with consistency against strategic goals to industry professionals.
A Leadership and Governance Stage Model (LGSM) in Digital Transformation in Data Management
Authors: Yan Shuo , Dr Jeff Jones
Published: November 2023

In this era of digital transformation, organisations and individuals have the ability to generate, collect, process, and analyse a vast volume of data to gain benefits and valuable insights. However, despite recognising the competitive advantage of digital transformation in data management, they often face challenges in navigating the transformation process and aligning their existing practices with on-premise technologies. Leadership and governance play a very significant role in digital transformation procedures. The main objectives of this research are 1) to establish a Leadership and Governance Stage Model (LGSM), which provides a standardised, structured, and objective roadmap for organisations to determine their current leadership and data governance maturity stage in digital transformation in data management and 2) to guide organisations in progressing to the next maturity stage by using LGSM as a framework. This research adopts a qualitative approach, utilising a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) conducted over the past ten years, applying Grounded Theory. A total of 14 well-defined Capability Maturity Models (CMMs) of data management were reviewed, summarised, and consolidated. In this way, LGSM is established, comprising six stages: Stages 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, with Stage 5 representing the most developed and mature stage. The holistic view of this stage model has been summarised at the end of this research, which demonstrates the significance of leadership and governance in digital transformation.
Understanding the Motivation of Young Adults to Enlist and Pursue Military Leadership Studies to Become Professional Soldiers
Authors: Binková Kristýna , Štěpánková Eva
Published: November 2023

Since the beginning of 2005, conscription service in the Czech Republic ended, leading to the full professionalization of the Czech Armed Forces. Consequently, a career soldier system has been established. The purpose of this article is to identify the factors that motivated young adults, reflecting the specifics of the military profession, to join the army, as well as the factors that motivated them to apply to the Faculty of Military Leadership at the University of Defence for military studies. Data was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire completed by 179 respondents who were first-year military students at the University of Defence. This institution is the only military higher education establishment within the Czech Armed Forces, offering students comprehensive knowledge in the field of command and control. The questionnaire included both open-ended and closed-ended questions. In addition to their motivations, respondents also provided insights on how the Russia-Ukraine conflict influenced their decision to enlist in the army, as well as who supported or discouraged them from doing so. The results indicate that career growth, adventurous activities, job security, physical readiness, fieldwork, and interpersonal relations were among the most influential factors for the respondents. The majority of respondents agreed that the current security situation in the world supported their decision to become a soldier and strengthened their desire to defend their homeland. Parents, extended family, partners, and friends were the primary sources of support in their decision-making process. Just like any other employer, volunteer forces are seeking their own positions and competitive advantages in the labor market. Therefore, it is important for the defense sector to understand the motivations of future commanders to join and remain in the armed forces.