1,720,966 research outputs found
The role of top management in human resource management: a study in SMEs. El rol de la alta dirección en la gestión de recursos humanos: un estudio en pymes
Full text linkTot i que l'alta direcció és concebuda en la literatura com un stakeholder important en la funció de RRHH, hi ha una important manca d'atenció acadèmica en relació amb el paper que exerceix com a agent actiu en tots els aspectes de la GRH. Així, la present tesi intenta contribuir a aquesta literatura a través d'una anàlisi del paper necessàriament rellevant que juguen els directors generals en la GRH. Així mateix, l'observació d'aquest paper es realitza en un context poc investigat com és el de les pimes, contribuint també a la literatura de GRH en pimes.
La tesi es pregunta, doncs, sobre quins són els factors i mecanismes que donen forma al paper de l'alta direcció en la GRH. Per arribar a una resposta de manera exploratòria, s'utilitza una metodologia qualitativa d’estudi de casos, per a cadascun dels quals es recullen dades amb entrevistes semiestructurades a directius, comandaments intermedis i treballadors. La mostra està composada de 25 casos d'estudi en pimes del sector hoteler.
Els resultats identifiquen algunes relacions entre les característiques dels alts directius i els seus comportaments en relació amb la GRH, així com les pràctiques que acaben adoptant-se. El treball mostra també com els gerents de les pimes exerceixen un paper dual a causa de la curta distància que separa l'alta direcció dels seus empleats. Com a conseqüència, els gerents, a més de ser decisors últims de la seva empresa, també es responsabilitzen d'altres funcions més típiques de comandaments intermedis, del propi departament de RRHH o fins i tot dels treballadors.
Aquestes troballes donen lloc a una sèrie d'aportacions pràctiques que destaquen la importància dels comportaments de lideratge exhibits pels directius de les pimes per sobre de les característiques específiques de les pràctiques de GRH utilitzades. Per això, és primordial informar i formar a aquests directius.Aunque la alta dirección es concebida en la literatura como un stakeholder importante en la función de RRHH, existe una importante falta de atención académica en relación con el rol que ejerce como agente activo en todos los aspectos de la GRH. Así, la presente tesis intenta contribuir a esta literatura a través de un análisis del papel necesariamente relevante que juegan los directores generales en la GRH. Asimismo, la observación de este rol se realiza en un contexto poco investigado como es el de las pymes, contribuyendo también a la literatura de GRH en pymes.
La tesis se pregunta sobre los factores y mecanismos que dan forma al rol de la alta dirección en la GRH. Para llegar a una respuesta de manera exploratoria, se utiliza una metodología cualitativa de estudio de casos, para cada uno de los cuales se recogen datos con entrevistas semiestructuradas a directivos, mandos intermedios y trabajadores. La muestra está compuesta de 25 casos en pymes del sector hotelero.
Los resultados identifican algunas relaciones entre las características de los altos directivos y sus comportamientos en relación con la GRH, así como las prácticas que acaban adoptándose. El trabajo muestra también como los gerentes de las pymes ejercen un rol dual debido a la corta distancia que separa a la alta dirección de sus empleados. Como consecuencia, los gerentes, además de ser decisores últimos de sus empresas, también se responsabilizan de otras funciones más típicas de mandos intermedios, del propio departamento de RRHH o incluso de los trabajadores.
Estos hallazgos dan lugar a una serie de aportaciones prácticas que destacan la importancia de los comportamientos de liderazgo exhibidos por los directivos de pymes por encima de las características específicas de las prácticas de GRH utilizadas. Por ello, es primordial informar y formar a estos directivos.Although top management is presumed to be an important stakeholder in the HR function in the literature, there is a significant lack of academic attention paid in relation to the role they play as an active agent in all aspects of HRM. Thus, this thesis attempts to contribute to this literature through an analysis of the necessarily relevant role played by CEOs in HRM. Likewise, scarce research examining this role has been carried out in the context of SMEs, and thus the thesis also contributes to the HRM in SMEs literature.
This thesis, therefore, enquires about the factors and mechanisms that shape the role of top management in HRM. To reach an answer through an exploratory approach, a case study qualitative methodology was used, collecting data through semi-structured interviews with top managers, middle managers and workers for each case. The sample was made up of 25 case studies in SMEs of the hotel sector.
The results identify some relationships between the characteristics of top managers and their behaviours in relation to HRM, as well as the practices that end up being adopted. The study also shows how SME managers play a dual role due to the short distance that separates top management from their employees. As a consequence, CEOs, in addition to being the ultimate decision-makers in their company, are also responsible for other functions more typical of middle management, the HR department itself, or even the workers.
These findings lead to a series of practical contributions that highlight the importance of the leadership behaviours exhibited by SME managers over and above the specific characteristics of the HRM practices used. Therefore, it is essential to inform and train these managers
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
- …
