This paper aims to assess whether cooperatives are the ideal setting for promoting the work-life balance, a right whose protection has been built in close connection with the promotion of gender equality. To this end, we intend to answer the following questions: (i) What are the main dimensions of the right to work-life balance, and what is the relevance of protecting this right to promote gender equality? (ii)...
In countries where corruption is high, there is less incentive for corporate organizations to behave ethically. Ethics, either in the private and public sectors, can be related to the level of economic development, economic freedom, and the quality of governance. The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between corporate ethics and corruption in the public sector, to group countries according ...
The speech about Smart Cities includes a discourse where the sustainability of cities is unavoidable. Blue and green infrastructures (BGI) have a great role in cities sustainability because they offer feasible and valuable economic, social and environmental solutions for urban areas facing the challenges of climate change such as cloudbursts and droughts. BGI connects urban hydrological functions with urban nat...
The digital revolution has been changing the paradigm in the tourism sector, namely, in rural tourism, which requires following the new trends in marketing. This article aims to analyse the types of digital marketing channels and dynamics that are more recurrent in rural hotels in Portugal. A quantitative methodology was adopted through an online questionnaire to collect rural hotel managers’ opinions, whose an...
Covid-19 posed several challenges to all organisations in general and to social solidarity cooperatives in particular. However, the challenges faced by these cooperatives have unique features arising from their special characteristics compared to other types of cooperatives. Therefore it is vital to study these challenges and the impacts of covid-19. This study has as main goal to understand those challenges an...
Combating corruption is crucial to achieve sustainable development. With the digital revolution, the use of Information and Communications Technology by the government can promote more efficient services, diminishing the discretionary power of officials, and thus reducing corruption and promoting sustainable development. This study empirically investigates the impact of e-Government in reducing corruption on a ...
Covid-19 posed several challenges to all organisations in general and to social solidarity cooperatives in particular. However, the challenges faced by these cooperatives have unique features arising from their special characteristics compared to other types of cooperatives. Therefore it is vital to study these challenges and the impacts of covid-19. This study has as main goal to understand those challenges an...
Tourism is a socio-cultural phenomenon that has intensified with technological development and with the advancement of communication and transport systems. However, the increase in the number of people moving around the world does not necessarily represent success or tourist access, but it can mostly serve more immediate marketing interests. Since tourism is considered a phenomenon, the sociological interest to...
Tourism in the city of Porto, the second largest city of Portugal, has grown mainly in the last decade, which has been accompanied by a growing number of hotel establishments and local accommodation. If, on the one hand, this phenomenon has instigated a rehabilitation of buildings in the historic centre of the city, on the other hand, it may have created pressures on residents, especially in terms of housing. T...
The impact of e-government on sustainable development is analysed using a logit model with a sample of 103 countries in the period 2003–2018. Sustainable development is proxied by adjusted net savings, a variable that embraces a country's economic, social and environmental development. The results show that countries with higher e-government development are more likely to attain sustainable development, particu...