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Blurred boundaries: exploring the influence of work-life and life-work conflict...
Sobral, Filipa; Dias-Oliveira, Eva; Morais, Catarina; Hodgson, JuliaCOVID-19 lockdowns forced organizations to rapidly shift from face-to-face interactions to online platforms, leading to unforeseen challenges. This study retrospectively examines the extreme conditions of teleworking, which blurred the boundaries between home and workspaces, providing a unique opportunity to assess perceptions of work-life and life-work conflicts and their consequences. Data were collected from...
‘‘It is no big deal!’’: fraud diamond theory as an explanatory model for unders...
Dias-Oliveira, Eva; Morais, Catarina; Pasion, Rita; Hodgson, JuliaThe Fraud Diamond theory (rationalization, opportunity, motivation and perceived capability) has been widely used as a framework to explain criminal behavior. However, little is known about its application in an academic context. Research on the relationship between the prevalence of academic fraud (e.g., cheating on exams, plagiarizing essays) and students’ perceptions of the severity of such behaviors is also...
The development of critical thinking, team working, and communication skills in...
Dias-Oliveira, Eva; Pasion, Rita; Cunha, Rui Vieira da; Coelho, Sandra LimaThis study presents a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach – the Multidisciplinary Project I course (MPI) - conceived to improve critical thinking skills of first-year business students while also mobilising teamwork and communication skills. The main goals are to 1) describe the methodological PBL approach of MPI and 2) analyse changes in critical thinking, team working, and communication skills during the se...
Team leaders’ strategies and employees’ professional isolation, burnout, and pe...
Dias-Oliveira, Eva; Sobral, Filipa; Morais, Catarina; Gomes, A. Rui; Simães, C.Telework has progressively increased in the past decades, providing organizations and, consequently, leaders, with new challenges. The COVID19 pandemic not on-ly doubled the number of teleworkers, but reinforced these challenges, by forcing some organizations and employees to abruptly adapt to this new reality. In this manuscript, we aimed to explore the role of the strategies implemented by leaders to manage t...
Impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate business students: a longitudinal study on ...
Pasion, Rita; Dias-Oliveira, Eva; Camacho, Ana; Morais, Catarina; Franco, Raquel CamposPurpose – This study aims to explore whether the COVID-19-related circumstances hindered these academic-related variables. Design Methodology Approach – The authors surveyed two groups of undergraduate business students (42% male) who completed the questionnaires at the beginning and at the end of the semester. One group of students attended only face-to-face classes in the 2018/2019 academic year (n = 126) and...