Em 2020, a União Europeia (UE) lançou o Plano de Ação para a Educação Digital (2021-2027) – Reconfigurar a educação e a formação para a era digital – numa iniciativa política que pretende apoiar a adaptação dos sistemas de ensino dos Estados-Membros à designada era digital, e no sentido de assegurar uma educação digital de elevada qualidade, inclusiva e acessível na Europa: Em Portugal está em curso um Programa...
Purpose Responding to the lack of research on work engagement and burnout of professionals in the communication industries, this work’s main objective is to evaluate the effect of psychosocial working conditions (meaningful work, trust and recognition) on work engagement and burnout. Additionally, the mediating role of employee voice is tested. Design/methodology/approach The study takes a quantitative approach...
The rapid growth of remote work, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has sparked increased interest in its effects on job quality and work-life balance. This study examines the role of job quality for work-life balance of European men and women when working remotely. While remote work offers benefits such as enhanced flexibility and autonomy, it also presents challenges including social isolation and stress m...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the ways in which work practices promote work-life balance when family time is available (as a spillover effect from work to personal life) and how differently they affect men and women. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative and longitudinal approach is taken based on data from a large database made up of 71,758 workers from 36 European countries, collected i...
Purpose Responding to the lack of research on work engagement and burnout of professionals in the communication industries, this work’s main objective is to evaluate the effect of psychosocial working conditions (meaningful work, trust and recognition) on work engagement and burnout. Additionally, the mediating role of employee voice is tested. Design/methodology/approach The study takes a quantitative approach...
This study investigates the role of the capabilities approach (as an ethical framework in management) on the well-being of workers in the context of working from home. A capabilities approach was used to examine the relationship between work engagement and work-life balance. Additionally, the conceptual model tested the role of trust as a mediator. The European Working Conditions Survey was the source of data f...
The goal of this study is to explore the role of workplace recognition in tourism and hospitality workers’ well-being. The study specifically examines the influence of workplace recognition on two facets of well- being: burnout as an indicator of ill- being and work engagement as an indicator of well- being. The study takes a quantitative approach. Main concepts were measured using a set of variables taken f...
This study investigates the role of the capabilities approach (as an ethical framework in management) on the well-being of workers in the context of working from home. A capabilities approach was used to examine the relationship between work engagement and work-life balance. Additionally, the conceptual model tested the role of trust as a mediator. The European Working Conditions Survey was the source of data f...
This study investigates the role of the capabilities approach (as an ethical framework in management) on the well-being of workers in the context of working from home. A capabilities approach was used to examine the relationship between work engagement and work-life balance. Additionally, the conceptual model tested the role of trust as a mediator. The European Working Conditions Survey was the source of data f...
This study conducts a comparative analysis of European countries regarding job quality and its relationship with gender and generational cohorts, using data from the 2021 European Working Conditions Survey. The research focuses on the subjective evaluations of job quality by European workers and examines how gender and generations may be related with these perceptions. The study operationalizes job quality usin...