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Academic engagement in Portugal: the role of institutional diversity, individua...
Queirós, Anabela; Carvalho, Teresa; Rosa, Maria João; Biscaia, Ricardo; Manatos, Maria João; Videira, Pedro; Teixeira, Pedro; Diogo, Sara; Melo, Ana I.Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a crucial role in knowledge society by providing and disseminating knowledge. In this regard, academics have been encouraged to collaborate with society, leading to the emergence of new modes of knowledge production. Several institutional and individual factors have been identified as determinants of the academic engagement. Hence, using data from a survey delivered to ...
Public sector reform and the state of performance management in Portugal: is th...
Melo, Ana I.; Mota, Luís F.Purpose – This paper analyses the state of performance management in the Portuguese public sector as part of the efforts towards public administration reform. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretically, we took Bouckaert and Halligan’s (2008, pp. 35-39) approach into consideration to analyse the adoption of performance management practices. This approach was supplemented by an adaptation of Pollitt and Bouckae...
Public sector reform and the state of performance management in Portugal: is th...
Melo, Ana I.; Mota, Luís F.Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the state of performance management in the Portuguese public sector as part of the efforts towards public administration reform. Design/methodology/approach – Theoretically, the authors took Bouckaert and Halligan’s (2008, pp. 35–39) approach into consideration to analyse the adoption of performance management practices. This approach was supplemented by an adaptation of Pol...
The ‘Lunar Side’ of the Story: Exploring the Sustainability of Curricular Inter...
Lopes, Betina; Silva, Patrícia; Melo, Ana I.; Brito, Elisabeth; Paiva Dias, Gonçalo; Costa, MarcoCurricular internships are increasingly seen as an e ective strategy capable of contributing to the objectives and targets of the sustainable development paradigm, both in its social, economic and institutional dimensions. This positive outlook is ingrained within the large bulk of existing research, which has been focused on the discussion of positive outputs, such as the enhancement of graduates0 competences ...
The million-dollar question: can internships boost employment?
Silva, Patrícia; Lopes, Betina; Costa, Marco; Melo, Ana I.; Dias, Gonçalo Paiva; Brito, Elisabeth; Seabra, DinaHigher education institutions are increasingly concerned with the professional insertion of graduates in the labour market and with the design of institutional mechanisms to facilitate students? transition from higher education to work, particularly given the context of scarcity of financial resources and the rise of graduate unemployment. This issue has been addressed, inter alia, through the creation of study...
How leader humility helps teams to be humbler, psychologically stronger, and mo...
Rego, Arménio; Owens, Bradley; Leal, Susana; Melo, Ana I.; Cunha, Miguel Pina e; Gonçalves, Lurdes; Ribeiro, PaulaWe hypothesize that (a) the level of humility expressed by leaders predicts team performance through, serially, team humility and team PsyCap, and (b) the strength (i.e., consensus within the team) of the leader humility, team humility and team PsyCap moderates the paths of that hypothesized model. A sample comprising 82 teams (82 leaders; 332 team members) was collected. Team members reported leader humility, ...
How leader humility helps teams to be humbler, psychologically stronger, and mo...
Rego, Arménio; Owens, Bradley; Leal, Susana; Melo, Ana I.; Cunha, Miguel Pina e; Gonçalves, Lurdes; Ribeiro, PaulaWe hypothesize that (a) the level of humility expressed by leaders predicts team performance through, serially, team humility and team PsyCap, and (b) the strength (i.e., consensus within the team) of the leader humility, team humility and team PsyCap moderates the paths of that hypothesized model. A sample comprising 82 teams (82 leaders; 332 team members) was collected. Team members reported leader humility, ...
Performance Management Systems and their Influence on the Governance Structures...
Melo, Ana I.; Sarrico, Cláudia S.The aim of this chapter is to understand how performance is being measured and managed in universities and the way Performance Management Systems (PMS) have affected the roles and influences of key actors in the governance of universities. Results from a high performing Portuguese university show the inexistence of a fully developed PMS. In fact, even though there has been a substantial increase in the measurem...
Let the devil choose : frustration or anxiety in the wake of performance measur...
Sarrico, Cláudia S.; Melo, Ana I.The purpose of this chapter is to discuss changes and challenges in the management of universities by using two archetypes - the ivory tower and the mass university - as an intellectual device to illustrate the nature of changes from traditional to contemporary universities.