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Psychological empowerment for the future of work: Evidence from Portugal
Oliveira, M.; Andrade, J.; Ratten, V.; Santos, E.In the competitive global marketplace, it is becoming important for organizations to empower employees for productivity reasons. One of the organizational empowerment models with greater support and consistency in the various studies in which it has been used is Spreitzer's Model of Psychological Empowerment in the Workplace, published in 1995. The model is composed of four dimensions that allow the measurement...
Strategic perspective of error management the role of leadership and an error m...
Oliveira, M.; Santos, E.; Ratten, V.Purpose – Errors are inevitable, resulting from the human condition itself, system failures and the interaction of both. It is essential to know how to deal with their occurrence, managing them. However, the negative tone associated with them makes it difficult for most organizations to talk about mistakes clearly and transparently, for fear of being harmed, preventing their detection, treatment and recovery. C...
Comparative Analysis of the Importance of Determining Factors in the Choice and...
Santos, E.; Tavares, F.; Tavares, V.; Ratten, V.The motivation to compare the importance that buyers and sellers give to the diverse characteristics of apartments is its pertinency to grasping the housing market. The objective of this article is to compare the determining factors in the choice and sale of apartments among the potential buyers and sellers. During a sale, the realtors exhibit the dwellings’ positive characteristics, the so-called amenities. Th...
The profile of the Portuguese regarding the perception of financial literacy
Santos, E.; Tavares, V.; Ratten, V.; Tavares, F.Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the profile of the Portuguese regarding the perception of financial literacy. Design/methodology/approach The utilized methodology is based on a questionnaire survey that assesses the perception of financial literacy. The sample is composed of 830 Portuguese individuals over 18 years old. Findings The results show that the financial literacy scale presents a tri-...
How is risk different in family and non-family businesses? - a comparative stat...
Santos, E.; Ratten, Vanessa; Tavares, F.; Ratten, V.Abstract Purpose – Risk is part of corporate activity and a consequence of the businesses’ demands, the market and the changes in companies and their surroundings. The way that risk is managed is different between family and non-family businesses. The paper aims to compare the different risk types experienced in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic among family and non-family businesses an...
Determining Factors in the Choice of Apartments in Portugal: A Confirmatory Fac...
Tavares, F.; Santos, E.; Tavares, V.; Ratten, V.Buying housing is often the biggest transaction in the families’ lives. Therefore, this is an important reason to know and to study the determining factors of that purchase. This chapter aims to analyze which factors contribute to the choice of apartments in Portugal the most. To carry out this study, a quantitative methodology based on a questionnaire survey which analyzes both the determining factors in the c...
The Importance of E-Commerce and Customer Relationships in Times of COVID-19 Pa...
Oliveira, M. F.; Tavares, F.; Diogo, A.; Ratten, V.; Santos, E.A digital transformation in the world, the purchase of products, or possible services, is just a click away through e-commerce. The online consumer is increasingly knowledgeable and demanding. That’s why in online shopping it is important to maintain the good relationship between the company and the customer. This investigation aims to study the importance of the e-commerce in the context of a COVID-19 pandemic...
Exploratory Analysis of the Christmas Symbology Importance
Santos, E.; Tavares, F.; Tavares, V.; Ratten, V.The purpose of this investigation is to study the Christmas symbology importance and its relationship with consumerism in the Christmas season. An exploratory study is carried out, and it is based on a questionnaire survey consisting of three parts: estimated consumption in the Christmas season, the importance of the Christmas symbology and some sociodemographic variables. The sample in this study is composed o...
Impact of motivations to buy and offer gifts in consumerism at Christmas
Santos, E.; Diogo, A.; Ratten, V.; Tavares, F.This article aims to analyze a conceptual model composed of the variables motivation to buy, motivation to offer gifts and compulsive consumerism at Christmas time. In order to achieve the proposed objective, a quantitative methodology based on a questionnaire survey was used. The sample consists of 1086 Portuguese individuals, over 18 years old. To evaluate the model, structural equation modeling with partial ...
A reflection on explanatory factors for COVID -19: A comparative study between ...
Santos, E.; Oliveira, M. F.; Ratten, V.; Tavares, F.; Tavares, V.The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest problem facing the world nowadays. Each country in the world has its own characteristics, which means that its governments, at different rhythms, adopt identical measures to combat this new virus. This article aims to perform a comparative study between countries with a population similar to the Portuguese in number of inhabitants and to find out which factors may explain th...