Francoise Contreras- Ph.D
- Professor (Full) at Universidad del Rosario
Francoise Contreras
- Ph.D
- Professor (Full) at Universidad del Rosario
Full professor Universidad del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia
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This chapter covers an in-depth examination of sustainable tourism development by concentrating on the significance of responsible and creative destination development. Initially, emphasizing sustainable tourism's relevance in the contemporary context is provided by considering its environmental, economic significance, and socio-cultural importance...
Introduction
In healthcare organizations, saving patients’ lives while maintaining the staff’s wellbeing, performance and competencies were challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the complexity of healthcare settings is widely recognized, the pandemic evidenced the necessity of attending to the employees’ wellbeing in such a sector. Thi...
Introduction
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were adopted by the UN in 2015 as part
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [United Nations (UN), 2022]: “These
SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve
the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere”. The SDGs are first mentioned in the
Brundt...
The objective of this study is to characterize the contribution to sustainable entrepreneurship as a field of knowledge from developing countries, also called the Global South, through the analysis of the literature that has been produced in the last two decades. This research starts from the premise of the dominance of the Global North over academ...
In line with the organizational support theory, our study examined the influence of managerial support and perception of fairness on employees’ turnover intention, and the mediating influence of workplace civility. Data was collected over a period of 2 months from 935 full-time employees (manufacturing and service sector) in two waves to minimize t...
Este estudio de mapeo bibliométrico tiene como objetivo analizar las contribuciones del campo de los negocios y la gestión durante la pandemia de COVID-19 ofrece nuevas direcciones para la investigación científica y la práctica. La investigación incluye 1200 artículos publicados entre 2020 y agosto de 2021, recuperados de la colección principal de...
This study aims to investigate the spillover impact of work-family/family–work conflict and stress on five major industrial sectors (education, textile, hospitals, banks, and retail stores), during the first wave of Covid-19. The purpose of this cross-sectional study is twofold; firstly, to test a hypothesized model where work-family/family-work co...
This study aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of the literature on thriving at work in psychology and business/management produced between 2001 and 2021, using the Web of Science (WoS) database. The analyses allowed us to identify, through 190 documents, the emergence of the concept of thriving at work and its development. The main research va...
Due to the current highly competitive business environment, companies need committed employees with innovative behaviors who contribute to innovation in the company. In this regard, we propose the construct Innovational Leadership, a specific style of leadership that promotes such manners. Likewise, we present the process of construction and valida...
El objetivo de este estudio fue visibilizar los costos económicos que la violencia hacia las mujeres tiene para el sector empresarial desde la perspectiva de género. Como parte de una metodología ya diseñada, se aplicaron cuestionarios previamente validados a una muestra de 172 trabajadores de dos empresas colombianas. El cuestionario evaluó el imp...
The purpose of this study is to provide a bibliometric analysis of social sustainability literature in the business and management field, produced from 2001 to April 2021. The information was retrieved from the WoS database and the VOSviewer Software was used for data analyses. The analyses allowed us to identify the most influential authors, the m...
Analyzing the external environment, catching the opportunities that it offers, and detecting knowledge to innovate have become important antecedents of competitive, agile, and sustainable organizations that satisfy all their stakeholders including their employees. These characteristics are related to the absorptive capacity, that is, the ability of...
Employees' organizational commitment is significant for developing ecological behavior in the context of greening the hospitality sector. Notwithstanding this importance, limited literature exists discussing the significant contribution of hospitality sector employees in their organizations' environmental management system. A theoretical framework...
B Corps aim to produce a positive impact on society and the environment while developing the organizational goals through a sustainable agenda. For this purpose, B Corps need innovative employees that contribute to increase their competitiveness, making them more attractive to investors. Based on the social exchange theory, this research proposes a...
The absorptive capacity is related to knowledge evaluation and acquisition (Potential Capacity), as well as to the transformation and exploitation of such knowledge (Realized Capacity). This research aims to analyze the absorptive capacity in Colombian companies and to investigate whether the Realized capacity can be predicted from the Potential ca...
The present study examines work engagement in young employees and women at B corporations. This is a characteristic linked to the distinctive seal of these companies, which stand out for their commitment with the community and the environment. This exploratory research is the first based on first-hand information obtained from young employees and w...
This study, based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, explores the impact of contextual variables, such as prosocial motivation, on employee discretionary behavior and organizational commitment. The mediating mechanism of managerial support at work defines the nature of the proposed relationships. Data from 303 administrative, instructio...
This study empirically examined how ethical leadership and leader-member exchange mediates the relationship between prosocial motivation and organizational citizenship behavior. Both the prosocial motivation and organizational citizenship behavior are well-explored contemporary theories but the mediating roles of ethical leadership and leader–membe...
Analyzing the external environment, catching the opportunities that it offers, and detecting knowledge to innovate have become important antecedents of competitive, agile, and sustainable organizations that satisfy all their stakeholders including their employees. These characteristics are related to the absorptive capacity, that is, the ability of...
The purpose of this qualitative review is to analyze empirical studies on whether the existing generations differ in their work beliefs, i.e. in their internal CSR perceptions and their leadership motivation, especially Generation Y (born after 1980), in contrast to previous generations. According to the literature review, there is some evidence de...
Suddenly, COVID-19 has changed the world and the way people work. Companies had to accelerate something they knew was imminent in the future, but not immediate and extremely humongous. This situation poses a huge challenge for companies to survive and thrive in this complex business environment and for employees, who must adapt to this new way of w...
Suddenly, COVID-19 has changed the world and the way people work. Companies had to accelerate something they knew was imminent in the future, but not immediate and extremely humongous. This situation poses a huge challenge for companies to survive and thrive in this complex business environment and for employees, who must adapt to this new way of w...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of colleague and supervisor support on work engagement, examining the mediating role of possibilities for professional development in a healthcare setting.
Design/methodology/approach:-
A cross-sectional survey design was used. A sample of 253 Colombian nurses from a private hospital co...
Currently, entrepreneurship is one of the most important alternatives for the social and economic development of a country. However, despite the fact that many universities around the world offer various entrepreneurship programs, their effectiveness in increasing the number of entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurial intention is still unclear...
Based on the social exchange theory, the aim of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect influence of ethical leadership on employee innovative work behavior, examining the intervening role of individual variables such as thriving at work and attitudes towards performing well in this relationship. The data was collected using self-repor...
El propósito de este estudio fue describir las prácticas de liderazgo que percibe un grupo de 145 empleados respecto a su jefe inmediato y estimar si éstas guardan relación con su comportamiento innovador en el trabajo. El estudio se realizó en una institución de educación superior con funcionarios del área administrativa que pertenecían al mismo d...
Purpose – Both the researchers and practitioners believe that engaged, energetic and focused employees provide sustainable competitive advantage to the organization. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore whether the calling of the employees is related to work engagement and to observe if flourishing at work exerts a mediating role in this...
The aim of this research is twofold. First, to identify the role of personal resources on burnout and work engagement in nursing staff and second to evaluate whether these last two concepts are or not, opposite faces of the same construct. Personal resources are understood as individuals’ aspects that make people more confident to control their env...
The mechanism connecting the antecedents to positive attitudes like affective commitment (AC) and positive behaviors like organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is an under-researched area in the field of positive organizational scholarship. Drawing on Social Exchange Theory (SET), this study empirically validates family motivation and civility...
The aim of this study is to examine how transformational and transactional leaders, boost the employees’ innovative work behaviour, directly or through work engagement, organizational climate for innovation and absorptive capacity in Latin American firms. A non-random sample of 1429 employees was used who had been working at least one year in the c...
Currently, entrepreneurship is one of the most important alternatives for the social and economic development of a country. However, despite the fact that many universities around the world offer various entrepreneurship programs, their effectiveness in increasing the number of entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurial intention is still unclear...
Thriving at work refers to a psychological experience of learning (cognitive dimension) and vitality (affective dimension) to the workplace. Based on the Social Exchange Theory and the Socially Embedded Model of thriving, the purpose of this research is to observe whether contextual variables such as fairness perception, trust, and managerial coach...
Se revisaro n las implicaciones que tiene para el liderazgo el pasar de una visión convencional, en la que la organización se asemeja a una máquina y es función del líder promover su estabilidad y decidir el camino, a los recientes adelantos en los que la organización se asume como un sistema complejo que a través de la autoorganización logra gener...
The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between Transformational (TFL)/ Transactional (TSL) leadership and employees’ Innovative Work Behavior (IWB), through a mediation and moderation model. The proposed model postulates that Organizational Climate for Innovation (OCI) and Organizational Absorptive Capacity (OAC) exert a mediating r...
The aim of this study was to determine if entrepreneurial intention, based on Ajzen’s model of planned behavior(1991), can be predicted by risk propensity, internal locus of control and leadership skills. Six standardizedand reliable instruments were applied to 1493 undergraduate university business students in Latin Americancountries, selected thr...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reconceptualize the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in the light of social cognitive theory to investigate the role of social capital, specifically the leadership skill as a social capital generating influence in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions.
Design/methodology/approach
A new conceptualizati...
The aim of this study was to examine the validity of the Spiritual Leadership model proposed by Fry (2003). Spiritual Leadership Questionnaire [SLT] (Fry & Matherly, 2006) was applied to 279 workers from Colombia and Ecuador. The two samples were equivalent by sex, age, education level and work experience. According to the results, all dimensions o...
The aim of this study is determine if Entrepreneurial Intention is related to Psychological Capital in business students. Self-efficacy, Hope, Optimism and Resiliency, which are all dimensions of psychological capital, were assessed with the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), the Hope Scale (HS), the Life Orientation Test Revised (LOT-R) and the Re...
Aim: to describe the Burnout Syndrome and the quality of work life of the nursing staff of a second level health institution and to see if there is a relationship between these two constructs. Method: the study was carried out under a descriptive, correlational design with predictive purposes. The Maslach Burnout Inventory [MBI] and the Professiona...
El objetivo de este estudio es describir y conceptualizar la noción de liderazgo electrónico y el reto que suponen para los líderes las nuevas formas de relación que implica este tipo de liderazgo. A partir de una revisión bibliográfica, se analiza la complejidad de liderar equipos virtuales a través de distintas formas de interacción, sugiriendo c...
The aim of this study is to analyze if two emergent models of leadership, servant and spiritual are really different or, on the contrary, are similar, with different labels. Both approaches were analyzed from their backgrounds, depictions, definitions, theoretical models proposed and limitations. It is concluded that both models of leadership are a...
El objetivo de este estudio es observar si existe un patrón característico de liderazgo en una cultura regional específica y analizar si se presentan diferencias significativas en razón del sector económico al que pertenecen las organizaciones (industria y servicio). Se trabajó con una muestra de 449 empleados de ocho empresas que operan en la ciud...
The aim of this study was to analyze, by using the MLQ5X, the leadership profiles of 167 managers from four Latin American countries (Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia), to see if there are different patterns of leadership despite cultural similarities. Likewise, these profiles were compared with results obtained by other authors from different...
Se obtuvieron las propiedades psicométricas de Test de Adjetivos de Pitcher (TAP) para
evaluar el liderazgo. Participaron 400 trabajadores del sector salud, de las ciudades de
Bogotá, Cali, Bucaramanga y Barranquilla, en Colombia. Mediante un modelo logístico
con los parámetros de dificultad y discriminación se analizaron las propiedades de los...
Los continuos e impredecibles cambios que deben afrontar las organizaciones en la actualidad les exigen asumir retos cada vez más complejos que les garanticen resultados para sobrevivir en un mercado altamente competitivo. Tal condición requiere de directivos que optimicen sus habilidades para liderar equipos, considerando unas características que...
The psychometric properties of Pitcher Adjective Test, to assess leadership, were obtained. Participants were 400 health workers in the cities of Bogota, Cali, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla, in Colombia. By applying a logistic model, with difficulty and discrimination parameters, they were analyzed the properties of the items. The function of inform...
The aim of this study was to describe the work Quality of Life (wql) and perceived leadership style by administrative staff/and health care personnel in an oncological center and estimate the association between them, considering socio-demographic characteristics. We applied the Professional Life Questionnaire [plq-35] and Pitcher Adjectives Test [...
Se compararon las prácticas de liderazgo entre dos grupos de directivos (101 colombianos y 121 mexicanos) para observar si existían similitudes o diferencias entre los dos países. Se aplicó el Inventario de Prácticas de Liderazgo (IPL) de Kouzes y Posner (2002) para estimar el tipo de liderazgo ejercido. Los resultados muestran que, aunque los dire...
p style="text-align: justify;">El propósito de este estudio fue identificar la presencia del Síndrome de Burnout, los estilos de liderazgo y la satisfacción laboral de los profesionales asistenciales de un hospital de tercer nivel y observar su relación, considerando variables sociodemográficas. Para ello, se utilizó el MBI, el TAP y el Test de Sat...
El capital psicológico es un nuevo concepto que ha despertado un especial interés, debido a su efecto sobre el bienestar y la satisfacción laboral, factores que están relacionados con el desarrollo organizacional. El propósito de éste estudio fue describir el capital psicológico de un grupo de directivos de PYMES colombianas y determinar si éste ej...
The aim of this study is identify the presence of burnout; leadership styles and job satisfaction of professionals in a third level hospital and see if these are related, considering sociodemographic variables. We used the Spanish version of MBI, the TAP and Job Satisfaction Test S20/23. According to the results, we found low presence of burnout an...
The objective of this study is to analyze the leadership and power processes as emerging phenomena that occur within organizations due to interactions between the people (agents) that belong to the organization. It is assumed that the organization is a dynamic system in continuous changing process that mobilizes the firm by virtue of its dynamic re...
The implications on leadership of shifting from a conventional vision, in which the Organization looks like a machine and the leader is in charge of promoting its stability and decide the path to take, to the recent advances, in which Organization is assumed as a complex system that through self-organization generates new ways to adapt.
This persp...
El propósito de este estudio fue describir la Calidad de vida laboral ( CVL) y el estilo de liderazgo percibido por el personal administrativo/asistencial de un centro oncológico y estimar la asociación entre ellas, considerando las características sociodemográficas. Para ello se aplicó el Cuestionario de Vida Profesional [ CVP -35 ] y el Test de A...
Psychological capital is a new concept that has awakened a special interest, due to its effect on well-being and satisfaction in the workplace, factors that are related to organizational development. The purpose of this study was to describe the psychological capital of a group of Colombian SME directors and determine if this exercises an effect on...
p style="text-align: justify;">El objetivo de este estudio fue describir la situación actual de la mujer en el mundo laboral y analizar las circunstancias que le han impedido alcanzar altas posiciones en las compañías. El núcleo de la discusión giró en torno a las barreras del liderazgo femenino y cómo estas pueden ser superadas a través del recono...
The role of optimism and socioeconomic characteristics of managers on leadership practices in small enterprises, in Bogotá, Colombia, was determined. Ninety managers completed the Leadership Practices Inventory and The Revised Life Orientation Test, as well as they provided information about personal and business socio-economic characteristics. Ass...
Se revisaro n las implicaciones que tiene para el liderazgo el pasar de una visión convencional, en la que la organización se asemeja a una máquina y es función del líder promover su estabilidad y decidir el camino, a los recientes adelantos en los que la organización se asume como un sistema complejo que a través de la autoorganización logra gener...
The aim of this paper was to describe the current leadership situation from the gender perspective and to analyze the circumstances that deter women from achieving high leadership positions in companies. The core of the discussion turned around women's leadership barriers and how these can be overcome through the recognition of the difference of be...
The influence of the leader's perceived quality of life, of his/her health habits and socioeconomic characteristics on his/her leadership practices was assessed. All of these dimensions are included in the framework of the quality of life model as an intervention strategy (Juárez, 2000, 2010). The Leadership Practices Inventory (version by Robles,...
The influence of the leader’s perceived quality of life, of his/her health habits and socioeconomic characteristics on his/her leadership practices was assessed. All of these dimensions are included in the framework of the quality of life model as an intervention strategy (Juárez, 2000, 2010). The Leadership Practices Inventory (version by Robles,...
This research analyzed the relationships among psychosocial risks, organizational climate and leadership style in Colombian companies from social and health services sector. Four hundred participants answered the Organizational Climate Scale (OCS), the questionnaire of Psychosocial Factors at Work (PFW) and Pitcher Adjective Test [PAT-]. Correlatio...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether certain variables concerning leadership style, organizational climate and socio demographic variables, influence the perception of psychosocial risk among health sector employees, latter taken as criteria of Corporate Social Responsibility. According to our results, the organizations studies show ps...
Se analizaron las relaciones entre los riesgos psicosociales, el clima organizacional y el estilo de liderazgo, en empresas colombianas del sector de servicios sociales y de salud. Cuatrocientos participantes respondieron la Escala de Clima Organizacional (ECO), el Cuestionario de Factores Psicosociales en el Trabajo (CFP) y el Test de Adjetivos de...
p style="text-align: justify;">El propósito de este estudio fue describir la personalidad, el afecto y la inteligencia emocional a lo largo de la formación profesional, en 422 estudiantes de áreas empresariales. Se utilizó el Inventario de Personalidad NEO-FFI de Costa & McCrae (1994), el TMMS-24 (adaptado por Fernández-Berrocal, Extremera & Ramos,...
El propósito de este estudio fue describir la personalidad, el afecto y la inteligencia emocional a lo largo de la formación profesional, en 422 estudiantes de áreas empresariales. Se utilizó el Inventario de Personalidad NEO-FFI de Costa & McCrae (1994), el TMMS-24 (adaptado por Fernández-Berrocal, Extremera & Ramos, 2004) y el PANAS (adaptado por...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether certain variables concerning leadership style, organizational climate and socio demographic variables, influence the perception of psychosocial risk among health sector employees, latter taken as criteria of Corporate Social Responsibility. According to our results, the organizations studies show ps...
The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational climate; psychosocial risk factors and leadership styles perceived by a group of 400 workers of the health sector in four Colombian cities and to observe whether there are significant differences between them. In order to achieve this objective; the instruments entitled ECO; CFP and PAT_w...
p style="text-align: justify;">El propósito de este estudio fue observar la relación entre las dimensiones de personalidad propuestas por el Modelo de Temperamento/Carácter y las dimensiones del Afrontamiento al Estrés en una muestra aleatoria estratificada de 150 de estudiantes universitarios. Los resultados indican que los participantes tienden a...
The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational climate, psychosocial risk factors and leadership styles perceived by a group of 400 workers of the health sector in four Colombian cities and to observe whether there are significant differences between them. In order to achieve this objective, the instruments entitled ECO, CFP and PAT_w...
The purpose of this study was to observe the relationship between personality dimensions suggestedfor Temperament/Character Model and Coping in 150 undergraduate students in a randomizedstratified sample. Results indicate that participants tended to use active strategies for coping. Assumptionsabout biological and cultural aspects of the Personalit...
The aim of this paper was to describe the personality traits and the copingstyles used by 99 college students, and observe if this variable are related.The NEO Five Factor Inventory [NEO-FFI], and the Coping StrategiesQuestionnaire [CAE] was used. The results confirm that Neuroticism isrelated with passive and emotion focused coping strategies (mal...
The purpose of this study was to observe the relationship between personality dimensions suggested for Temperament/Character Model and Coping with Stress in 150 undergraduate students in a randomized stratified sample. Results indicate that participants tended to use active strategies for coping with stress. Assumptions about biological and cultura...
El propósito de este estudio teórico es plantear algunos tópicos de desarrollo en el tema del liderazgo, a través del análisis retrospectivo del concepto. Se plantea la necesidad de continuar estudiando el liderazgo desde perspectivas cada vez más amplias e integrales que puedan abarcar la complejidad del fenómeno. Se enfatiza también en la importa...
The self-efficacy construct has been studied from two different viewpoints. Firstly, in a specific manner, as it was originally proposed and secondly, in a generalized way, defined as an optimistic self-belief of personal capability to cope efficiently and competently with a variety of situations. In order to measure this construct at the broadest...
The purpose of this study is to raise some theoretical issues of development on the theme of leadership, through the retrospective analysis of the concept. This raises the need to continue studying the leadership from perspectives increasingly broad and comprehensive so that they can embrace the complexity of the phenomenon. It was also emphasizes...
The purpose of this study was to identify the psychological variables that mediate in adherence behavior to the treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease under haemodialysis treatment. The Questionnaire of Health (SF36), the Generalized Self-efficacy Scale, and the Coping with Stress Questionnaire were used to evaluate quality of life, sel...
El propósito de este estudio fue identificar las variables psicológicas que median el comportamiento de adhesión al tratamiento en pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica sometidos a hemodiálisis. La calidad de vida fue evaluada con el Cuestionario de Salud SF36, la autoeficacia con la Escala de Autoeficacia General, el afrontamiento con el Cuest...
El propósito de este estudio fue evaluar la influencia del síndrome de Burnout y la calidad de vida, así como las variables socioeconómicas, en los estilos de afrontamiento utilizados por 71 trabajadores de la salud (52,1% enfermeros y 47,9% auxiliares de enfermería). Se aplicó el cuestionario de salud (SF-36), el cuestionario de afrontamiento al e...
The purpose of this study was to observe if the coping styles of 41 patients with chronic kidney disease were related to their quality of life. The SF-36 and CAE questionnaires were the instruments used. Significant decline in quality of life was evidenced in these patients. Nevertheless, their social functioning was preserved. Results showed that...
The purpose of this study was to observe if the coping styles of 41 patients with chronic kidney disease were related to their quality of life. The SF-36 and CAE questionnaires were the instruments used. Significant decline in quality of life was evidenced in these patients. Nevertheless, their social functioning was preserved. Results showed that...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Confidential Questionnaire of Active Sexual Life (Cuestionario confidencial de vida sexual activa) [CCVSA], developed in 1996 by the previous Colombian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in a sample of 690 university students. The core of t...
El propósito de este estudio fue observar si los estilos de afrontamiento asumidos por un grupo de 41 pacientes con IRC guardan relación con su calidad de vida. Para ello, se utilizaron los instrumentos SF-36 y CAE. Se observó un deterioro importante en la calidad de vida de estos pacientes; no obstante, su funcionamiento social se encontró preserv...
The positive psychology was defined by Seligman (1999) as a scientific study of the positives experiences, positives individual's traits, the institutions that facilitate its development and the programs that help to improve the quality of life, whereas prevent or reduce the incidence of psychopathology. Its was describe too, like a scientific stud...
