Gaspar Berbel

Gaspar Berbel
Autonomous University of Barcelona | UAB ·  Departamento de Psicología Social

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Introduction
Me considero una persona creativa, innovadora y con gran capacidad de trabajar en equipo. Considero que es la forma más óptima de poder alcanzar resultados de mucho más impacto y efectividad. Estoy muy familiarizado con las TIC y herramientas online de formación-aprendizaje. Tengo experiencia como consultor en la UOC, también en la UNED y en otros contextos a distancia u online. Actualmente, como autónomo y emprendedor, desarrollo acciones de profesor-investigador en una universidad privada (EU
Additional affiliations
September 2015 - present
EUMediterrani (UdG)
Position
  • Professor
September 2007 - June 2015
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Description
  • Profesor asociado e investigador.
January 2006 - December 2006
National University of Colombia
Position
  • Professor
Description
  • Profesor-investigador. Asignaturas de historia de las organizaciones y de RRHH
Education
September 1997 - February 2011
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Field of study
  • SOCIOLOGIA-PSICOLOGÍA
February 1985 - June 1990
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Field of study
  • PSICOLOGÍA

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Publications (26)
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In the era of the Broadband Society, cloud journalism, and streaming, the film industry is trying to modify traditional distribution channels. The adaptation of literary classics was one of the most widespread practices to obtain well-known, quality material for new productions. The objective of this research is to understand empirically what diffe...
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La teoría de la exposición selectiva sostiene que los individuos tienden a informarse a través de aquellos medios que coinciden con sus convicciones. La presente investigación examina la exposición selectiva cuando el debate público se sitúa en el campo de la tensión entre identidades nacionales y, en este caso concreto, en el debate entre los part...
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Going to university means that many students assume, for the first time, responsibilities associated with living outside the family group, such as controlling eating habits. A survey was conducted among 161 university students in order to find out their perceptions regarding their type of diet, their knowledge of nutrition issues, their consumption...
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ABSTRACT: The implementation of the European Higher Education Area has highlighted the need to develop and adopt new forms of teaching by university professors which allow students to access the learning of the subjects from a new didactic perspective. The main objective of this project is to analyse the effects of the implementation of teaching in...
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El sector veterinario de animales de compañía en España se vio afectado en el año 2012 por una subida al tipo impositivo general de IVA de 13 puntos porcentuales (del 8% al 21%). Concretamente dicho aumento causó un notable deterioro en diversos indicadores económicos y laborales del sector en los ejercicios subsiguientes (p.e. salario medio, tasa...
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The present study analyzes four well-known online platforms used in the tourist industry for travelling, accommodation, eating, and touring (Blablacar, Airbnb, Eatwith, and Trip4real). The objective is to analyze the utility of the portals, intentions for future use and recommendation (prospective), and reputation. The method is an experimental des...
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ABSTRACT: The feminisation of the veterinary profession has experienced an upward trend in the last decade, although its positive consequences have been affected by two economic factors: the economic crisis that began in 2008 and the increase of the VAT tax rate to the veterinary services implemented in September 2012. The purpose of this paper is...
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ABSTRACT: The feminisation of the veterinary profession has experienced an upward trend in the last decade, although its positive consequences have been affected by two economic factors: the economic crisis that began in 2008 and the increase of the VAT tax rate to the veterinary services implemented in September 2012. The purpose of this paper is...
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The purpose of this research is to analyse how airline companies are using social media, namely on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, to create customer value. The paper analysed in depth some statistics of those media, in general best campaigns that connected directly on an emotional level of the client. Particularly, we focus on a one-month observa...
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RESUMEN: La situación generada en el sector veterinario de los animales de compañía tras la promulgación y posterior implantación de las disposiciones recogidas en el Real Decreto-Ley 20/2012, de medidas para garantizar la estabilidad presupuestaria y de fomento de la competitividad, relativas a la modificación del tipo de gravamen de IVA aplicable...
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The decision-making from a tourist depends on the social media experience. For tourists, the importance of qualitative sources (for example, comments in forums of websites, blogs and social networks: Internet technologies) is increasing for tourist enterprises. A representative percentage of tourists choose destinations thanks to the opinions of ot...
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Social network popularity has been greatly increased over the last years. Due to the high amounts of users, companies have shown interest in utilizing these networks as a means
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In this article we study the social media use by business tourists coming to Barcelona (Catalonia). The methodology used is a quantitative method that converts the object of study into numerical data, with emphasis on the measurable objective. We devise a quantitative questionnaire. The multiple choices are an instrument for obtaining data and it i...
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Social media are influencing the decision-­‐making tourist on holiday destination choice. Comments in forums blog and websites, and social networks are a source of information increasingly taken into account by the end customer (active in the Word on Mouth) and by the tour company, aware of the relevance of that content. The growing information off...
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Social media are influencing the decision-making tourist on holiday destination choice. Comments in forums blog and websites, and social networks are a source of information increasingly taken into account by the end customer (active in the Word on Mouth) and by the tour company, aware of the relevance of that content. The growing information offer...
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Resumen En la Sociedad de la Banda Ancha, conseguir financiación para los contenidos de calidad (diarios digitales, blogs científicos o revistas científicas, por ejemplo) es el objetivo angular de la industria editorial. En el ámbito del periodismo digital se han consolidado modelos (no tanto resultados) como el freemium (una parte abierta, otra de...
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This research tries to demonstrate that social networks (mainly used through smartphones) influence the decision to buy tourism products, specifically in the rate for young users (up to 29 years old). In the methodology, after analyzing the use of the media and social networks as a way of promotion and recommendation of tourism products, it is perf...
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Smartphones and social media influence the decision to buy tourism goods, especially in the case of business. Specifically, we show that smartphone bookings made by business tourists coming to Barcelona are increasingly popular. Methodologically, we devised a quantitative questionnaire. Data collection was carried out for 4 months in 2015 with n=15...
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p>This paper tries to demonstrate that virtual communities or social media influence the decision to buy tourism products. Specifically, we show that smartphone bookings made by business tourists coming to Barcelona are increasingly popular. The methodology used is first a comprehensive literature review on the topic, media and social networks as a...
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Local trade is currently under the threat of competition from department stores; thus, it is crucial to concentrate on satisfaction and loyalty. To develop an instrument to evaluate satisfaction and loyalty in delicatessens and to study the influence of socio-demographic variables on these aspects. A personal interview was applied that was composed...
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Hoy son múltiples las iniciativas internacionales y nacionales que existen para promover, concretar y comunicar la Responsabilidad Social en las Organizaciones (RSO). Esta dispersión de criterios reclama una sistematización metodológica. De tal manera, el presente artículo plantea cuatro niveles para clasificar esas iniciativas: (1) directrices y c...
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Many international and national initiatives have been advanced for promoting, fixing and communicating organisations’ social responsibility (OSR). Such broadcasting of criteria demands methodological systematisation. The present article thus proposes four levels for classifying such initiatives: universal guidelines and commitments, production guid...
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Sumario: Inventario de factor humano -- Cultura de empresa -- Gestión del conocimiento -- Comunicación -- Clima -- Selección personal -- La formación y su necesidad -- Motivación -- El plan de carrera -- Cuadro de mando

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