Georg Dutschke

Atlantic University · Marketing

The World Drug Report highlights that the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma globally. This report estimates that HCV is responsible for the annual death of around 700,000 people due to liver disease and is associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality with high heal...

This study aims to identify the factors promoting organisational happiness. In recent years, research on organisational happiness has been increasing; however, the factors contributing to organisational happiness are still underexplored. Complementary qualitative-quantitative methods were conducted to obtain item cross-validation. The first method...

Introduction UNESCO has sparked interest in the study of happy schools and, through its Happy Schools Project (HSP) framework, provides tools that enable the teaching and learning community to work towards making “happy schools” a reality. Since the understanding of happiness is culturally influenced (HSP studied Asian countries), we sought to iden...

O trabalho apresentado mostra os resultados da investigação a decorrer sobre Happy Schools em Portugal. Alunos e Encarregados de Educação portugueses foram questionados sobre o tema e os resultados aqui apresentados permitem identificar as características de uma Happy School.

Well-being, equity, and inclusion are central aspects of happy schools. In this context, we aim to provide information to identify the characteristics of happy schools and Portuguese children's level of happiness at school. In total, one thousand three hundred and ninety-nine parents of children from five to twenty years old participated in this st...

The study of the influence of events on the destinations where they take place has gained strength over the years. The current study investigates the effects on tourism with importance on promoting, positioning and shaping the image of the destination. This study aims to understand the influence of an event to the value of the destination while add...

This study aims to identify the factors promoting organizational happiness. In recent years, research on organizational happiness has been increasing however the factors contributing to organizational happiness are still underexplored. Complementary qualitative-quantitative methods were conducted to obtain item cross-validation. The first method co...

Based on dynamic capabilities theoretical framework, this research sought to understand the implications of the recent economic crisis on the capability of developing new products by Portuguese SMEs. Specifically, we assessed how this capability was affected by variables such as entrepreneurship, innovation capacity, the knowledge accumulation, and...

Purpose-The purpose of this article aims to identify the factors that individuals consider necessary to be happy in their job. Based on these factors, a measure of job design happiness is proposed. Design/methodology/approach-Two methods were applied, (1) a qualitative study with content analyses (n=969) to develop an exploratory questionnaire and...

The purpose of this article aims to identify the factors that individuals consider necessary to be happy in their job. Based on these factors, a measure of job design happiness is proposed. Two methods were applied, (1) a qualitative study with content analyses (n=969) to develop an exploratory questionnaire and (2) exploratory and confirmatory fac...

Resumo The link between local value creation through creative tourism and local development isn´t completely understood in the literature. Specifically it is unclear how creative tourism is developed in the context of rural communities with few resources and without a clear view of the path to value creation. This research analyses cooperation as a...

O processo de criação de valor baseado no turismo criativo não está suficientemente aprofundado na literatura. Especificamente, não está clara a formação de destinos turísticos criativos no contexto das comunidades rurais, com poucos recursos e sem uma visão clara do caminho para a criação de valor. Esta investigação analisa a cooperação como um an...

The link between local value creation through creative tourism and local development isn´t completely understood in the literature. Specifically it is unclear how creative tourism is developed in the context of rural communities with few resources and without a clear view of the path to value creation. This research analyses cooperation as an ante...

The key question in this chapter relates to the barriers that communities in volatile economies encounter and limit life quality improvement. Issues such as the decline in commodity prices, the concentration of capital in megacorporations, global integration of markets, among others, are aspects that increase the level of competition. Against this...

Research on organizational happiness has been increasing in recent years but there is still need to develop instruments to measure happiness at work, considering organizational factors. These studies aim to start this work, proposing a scale to measure organizational happiness. We conducted two studies, following a cross validation approach. The fi...

Model II regression (i.e. minimizing residuals obliquely) is the adequate alternative to Model I regression by Ordinary Least Squares (i.e. minimizing residuals vertically) given the absence of well-established dependence relationships or x measured with error. Yet, it has no perfect solution. Determining the true slope from errors-in-the-variables...

Research on organizational happiness has been increasing in recent years but there is still need to develop instruments to measure happiness at work, considering organizational factors. These studies aim to start this work, proposing a scale to measure organizational happiness. We conducted two studies, following a cross validation approach. The fi...

Investigations related to national culture and young are becoming more important (Brown et al., 2002; Larson, 2011). Gelhaar et al. (2007) state that there is great concern about the poor academic performance and wiling to entrepreneurship of the adolescents and young adults in European countries, especially in the southern regions, where youth une...

Introduction: In recent years research on organizational happiness has been increasing but instruments to measure happiness at work, considering organizational factors, are scarce. Previous research demonstrates the positive impact of satisfaction on patient rehabilitation. Objectives: This study aims to propose an exploratory model of organization...

RESUMEN La felicidad es una emoción natural en la naturaleza humana. Su importancia en la organización es un tema muy actual debido, también, a los recientes e importantes cambios en economía y mercados en Portugal y Europa. Este artículo hace una revisión teórica sobre los conceptos de felicidad organizacional, analiza la pertinencia y actualidad...

El objetivo del trabajo ha sido comprobar las hipótesis de relación entre la capacidad de aprendizaje y la utilización de Internet para la búsqueda de información y desarrollo de nuevos aprendizajes. Para realizar dicho análisis se elabora un modelo basado en los trabajos de aprendizaje organizacional de Senge (1990), Kim (1993), Mintzberg y Quinn...

El objetivo del trabajo ha sido comprobar las hipótesis de relación entre la capacidad de aprendizaje y la utilización de Internet para la búsqueda de información y desarrollo de nuevos aprendizajes. Para realizar dicho análisis se elabora un modelo basado en los trabajos de aprendizaje organizacional de Senge (1990), Kim (1993), Mintzberg y Quinn...

Resumen En este artículo, se revisa la bibliografía científica que documenta las características, adaptaciones y modificaciones psicométricas de las escalas de valores personales, para luego explorar un instrumento que los mide, en la organización. Dicho instrumento, fundamentado en la teoría universal del contenido motivacional de valores de Schwa...

Evidence-based management is inspired in evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based management provides a frame of reference to follow a logic of performance. A problem demands to know what we want to do, the evaluation of the consequences of a decision and the necessary information, to act in a sense. The paper explains the concept of evidence-based...

La administración basada en la evidencia se inspira en la medicina basada en la evidencia. Ella proporciona un marco de referencia para seguir una lógica de actuación. Un problema exige conocer lo que deseamos hacer, la valoración de las consecuencias de una decisión y la información necesaria para actuar en un sentido. Se expone en que consiste la...

This paper takes a multiple approach towards the study of the impact of Seville Expo 92. We start by identifying the social and cultural values of 50 professionals from the Sevilla, using the Hofstede model, adding some exploratory questions about the event, allowing understanding the perceived impact of the exhibition. We then have analyzed the Ex...

Actualmente, las organizaciones se enfrentan a condiciones en el mercado muy diferentes a las que predominaban en el pasado. Los cambios en el entorno son muy rápidos, el ciclo de innovación es más corto y las tecnologías tienen una elevada importancia. En un entorno turbulento, sólo las organizaciones con más capacidad de adaptación a las nuevas r...

At present, organizations are facing market conditions very different from those of the past. The changes in the setting are very fast, the cycle of innovation is shorter, and new technologies are very important. In a turbulent setting, only the organizations with a higher capacity to adapt themselves to the new realities will have the opportunity...