Jaime Andrés Bayona

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor (Associate) at Pontifical Xavierian University

This study aims to test the theoretical model of career adaptability of refugees to investigate the dynamics of successful resettlement. The theoretical model is grounded on career construction and social network theory. We employ quantitative and qualitative methodologies to test the model in a sample of Venezuelans living and working in Colombia....

The purpose of this study is to validate a Spanish-speaking version of the internal corporate social responsibility questionnaire (ICSR Q), a questionnaire that is based on the social exchange theory and assess the perception of employees related to seven internal practices that reflect how responsible are organizations toward its workforce The que...

The widespread use of case method around the world, coupled with conflicting evidence about its effectiveness compared to the traditional lecture method, motivated this study. We meta-analyzed 22 investigations that report 86 effect sizes aggregated in two types of outcomes: cognitive (i.e., knowledge and skills), and affective (i.e., motivation an...

Happy-productive worker thesis (HPWT) research predicts four configurations depending on well-being and performance levels, one synergistic and three antagonists; however, there has been some discrepancy in the expected results of HPWT, as there are some inclusive results about the specific characteristics that lead to each one of the predicted gro...

Purpose Drawing on the health belief model and affective events theory, the main objectives of this study are to: (1) analyze which health beliefs about COVID-19 (probability, seriousness and worry) trigger feelings of social isolation; (2) investigate whether psychological capital buffers the escalation of social isolation and (3) analyze the role...

This book addresses a series of issues related to sustainability and management from diverse perspectives. In this sense, it seeks to provide a relevant reference to the study of sustainability from different functional areas of management, including human management, innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and finance. Using diverse methodologie...

Knowledge workers are highly valued by organizations, but there is a lack of evidence about the role of work engagement in the satisfaction and performance of these workers. Harmonization and Person-Job Fit theory state that workers who have similar characteristics to those present in the context (i.e., give similar importance to the characteristic...

Work characteristics influence job performance but the individual values, reflected on the importance that employees place on each work characteristic, may affect this relationship. Drawing insights from personal sal- ience and person-job fit theory, our research explored the partial mediation effect of importance given to work characteristics in t...

Learning outcomes 1. Identificar la influencia de variables contextuales (i.e. políticas) en la estrategia de una organización militar. 2. Analizar y evaluar opciones de cambio estratégico de una organización militar. 3. Decidir un cambio estratégico desde el modelo de recursos y capacidades. Case overview/synopsis La CIAC es una compañía colombia...

Learning outcomes Identify the influence of contextual variables (i.e. politics) in the strategy of a military organisation. Analyse and evaluate strategic change options of a military organisation. Decide on a strategic change from the resources and capabilities model. Case overview/synopsis Colombia Aeronautics Industry Corporation (CIAC) is a C...

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the individual characteristics of students and teachers in the effectiveness of the case method in a sample of Colombian business students. The results from two studies indicated that the case method is as effective as the lecture method in respect of learning outcomes (i.e. declarative know...

The purpose of this study is to validate the Spanish version of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ; Morgeson & Humphrey, 2006). Employees from three Colombian samples completed the questionnaire (N = 831). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 21-factor structure (χ2/df ratio = 2.40, SRMR =.06, RMSEA =.04, CFI =.90) with adequate levels of conver...

This paper presents an empirical research into the influence of individual characteristics of students and professors in the effectiveness of case method. We conducted 2 studies to test this influence. Study 1 used a quasi-experimental design to test the effectiveness of case method in a group of Colombian business students (n = 107) and the influe...

Test the relation between work characteristics (task, knowledge, social, context) and performance in a sample of Colombian workers. Test the importance of work characteristics (task, knowledge, social, context) as a relevant variable to test congruence. Test the role of P-J Fit (congruence) on the relation between work characteristics (task, knowle...

El concepto de equipo en la investigación sobre efectividad en equipos de trabajo RESUMEN El objetivo del trabajo es evaluar cómo ha sido empleado el concepto de equipo de trabajo en las investigaciones realizadas en contextos organizacionales entre el 2000 y el 2010. Se realizó una revisión de la literatura especializada en la que se encontró que...

La venta y consumo de Sustancias Psicoactivas (SPA) dentro de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia ha representado una constante preocupación para la comunidad universitaria. El presente estudio aborda esta problemática desde la perspectiva de las actitudes, construyendo un instrumento evaluador de la actitud frente a la venta y consumo de SPA entre...

The sale and consumption of Psychoactive Substances (PAS) inside the Universidad Nacional de Colombia has represented a constant concern for the university community. The present study approaches this problem from the perspective of the attitudes, building an instrument appraiser of the attitude about the sale and consumption of PAS among the stude...