María Dolores Vidal-Salazar

University of Granada | UGR · Department of Management

Many tourism agglomerations are situated near natural resources, which implies a need to balance business growth with environmental preservation. Our analysis of the location decisions of 295 luxury beach hotels in Spain between 1960 and 2015 reveals two main findings. First, we confirm the positive relationship between the existence of demand-rela...

Many firms offer employees a broad range of benefits as part of their compensation. However, little attention has been given to the extent to which firms communicate with their employees in relation to such benefits. This study proposes that benefit communication can have both direct and indirect positive effects on employees’ benefit level satisfa...

Firms are increasing their efforts to offer benefits that satisfy their employees. However, the attitudinal and behavioral consequences of such satisfaction remain unclear. This article draws on the social exchange perspective and organizational support theory to examine the consequences of three dimensions of employees’ benefit satisfaction on org...

Purpose Although previous studies have analyzed the affective reaction of employees toward benefits, results remain inconclusive. The purpose of this paper is to pay specific attention to the flexibility of benefit systems and analyze whether the effect of this flexibility on employee’s benefit satisfaction is moderated by employees’ personality tr...

Training has traditionally been considered as an effective mechanism to leverage human capital and as a consequence improve firms' innovation performance. However, studies specifically analysing the effect of training on innovation performance are scarce and the results inconclusive. This paper examines the influence of specific innovation training...

Training has traditionally been considered as an effective mechanism to leverage human capital and as a consequence improve firms' innovation performance. However, studies specifically analysing the effect of training on innovation performance are scarce and the results inconclusive. This paper examines the influence of specific innovation training...

Este trabajo analiza el efecto que la satisfacción con los beneficios sociales tiene sobre el compromiso y la intención de abandonar la organización de los trabajadores, a través de la mediación de la percepción de apoyo organizativo. Para ello se consideran tres dimensiones relacionadas con la satisfacción: con la cantidad, con la forma en que se...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze three different forms of benefit systems and the effects of their application on Spanish firms’ attraction and retention capacity, differentiating these systems depending on the flexibility offered to the workers. Design/methodology/approach – The data of this study have been collected from a sampl...

Multinational enterprises face numerous challenges due to the difficulties of operating in various markets and the usual cultural differences between the countries. As opposed to local firms, multinational firms are usually exposed to global pressure groups both in home and host countries. In addition, in order to gain license to operate in foreign...

Si la comunicación resulta importante a la hora de determinar la efectividad de los sistemas de retribución de la empresa, aún lo es más cuando la empresa ofrece sistemas retributivos complejos que incluyen también algún tipo de beneficio social.

Como consecuencia de la crisis, muchas empresas están orientando su gestión hacia el ahorro y aplicando políticas de gasto más conservadoras. El área de recursos humanos es una de las más afectadas por la contención presupuestaria que están llevando a cabo muchas empresas, obligando a sus responsables a buscar nuevas fórmulas de ahorro. El coste de...

In the current turbulent business environment, firms are looking for more competitive, innovative and creative organizational and remuneration systems. This study is focused on highly personalized and adjustable indirect remuneration systems; that is, Flexible Benefit Plans. These systems are characterized by a high degree of flexibility and are de...

Son muchas las empresas que ofrecen beneficios sociales a sus trabajadores pero, ¿tienen estrategias definidas cuando diseñan sus políticas de retribución en especie? ¿Se adecuan las prestaciones ofertadas a las realmente demandadas?

Cada vez más las organizaciones se esfuerzan por innovar en materia salarial y ofrecer soluciones de compensación flexible, adaptando la retribución no solo a las capacidades de sus trabajadores sino también a sus necesidades personales y familiares. Esta dirección de las políticas salariales obedece a la necesidad de los gestores de RR.HH. de dar...

To cope with current business environment, which is often described in terms of uncertainty and rapid change, organizations need to innovate. This paper examines the influence of innovation training on innovative performance and the moderating role of external cooperation. The empirical analysis is based on a representative panel of 176 Spanish fir...

Recently, previous literature has paid special attention to study the relationship between firm internationalization and corporate social responsibility. In this research we examine the impact of internationalization on corporate social performance. Using a sample of 102 U.S. firms from the chemical, energy and industrial machinery industries, our...

Recientes desastres naturales han puesto de relieve la dependencia de la sociedad en el correcto funcionamiento de las infraestructuras críticas (ICs). Las ICs forman sistemas complejos e interconectados por lo que un fallo en una IC puede propagarse a otros sectores que dependan de ella. Ello supone una complicación añadida en la fase de respuesta...

In the current global economic environment, companies aiming to obtain lasting competitive advantages must be aware of those abilities that differentiate the company from its competitors. In this sense, personnel training may stimulate the development of certain capabilities related to the company's human resources, which could support this differe...

The need to implement advanced approaches to protect the environment is forcing companies to refocus their internal procedures and actions. To match employees' capabilities and the organization itself to these new requirements, the human resource management department can offer some key tools. This article analyzes whether environmental training (E...

Purpose – Is the current economic crisis affecting the quality of working conditions within organisations? More specifically, due to constrained economic times, are organisations reducing the social benefits they offer to employees? This study analyses whether the current economic downturn influences companies’ maintenance of social benefits. Socia...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of one of the more widespread techniques for personnel development and training: coaching. This technique in the business context entails boosting of a manager's capabilities so as to improve business results through a combination of experience, knowledge, support and the motivation...

Volume II focuses on examples of environmental problem solving. We seek essays that focus on how leadership addresses specific problems, offering analysis and advice. We hope that scholars in the environmental science and management community will wish to explore the idea of leadership in specific problem contexts. The sections include: Taking Acti...

This paper aims to highlight the importance of institutional theory in analysing entrepreneurship. In order to do that, an empirical analysis of how the institutional environment influences the entrepreneurial orientation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been performed. The model presented in this study starts from the analysis of t...

La necesidad de un comportamiento medioambiental avanzado está obligando a las empresas del sector turístico a modificar sus pautas de actuación. Este trabajo analiza cómo influyen los procesos de aprendizaje, tanto individual como colectivo, en el desarrollo de estrategias medioambientales proactivas en el sector hotelero, valorando previamente el...

La literatura existente señala el potencial de una gestión medioambiental proactiva en la generación de capacidades organizativas relativas a la minimización de costes. Además, durante los últimos años, la internalización de los costes medioambientales de la industria transportista ha sido un importante objetivo en el desarrollo de políticas públic...

En el actual contexto empresarial, las prácticas dirigidas a la formación y desarrollo del personal constituyen una herramienta clave para los gerentes. Este trabajo analiza la eficacia de una novedosa técnica relacionada con la capacitación y desarrollo personal: el coaching. Utilizando una muestra de 40 Pymes, se analizan los efectos que produce...

In the current business context, practices focused on personnel training and development constitute key tools for managers. This work analyzes the efficacy of a new technique related to personnel training and development: coaching. Using a sample of 40 SMEs, the effects of executive coaching have been studied in depth to highlight its impact on the...

This article presents the most relevant aspects of institutional sociological theory as a theoretical framework for the analysis of the determinants of corporate entrepreneurship. Our theoretical model includes the institutional influence in its analysis and aims to explain the links between different dimensions that make up the institutional and c...

Prior literature noted the potential that advanced environmental management might have in the generation of valuable organizational capabilities regarding costs minimization. More-over, during last years, one of the most important objectives in the development of transport public policies has been the internalization of environmental costs. Thus, t...

This work studies the current situation of the application of environmental approaches in the daily activity of the grenadine tourist workers. Its purpose is the knowledge of their actual formative necessities and to supply with critical information for adopting environmental palliative measures in the grenadine tourist companies. The empirical stu...

On today scenario the entrepreneurial activities implemented inside the established companies (�corporate entrepreneurship�) are still focusing attention of the scientific community which is trying to study in depth all the variables affecting to the process. We will illustrate the development and evolution of the corporate entrepreneurship phenome...