Mihaela Enache-Zegheru

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | UOC · Department of Economics and Business Science

Technostress has garnered increasing interest in recent times due to the pervasive role of technology and its impact on well-being and overall quality of life. Understanding and addressing technostress is crucial to promoting healthier relationships with technology, mitigating its negative effects, and developing strategies to manage the challenges...

En el contexto actual, la globalización y el uso intensivo de las tecnologías han comportado un cambio en los modelos empresariales tradicionales y en el perfil y comportamiento de los clientes, impulsando la innovación y la transformación digital, que se configuran como factores decisivos y requisitos básicos para la competitividad de cualquier em...

The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Technostress Creators Scale (TCS). The scale was administered to 1.047 Chilean professionals. The internal structure of the scale was tested by conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The average variance extracted (AVE) and the Fornell–Larcker criterion...

The adoption of new innovative ecosystems linked to Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in industrial firms has created new opportunities for performance. In this study, we investigate whether I4.0 can reinforce environmental asset management in achieving firm economic and social performance. We intend to contrast the existence of I4.0‐based reward mechanisms for...

The study of prosocial organizational behaviors has been receiving increasing attention, due to their relevant contribution to sustainable organizational and personal development. This research proposes and tests a model that tackles the factors that drive two unrewarding extra-role behaviors of individual or organizational citizenship, altruism, a...

In a context in which work has shifted from individual-centred to collaborative approaches, teams have become the cornerstone of organizational structure. This paper examines the individual, group and organizational factors that generate team performance. With this aim, it proposes and tests a multilevel team performance model that covers perceived...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between a challenging dimension of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and self-regulatory focus in an academic work setting. Job performance indicators were included to assess the nomological validity of regulatory focus measures. Design/methodology/approach Data were coll...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relations between organizational commitment (OC) dimensions and two focal and discretionary behaviours (intention to stay and organizational citizenship behaviour). Drawing on a sample of 310 Spanish employees of small services firms, this research reveals that in contrast to recent findings that detected...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relation between the underlying dimensions of protean (self-direction and values driven) and boundaryless (boundaryless mindset and organizational mobility preference (OMP)) career attitudes (Briscoe et al., 2006) and organizational commitment, within today’s unstable and uncertain business scen...

The selection and use of communication media has been the center of attention for a great number of researchers in the area of organizational communication. The channel expansion theory combines elements of the main theories in this area; however, these investigations have a static cross-sectional design rather than a longitudinal analysis. With th...

This study draws on a general framework of proactive motivation to propose and test a model that evaluates the influence of the individualized consideration dimension of transformational leadership and organizational climate on change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. In this model, individuals' cognitive emotional states (role breadth...

One of the most important determinants of managerial effectiveness in achieving organisational objectives is the success in influencing subordinates, lateral peers and supervisors through influence tactics. However, little attention has been paid to the use of a communication medium in the context of influence tactics. Our objective is to study the...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to translate into Spanish and examine the psychometric properties of the resulting Spanish version of Briscoe, Hall and DeMuth (2006)'s Protean and Boundayless Career Attitude Scale, encompassing: Self-Direction, Values-driven predispositions, Boundaryless mindset and Organizational Mobility Preference. Design/meth...

This editorial reflects some relevant information about the evolution of JIEM during 2011, together with novel features that have been implemented so far or which are planned to be realized.

The legal changes in the hiring profiles of universities in Spain implied significant changes in the processes of employment, stabilization and promotion of their academic staff. The aim of this research is to identify the antecedents of health and job stress of this staff, which traditionally experimented low levels of these indicators. The empiri...

We are pleased to introduce this first and inaugural issue of the first volume of the Journal of Airline and Airport Management (JAIRM). JAIRM is an international journal that proposes and fosters discussion on the theory and application in all areas of air transport, including (but not limited to) air transport and globalization, airline and airpo...

This editorial builds upon the guidelines developed by the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) since its inception (Sallan et al., 2010; Simo et al., 2009; Fernandez et al., 2008) and reflects some relevant information about the evolution of JIEM during 2010, together with novel features that have been implemented so far or whic...

This research is aimed at analyzing the relationship between the underlying dimensions of boundaryless (boundaryless mindset and organizational mobility preference) and protean (self-directed and values-driven) career attitudes and subjective career success, within today's complex and dynamic organizational context in which careers are unfolding. D...

This research is aimed at analyzing the relationship between the underlying dimensions of boundaryless (boundaryless mindset and organizational mobility preference) and protean (self-directed and values-driven) career attitudes and subjective career success, within today's complex and dynamic organizational context in which careers are unfolding. D...

This editorial builds upon the guidelines developed by the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) since its inception (Sallan et al., 2010; Simo et al., 2009; Fernandez et al., 2008) and reflects some relevant information about the evolution of JIEM during 2010, together with novel features that have been implemented so far or whic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of gender upon the relation between protean and boundaryless career attitudes and subjective career success, in today's dynamic and changing organizational context. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using a questionnaire conducted on 150 graduate and post-graduate distance...

The main objective of this research is to explore the results of the use of videos as an educational tool which helps increasing students' motivation in any discipline. The study is based on several streaming videos created as a support material for learning and used by 12 lecturers with 487 students in three different degrees of engineering (Mecha...

Purpose: This paper is aimed at developing a conceptual model centered on the antecedents of students' identification with their university and their perception of the institution's quality. Design/methodology/approach: This model is based on the analysis of the existing empirical literature and theoretical models focused on marketing at university...

Objecte: L'objectiu d’aquest article és desenvolupar un model conceptual centrat en els antecedents de la identificació de l'alumnat amb la universitat i la seva percepció de la qualitat universitària, perquè investigacions futures puguin provar des d’un punt de vista empíric les proposicions assenyalades.Disseny/metodologia: La metodologia consist...

One of the most important determinants of managerial effectiveness in achieving organisational objectives is the success in influencing subordinates, lateral peers and supervisors through influence tactics. However, little attention has been paid to the use of a communication medium in the context of influence tactics. Our objective is to study the...

Los cambios legislativos en los perfiles de contratación del profesorado en las universidades públicas españolas han comportado un cambio significativo en los procesos de contratación, estabilización y promoción de este colectivo de trabajadores. El objetivo de la investigación es identificar los antecedentes del estrés y de la salud laboral de est...

There are many papers that present the problems of educational videos: need of a high number of resources to create them, excess of information in the majority of videos, gaps of information between videos and the rest of materials of the courses, etc. This paper introduces the concept 'low-cost educational video', which attempts to solve to a larg...

This paper presents the results of using low-cost educational videos, aimed at complementing face-to-face and distance courses of the Degrees in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Organization and Aeronautical Engineering at ETSEIAT (Technical School of Industrial Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering of Terrassa). The high speed access and the...

The aim of this article is to provide empirical evidence on two questions belonging to the research agenda of organizational commitment research: the possible existence of several facets of continuance commitment, and of non-linear relationships between organizational commitment and various organizational behaviors and their predictors, such as tur...

Hasta la fecha, pocos estudios han examinado los efectos de las actitudes individuales de carrera profesional sobre el compromiso organizativo de los empleados. Por ello, el presente ar tículo se basa en las investigaciones de Briscoe y sus colegas (Briscoe Hall, 2006; Briscoe, Hall y DeMuth, 2006) sobre las carreras proteicas y nómadas y en una me...

There has been little research examining the effects of individual career attitudes upon employees’ organizational commitment. Drawing on Briscoe and his colleagues (Briscoe & Hall, 2006; Briscoe, Hall, & DeMuth, 2006)’s research on protean and boundaryless careers, and on a QCA fuzzy set methodology (Ragin, 2000), the present study analyzes variou...

This editorial honors the tradition established in the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) since its inception, of presenting some relevant information about the evolution of JIEM during 2009, and about the future directions of the journal. We focus on issues concerning the quality of the journal (editorial board and reviewing p...

This study proposes to analyze the relation between subjective success, the affective and continuance components of organizational commitment and the intention to leave the organization, in order to reflect the repercussions on organizational and individual levels. Despite the increasing importance of the organizational commitment and the relevance...

The purpose of this preliminary study was to qualitatively explore the results of using low-cost educational videos, oriented at complementing face-to-face and distance courses of the Degrees in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Organization and Aeronautical Engineering at ETSEIAT (Technical School of Industrial Engineering and Aeronautical Engine...

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar evidencias empíricas sobre dos cuestiones aún abiertas en la investigación sobre el compromiso organizativo: la existencia de varios tipos de compromiso de continuidad, y la existencia de relaciones no lineales entre el compromiso, ciertos comportamientos organizativos y algunos indicadores clásicos de ésto...

The concept of organizational citizen behaviour (OCB) has grown in popularity in the literature, and has received a great deal of theoretical and empirical study. However, various authors have emphasized the need of gaining a greater understanding of the antecedents of each dimension that makes up this construct, as few authors have focused on thes...

The concept of organizational citizen behaviour (OCB) has grown in popularity in the literature, and has received a great deal of theoretical and empirical study. However, various authors have emphasized the need of gaining a greater understanding of the antecedents of each dimension that makes up this construct, as few authors have focused on thes...

This study attempts to analyze the relation between the underlying dimensions of protean (self direction and values driven) and boundaryless (boundaryless mindset and organizational mobility preference) career attitudes and organizational commitment, within today's unstable and uncertain business scenario. Drawing on a sample of 150 professionals,...

This issue opens the second volume of the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, and with this issue begins our second year of publication. The aim of this editorial is to evaluate the 2008 activities, by presenting the members of the Editorial Board and the reviewers of the journal, as well as by reflecting results of quality, prestige...

This issue opens the second volume of the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, and with this issue begins our second year of publication. The aim of this editorial is to evaluate the 2008 activities, by presenting the members of the Editorial Board and the reviewers of the journal, as well as by reflecting results of quality, prestige...

En aquest treball s’exposen els resultats de la utilització de vídeos docents de baix cost, orientats a complementar la docència presencial i semi-presencial a Enginyeria Industrial, Enginyeria d'Organització Industrial i Enginyeria Aeronàutica a l’ETSEIAT. L’alta velocitat d’accés i la possibilitat de creació de xarxes de coneixement on tots els a...

Presentada a: International Conference and Doctoral Consortium: Social responsibility and corporate environment evaluation indicators, ISEOR 2009 Esta investigación tiene dos objetivos: (a) comprobar empíricamente que la elección del medio de comunicación por parte de los trabajadores de una organización es función de las estrategias de influencia...

Postprint (published version)

Welcome to the inaugural issue of JIEM

Within the context of the knowledge-based economy, individuals increasingly control their own development, careers and destinies, rather than the organisations that employ them. Work drawing on the new career orientations has been mostly conceptual rather than empirical. The existing literature focuses mainly on explaining the conditions under whic...

Sweeping changes in employment relationships and organizational structures have challenged traditional career models and gave way to two emerging paradigms to examine professional careers: the protean and the boundaryless career. During the last decades, researchers and practitioners conducted conceptual and empirical research on new career pattern...

Sweeping changes in employment relationships and organizational structures have challenged traditional career models and gave way to two emerging paradigms to examine professional careers: the protean and the boundaryless career. During the last decades, researchers and practitioners conducted conceptual and empirical research on new career pattern...

Purpose - Within the context of the knowledge-based economy, individuals increasingly control their own developmet, careers and destinies, rather than the organisations that employ them. The aim of this paper is to develop a practical methodology (the PHCN - Personal Human Capital Navigator), that helps individuals to systematically manage their pe...