Rui Silva

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and Polytechnic Institute of Porto · Economy and Managment

In modern times, disruptive contexts have challenged the functioning of organisations, as shown by recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the current war in Europe. The literature highlights the role of management control practices (MCP) as resources that help to improve decision-making processes and organisational performance and competi...

Purpose Job satisfaction is becoming increasingly important, especially since the end of the last millennium, as there are numerous organizations that have fostered its relevance to increase job-commitment in their companies. On one side, managers have to learn how to handle and to manage efficiently the dynamic capabilities and their soft skills s...

The pandemic dramatically altered the lives of people in their cities of residence and caused profound effects on both. The urgency to mitigate the pandemic has generated severe effects on society in general, such as economic paralysis, the annulment of social conviviality, the threat to employment and the non-existence of various accessibilities....

Firms focus on digital entrepreneurship to face the challenge of survival in turbulent times, a continuing challenge for their leaders, specifically those in charge of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This means these leaders have to be manufacturers and digital at the same time, to avoid digital, technological and innovative illiteracy....

In a pandemic and post-pandemic environment, the consequences for the creative economy were brutal and nefarious. Thus, this study aims to measure cities' creativity performance, through a composite index, reported to the year 2021. This study adopted the composite index already validated by Rodrigues and Franco (2019). In this sense, the results s...

Despite of the growing competition between organisations, this need has raised up several years ago, due to the search for strategically alignment and performance monitoring, but is nowadays even steadier. Few studies have dedicated their focus in understanding which perspectives are the most relevant, so as, if there are different importance ranki...

: University-industry cooperation is associated with the transfer of knowledge and technol�ogy. This collaboration is an extremely important field of study for the world’s economies, helping companies to become more competitive. The present research aims to explore and analyze the liter�ature related to university-industry cooperation, using a bib...

Purpose: The year 2020 was heavily marked by an unprecedented pandemic affecting society as a whole. However, under-represented groups may have seen their financial and social situation affected differently from other groups. Thus, it was found that in theliterature, the term inclusive entrepreneurship, which addresses these issues wasfragmented, i...

This study aims to fill a gap in the literature by conducting the scientific and bibliometric mapping of work stress in accounting professionals, using a methodological trilogy that contributes to this topic, namely the application of the ROC curve, Prisma and R bibliometric tools. Through the analysis of a sample of 103 articles, it was found that...

: Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) is one of the dimensions most studied and validated scientifically in the literature associated with entrepreneurship. This study intends to go one step further in developing the literature by presenting little studied dimensions as direct antecedents of EI. Its aim is to analyse the influence of the dimensions of R...

The main objective of this article is related to the mapping and systematic review of the literature on referees and soccer referees. An article search was performed using the following inclusion criteria: articles that addressed the theme of referees and football referees ("Football Referees", "Soccer Referees", "Football Refereeing" and "Soccer R...

The present study aimed to measure Portuguese referees’ motivation to study the Laws of the Game and Competition Rules (LGCR). This longitudinal empirical study measured the evolution of referees’ motivation, whose study needs are essential for their preparation, evolution and career progression. The study was carried out in two different periods,...

This study aims to identify and analyse the success factors of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) following the lines of dynamic capabilities and resources-based views. To achieve this objective, the multiple case study method was followed, where 10 SMEs/cases in Portugal were selected. From a content analysis of the interviews conducted to...

This study aims to identify and analyse the success factors of small and medium-sized enterpris-es (SMEs) following the lines of dynamic capabilities and resources-based views. To achieve this objective, the multiple case study method was followed, where 10 SMEs/cases in Portugal were selected. From a content analysis of the interviews conducted to...

: In all areas of knowledge, research has shown the devastating effects of COVID 19, and the impact on families’ financial stress and well-being is one of them. Crises are predictors of families’ financial stress, as they produce changes in their income and negative feelings, such as fear and demotivation, which affect well-being. This study analys...

Purpose: Using Self-Determination Theory and individual social responsibility’s association with pure social entrepreneurship, this study aims to answer the following question: How and why have the different actors responded to the crisis caused by the pandemic? Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative research (multiple case studies) was adopted,...

There is increasing recognition worldwide of the importance of academic activities, specifically in situations of pandemics. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the effects of COVID 19 on lecturers/researchers and Ph.D. and master students who have faced unexpected and continuous disruption in their teaching and research activities. To fulfil...

Contemporary organizations need to follow their performance over a continuous period, as the short period is not enough to provide complete control. Bearing this in mind, performance measurement indicators must be reflecting the organizational strategy, not just in the short term, but also in the medium and long term. In the past, especially in ind...

Outsourcing is part of a system, as it includes products and services integrated in a value chain and which are performed by an external (contracted) firm, aiming to establish an interdependent, collaborative and trusting relationship between the contracting and contracted firms. Like any dimension of business in organisa�tions, changes in organ...

Temporary employment is not influenced by the unemployment rate, but shows a positive relation with the social protection expenses of the companies. Poland is the country with the highest percentage of temporary workers (2013). The objective of this research is to study this flexibility, by obtaining empirical evidence in the European Union, using...

Purpose: This study aims to analyse the influence of the dimensions of Creativity, Entrepreneurial Passion and Perceived Behaviour on the Entrepreneurial Intention of students in higher education institutions (HEI). Design/methodology/approach: Five hundred and twenty-eight questionnaires were collected from higher education students, 32% being ma...

Who could have imagined that the COVID 19 crisis would affect the whole world? This means that all aspects of society in general have felt the consequences of the measures imposed to reduce contagion. Firms, business and their management had to be, and must continue to be resilient, and entrepreneurs creative to overcome the present and future impa...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many firms to close, causing an unprecedented interruption in trade in most sectors of economic activity worldwide. Although global supply chains have been affected by the general lockdown, due to their particular characteristics, small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been hit most severely by the measures...

The discussion in recent decades about sustainable development issues has given rise to a new accounting dimension: social accounting. Currently, this issue remains an emerging theme. Although there are some studies and literature reviews, none include disclosure of social accounting information or the analysis of research paradigms. This article r...

With globalisation, there has been an intensification of investments by foreign groups in sectors strategic to their country of origin, such as some minerals. It is, therefore, crucial for a parent company to implement specific controls in its management control systems. In these circumstances, this study aims to determine the degree of control exe...

This study seeks to understand the main factors predicting the future entrepreneurial attitude and intention of higher education students. To do so, a questionnaire was sent to a sample of 508 students at a higher education institution (HEI) in the central region of Portugal. From a structural equation model, the results show that students’ entrepr...

The transfer of knowledge and technology in multinational firms (MNE) is fundamental for market development and is therefore a recurrent topic in the literature. This study aims to map the extensive literature on knowledge and technology transfer in multinationals, through a bibliometric review using the “bibliometrix package” software, preceded by...

The success of soccer referees is linked to several skills, including game knowledge, communication, strategic leadership, physical fitness, and psychological ability. During the game, referees make between three and four decisions per minute, paying attention to the multiple aspects of the game, which generates pressure and stress, meaning that th...

COVID 19, What to do now? This issue has had devastating effects in all domains of society worldwide. Lockdown, the lack of freedom and social distancing meant the closure of a country’s entire activity. Having effects at all levels, beside incalculable ones in health, it is argued that scientific activity in education, business, economics and mana...

Considering the current turbulent macroeconomic environment, the aim of this research is to explore the influence of innovation in tangible and intangible resource allocation. The literature underlines that organizations are facing a revolution in their business processes. As such, there is a need to understand the value of knowledge resources and...

The application of gamification to the teaching-learning process across different fields of knowledge constitutes an emerging practice applied across all levels of education, from primary school up to university. This article, in keeping with the importance of the applications of this type of tool, holds the general objective of undertaking the map...

This study applied the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) by Vallerand et al. (1992), adapted for the Accounting and Marketing Academic Motivation Scale (AMAMS) in order to analyse who is the motivation level of Portuguese undergraduate students who were attending the Curricular Units (CUs) of Accounting and Marketing, in the beginning, and in the end...

Flow theory is used in this article [Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). The domain of creativity ] to determine whether gamified resources, named Accountingame and Marketingame, possess certain characteristics which, in the form of educational games, increase the performance of Portuguese undergraduate students attending Accounting (N = 816) and Marketin...

Quality of teaching is increasingly important for the success of educational institutions. In this context, gamification is a tool often used to improve the teaching-learning process by helping both teachers and students reach their goals in the short, medium and long term. Given the importance of the topic both in academia and society, this articl...

The purpose of this research is the adaptation of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) and its use on Accounting and Marketing college undergraduates. After the AMS had been adapted and changed into the Accounting and Marketing Academic Motivation Scale (AMAMS), it was validated in psychometric terms so that it could become a valid tool to be applie...

The purpose of this research is the adaptation of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) and its use on Accounting and Marketing college undergraduates. After the AMS had been adapted and changed into the Accounting and Marketing Academic Motivation Scale (AMAMS), it was validated in psychometric terms so that it could become a valid tool to be applie...

Journal: Industry & Higher Education ---- Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Firms (F) mediated by the Student’s curricular internship (S) allow increased mutual benefits in the form of the exchange of knowledge and innovation. This study investigates these relationships by testing various hypotheses aiming to measure th...

Resumo A qualidade do ensino é fundamental para o sucesso de qualquer Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES) sendo a Total Quality Management (TQM) uma filosofia amplamente adotada pelas IES no sentido de incrementar a qualidade dos processos de ensino existentes. Tendo em consideração a problemática enunciada e a sua consequente importância este art...

Entrepreneurship is becoming an important source of employment for women in many countries. There are different circumstances and motives that contribute to the decision to start a business. In this study, we developed a model that can estimate the probability of individuals becoming nascent entrepreneurs by opportunity or necessity. The model cons...