Vicenc Fernandez

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech

Advances in technologies are reconfiguring practical, analytical, and spatial dimensions of work(places) and the nature of work itself. The long-term impact of these innovations remains unclear, leaving managers and leaders struggling to understand how to capitalize on their potential benefits whilst also avoiding the downsides. We invite submissio...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in Human Resource Management (HRM), particularly within recruitment. However, the candidate perspective on AI usage remains underexplored, as existing research predominantly focuses on the employer’s viewpoint. Addressing this gap, we conducted a vignette survey experiment to examine how the combina...

This study aims to create a simulation model with which to analyse the spread of emotional states among the employees of an organization. The model takes into account the fact that workers are influenced by their co-workers and supervisors, and simultaneously analyses these interactions. The design of the simulation model follows a standard procedu...

Despite analytics have been seen as a ’game changer for the future of HR’,organizations struggle to move to them. Why is this happening?. In order to answer thisquestion, perhaps, one should start by wondering, what does reallyHR Analyticsencompass? We report the findings of a comprehensive literature review on analytics asapplied in HR, that help...

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the literature on human resources (HR) digitalization, specifically on HR analytics, disentangling the concept of analytics applied to HR and explaining the factors that hinder companies from moving to analytics. Therefore, the central research questions addressed in this study are: what does HR analytics en...

Purpose: Business analytics, a buzzword of the recent decade, has been applied by thousands of enterprises to help generate more values and enhance their business performance. However, many aspects of business analytics remain unclear. This study clarifies the definition of business analytics combined with its functionality and the relation between...

Purpose: Data-driven decision-making is a growing trend that lots of companies are nowadays willing to adopt. However, the organizational transformation needed is not always as simple and logical as it could seem and the comfort of the old habits can dim the change effort. The purpose of this study is to identify the potential problems that may ari...

La investigación académica es un proceso relativamente simple cuando un una persona conoce las metodologías, métodos y herramientas que la sustentan. Aunque se supone que los estudiantes con un grado de máster deberían de conocerlas, la experiencia demuestra que no es así. Este libro tiene como objetivo presentar estas metodologías, métodos y herra...

Academic research is a relatively simple process when a PhD student knows the methodologies, methods and tools that underpin it. Although it is assumed that students holding a master's degree should have a sense of them, experience shows that this is not the case. This book aims to introduce these methodologies, methods and tools of academic resear...

The importance of companies' website as instrument for relationship marketing activities is well-known both in the academia and in the industry. In the last decades, there has been great interest in studying how technology can be used to influence people's attitudes and motivate behavior change. With this, web personalization has had increasing res...

From brick-and-mortar stores to omnichannel retail, the efficient selection of products to be displayed on store tables, advertising brochures, or online front pages has become a critical issue. One possible goal is to maximize the overall ‘attractiveness’ level of the displayed items, i.e., to enhance the shopping experience of our potential custo...

The global sustainability imperative requires dealing with food waste. This study explores how the management of school canteens can help school leaders on their path towards building more sustainable institutions. Despite scholars have largely shown the magnitude of food waste generated at school canteens, this paper shows that headteachers mistak...

Context: Colombia over the last decade has experienced a historic economic boom and Information Technology (IT) has been emerging as a tool to enable the competitiveness of companies. The last government (2014-2018) took different actions to explain how the use of data science and open data improve the business activity. The question to identify i...

Online controlled experiments (also called A/B tests, bucket testing or randomized experiments) have become an habitual practice in numerous companies for measuring the impact of new features and changes deployed to softwares products. In theory, these experiments are one of the simplest methods to evaluate the potential effects that new features h...

Purpose: The goal of this research is to describe the customer’s purchase path in different shopping channels and to identify which are the trigger factors that motivate the choice of every shopping channel. The description of the factors that motivate this seamless experience across all channels will provide brands with knowledge about how to impr...

Past researches drew from the industrial organization perspective have examined the role of the data to generate competitive advantage. Their analysis show data is a valuable resource that can leverage business partnerships, vertical integration, or diversification. The emergence of data science has created new opportunities to understand better cl...

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology provides a lot of possibilities to develop IT projects that offer to the citizens platform of services for better conditions of living and transporting. Our study contributes to the topical subject of smart cities analysing the performance of an IoT-platform based solution. It evaluates if an IoT platform pro...

The last financial crisis and the globalisation of the retail industry resulted to a massive close of local shops which leads to an important proportion of unoccupied space in the city. The desertification of the urban economic environment is not only a business issue discouraging the potential investments but also a social problem of security or q...

Food Waste is a global significant issue for ethical, environmental and economic reasons, while its management is difficult due to its frequent low visibility. Individual choices and preferences are closely related to the generation of food waste although likely to be modified through education and awareness campaigns. In particular, school canteen...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to define a model that both describes the evolution of the emotional stages of individuals during perceived negative organizational change and explains the evolution of their behavioral patterns and the effects on relationships with social environments (family, friends, co-workers, supervisor and organization)....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose and to test three models in order to examine the mechanisms through which dimensions of transformational leadership influence different forms of organizational commitment by testing the possible mediating role of leader-member exchange (LMX) dimensions. Design/methodology/approach The participants...

As the European Union (EU) has been shaken by various challenges such as the economic and immigration crises, Euroscepticism, Brexit, the raise of extremist parties, we consider timely a short overview on the political, social, and economic contexts that lead to the creation of the EU, and on its predecessors. The present chapter provides insights...

What influence the choice of host country when Chinese firm make cross-border merger and acquisitions (M&A)? According to 1,051 Chinese cross-border M&A transactions in the years 2000–2015 listed in BVD-Zephyr database, we find that culture distance, institution and tax are the three most significant factors: 1) Chinese firms are more likely to cho...

Demand variability is prevailing in the current rapidly changing business environment, which makes it difficult for a retailer that sells multiple substitutable products to determine the optimal inventory. To combat demand uncertainty, both strategies of inventory substitution and probabilistic selling can be used. Although the two strategies diffe...

Reducing food waste is one of the key challenges of the food system and addressing it in the institutional catering industry can be a quick win. In particular, school canteens are a significant source of food waste and therefore embody a great opportunity to address food waste. The goal of our research is the development of guidelines for audit and...

Mobility of the young population between 6 and 10-year-old has been continuously decreasing the last decades causing problems of health (obesity) and decreasing the development of spatial skills along with the sense of community. The paper focuses on the road between school and home and deals with a specific project called “Camino Escolar” (School...

Purpose: Identify the relationships between the organizational justice dimensions and the students’ satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: It has embraced a quantitative methodological approach, where we chose the individual questionnaire as a tool of data collection. Findings: We found a positive relationship between satisfaction of universi...

The majority of social media studies have focused their attention on national and international companies in developed countries where democracy is part of the national culture of their citizens. The purpose of this research is to understand how social media usage effects organisational behaviour and culture in non-democratic countries. From a qual...

This editorial has a twofold objective: (1) to present a brief summary of the history of the journal, including the main goals that the journal has achieved during its nine years of life, and (2) to present all changes that the editors of the journal have taken during the last year in order to re-launch the journal and position it on the top in its...

Future challenges to the global food supply chain are complex. In order to embrace sustainability, companies should change their management practices towards more efficient resource use. Food waste being a misuse of resources, we identify its causes and possible ways of minimising it. To achieve this goal, we conducted explorative research with qua...

Purpose This paper aims to use macro-level theories based on the equilibrium between the exploration and exploitation of resources in an organisation to examine the association between turnover and performance through the analysis of a professional football (soccer) team in the Premier League, namely, Manchester United Football Club. Design/method...

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...

Many researchers (e.g., Johns, 2014; Parveen, Jaafar & Ainin, 2014; Razmerita, Kirchner & Nabeth, 2014) have suggested the use of social media in companies has several and different positive effects on the behaviors of managers and employees however, the majority of these studies has focused their attention on national and international companies h...

Esta obra forma parte de la colección Métodos Cuantitativos para la Toma de Decisiones, que, en su conjunto, permite resolver una amplia variedad de problemas. Cada volumen de esta colección desarrolla la técnica específica para tratar un tipo concreto de modelos. Este volumen pretende introducir al lector en el uso de la programación dinámica, una...

Esta obra es el primer volumen de una colección en que se presentan las técnicas y las aplicaciones de los métodos cuantitativos para la toma de decisiones. Cada volumen desarrolla un método específico para resolver una tipología de problemas. Este volumen pretende introducir al lector en el uso de la programación lineal para resolver problemas de...

Esta obra forma parte de la colección Métodos cuantitativos para la toma de decisiones que, en su conjunto, permite resolver una amplia variedad de problemas. Cada volumen de esta colección desarrolla la técnica específica para tratar un tipo concreto de modelos. Este volumen introduce al lector en la aplicación de las cadenas de Markov, una técnic...

The acquisition and use of information are key factors in successful executive performance. Recently, EIS have been analyzed through the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with significant results. In order to answer the research question “Is additional qualitative research needed to find more valuable information about the factors of the TAM model?...

Podcasting has become a major phenomenon within both our society and our educational system, as is evidenced by the large quantity of scientific publications on the topic. However, the study of podcasting in higher education remains in its initial phase of study. The results of research on podcasting are notably diverse and are even occasionally co...

Communication is a key element in organizations’ business success. The media richness theory and the channel expansion theory are two of the most influential theories regarding the selection and use of communication media in organizations; however, literature has focused little on the effects of self-regulation by managers and employees in these th...

This paper argues the role of the University in the Smart City transformation strategy. The theoretical structure takes as reference the recent Complexity theory for city development and their application to the networks of the Connected city. The approach is based on a justified selection of Barcelona and its four universities. We carry out a dedu...

Existing literature on education and technology has frequently highlighted the usefulness of online discussion forums for distance courses; however, the majority of such investigations have focused their attention only on text-based forums. The objective of this paper is to determine if the embedding of streamed videos in online discussion forums g...

In this working paper we make analysis on flight flow network structure of Europe. The aim of this study is to analyze the robustness of the European civil European air transportation network from the perspective of the theory of complex networks. This study is based on analyzing the behavior of the network when its nodes (airports) are removed by...

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...

The selection and use of communication media has been the center of attention for a great number of scholars in the area of organizational communication for its importance in the attainment of organizational objectives. This paper presents the results of a preliminary research in order to establish a framework where to analyse the progress of commu...

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...

There are a large number of theories that explain the process of choosing a communication medium in organizations. The theory of the expansion channels suggests that the perceived richness of a communication medium is contingent upon the knowledge-based experiences of organization members. Likewise, the regulatory focus theory also suggests that in...

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...

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...

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.

At present, a large number of theories exist which explain the process for choosing communication media in organizations. Channel expansion theory combines a large part of the theoretical foundation for these theories, suggesting that the perceived richness of a communication medium varies according to experience based on the knowledge of the organ...

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...

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...

Esta comunicación recoge el Plan de Coordinación de las Competencias Genéricas (PCCG) para las nuevas titulaciones de Grado que se impartirán en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Industrial y Aeronáutica de Terrassa de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, a partir del curso 2010-2011. Este PCCG se generó inicialmente como una actividad...

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 acquisition and use of information are key factors in successful executive performance. Although there are various and different media that executives use to obtain information, in the last decade the academic research has emphasised computer-based systems. Inside this group of systems, we can find the Executive Information Systems (EIS), which...

The acquisition and use of information are key factors in successful executive performance. Although there are various and different media that executives use to obtain information, in the last decade the academic research has emphasised computer-based systems. Inside this group of systems, we can find the Executive Information Systems (EIS), which...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of organizational forgetting on knowledge‐intensive firms and the circumstances in which the loss of distinctive knowledge takes place. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical research in this paper consists of a qualitative proposal based on two case studies in higher education in...

Si bien las tecnologías Web 2.0 y sus principales aplicaciones (blogs, wikis, lectores y agregadores RSS, podcasts y videocasts, redes socials,...) han sido adoptadas, masivamente, por los internautas, a nivel individual, en sus tareas cotidianas, en los últimos años, la mayoría de las organizaciones desconoce su aplicación y los beneficios que les...

The literature has frequently highlighted the usefulness of podcasting in higher education; however, there is an important gap between the theory on good practice in higher education and empirical studies about podcasting. With this in mind, we carried out an empirical study on an undergraduate degree course in Information Systems Management. The s...

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...