Enhancing Human Capital through Social Media: Promoting Skills and Learning through Technology

Author(s):  
Amelia Manuti ◽  
Maria Antonietta Impedovo ◽  
Pasquale Davide de Palma
Keyword(s):  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lennart Ante ◽  
Philipp Sandner ◽  
Ingo Fiedler

This study explores the determinants of initial coin offering (ICO) success, where success is defined as the amount of capital a project could raise. ICOs are a tool for startups in the blockchain ecosystem to raise early capital with relative ease. The market for ICOs has grown at a rapid pace since its start in 2013. We analyze a unique dataset of 278 projects that finished their ICOs by August 2017 to assess determinants of funding success that we derive from the crowdfunding and venture capital literature. Our results show that ICOs exhibit similarities to classical crowdfunding and venture capital markets. Specifically, we identify resemblances in determinants of funding success regarding human capital characteristics, business model quality, project elaboration, and social media activity.


First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Gehl

Drawing on the work of Gilles Deleuze, Eva Illouz, and Mark Andrejevic, this paper critiques the personal branding literature, particularly as it applies to Web 2.0 social media. I first describe the three-part logic of personal branding: dividuation, emotional capitalism, and autosurveillance. Next, in a sort of mirror image to the self-help literature of personal branding, I offer a critical "how to" guide to branding oneself in Web 2.0. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of why personal branding can be seen as a rational choice, given the circumstances of globalized capitalism and precarious employment. Individuals who brand themselves willfully adopt the logic of capitalism in order to build their human capital. However, I ultimately argue that the obsession with personal branding is no antidote for life in precarious times.


Author(s):  
Lennart Ante ◽  
Philipp Sandner ◽  
Ingo Fiedler ◽  
Andranik Tumasjan ◽  
Isabell Welpe

This study explores the determinants of ICO success, where success is defined as the amount of capital a project was able to raise. ICOs are a tool for startups in the blockchain ecosystem to raise early capital with relative ease. The market for ICOs has grown at a rapid pace since its start in 2013. We analyze a unique dataset of 278 projects that finished their ICOs by August 2017 to assess determinants of funding success that we derive from the crowdfunding and venture capital literature. Our results show that ICOs exhibit similarities to classical crowdfunding and venture capital markets. Specifically, we identify resemblances in determinants of funding success regarding human capital characteristics, business model quality, project elaboration and social media activity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5093
Author(s):  
Omar Habets ◽  
Beatrice Van der Heijden ◽  
Omar Ramzy ◽  
Jol Stoffers ◽  
Pascale Peters

This longitudinal, quantitative study contributes to the debate on technology-based professional development by examining the extent to which a learning (LinkedIn) intervention in a university setting affects an individual’s social media use for professional development, and the extent to which this relates to self-reported employability. In addition, we investigated how this relationship is moderated by an individual’s motivation to communicate through social media (LinkedIn). Based on social capital theory and the conservation of resources theory, we developed a set of hypotheses that were tested based on longitudinal data collected from university employees (N = 101) in middle- and high-level jobs. First, in line with our expectations, social media use for professional development was significantly higher after the learning intervention than before. Second, partially in line with our expectations, social media use for professional development was positively related with the employability dimension anticipation and optimization. Third, contrary to our expectations, motivation to communicate through social media (LinkedIn) did not have a moderating role in this relationship. We concluded that the learning intervention has the potential to foster social media use for professional development, and in turn, can contribute to individuals’ human capital in terms of their employability. Hence, the intervention that forms the core of this empirical research can be a sustainable and promising human resource management (HRM) practice that fits the human capital agenda.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (39) ◽  
pp. 223-234
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hasbi Abdul Rahman ◽  
Mazdi Marzuki ◽  
Norshahrul Marzuki Mohd Nor ◽  
Khairul Ghufran Kaspin ◽  
Mohamad Basri Jamal ◽  
...  

It’s has been almost 2 years since pandemic Covid-19 has shocked the world. The pandemic has affected all over the world in many sectors including education. Malaysia is one of the countries that also hugely affected by the pandemic, and Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) as one of the leading tertiary education has struggled to maintain its studying and learning process throughout the time. In order to continue its learning process, the educators and students have tried their best to proceed although facing challenges. Apart from using its own online application known as Myguru, several methods have also been applied by lecturers and students including social media mediums like Facebook, WhatsApp, Google Meet, Zoom, and many more. However, sometimes smart and high technologies could not meet all that people demand especially in terms of human touch or soft skills and manner. This paper hence explores the Islamic manner (Adab) been practiced and observed both by academicians and students in selected courses (HIA 3033& HID 3033) while using the online learning process during a pandemic. This study will analyze the Islamic manner (Adab) of lecturer and students from early up to midst semester, their ways of communication, attitude, pre and post classes, punctuality, and attention. This study very essential because towards the end, not academic solely would be the main focus, but morally and Adab sound also would be achieved. Then, the process of learning without neglecting academics, skills, and attitudes would be realized in producing smart human capital in the future.


2020 ◽  
pp. 294-302
Author(s):  
Jiri Bejtkovsky

The research paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of social media platforms, HR marketing, E-recruitment and human capital management. The primary purpose of the research is to determine whether the size of the selected healthcare providers influences (1) the active use of social media platforms and (2) the creation of the recruitment videos to address potential employees on the internal or external labour market. Systematization literary sources and approaches for solving the problems of the social media platforms, HR marketing, E-recruitment and human capital management indicate that the implementation of IT technologies in the field of human resources management is becoming a necessity in today’s world. Regarding methodological tools of the research methods, this research study used quantitative and qualitative marketing research as the essential primary sources of information and data. For the precise questionnaire survey and understanding of the individual questions in the questionnaire, a pretest questionnaire survey was also carried out. The pretest was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2018 on a sample of eight respondents. A significant marketing quantitative research followed after the removal of minor shortcomings, from October 2018 to January 2019. The object of the study was selected healthcare service providers in the Czech Republic. Fifty-eight healthcare service providers were thus analysed. Besides other things, two research hypotheses and one research question were formulated. In the research study, the Pearson’s chi-square test, Microsoft Excel 2013 and IBM SPSS Statistics 23 were used to verify the research hypotheses. The research paper presents the results of an empirical analysis showing that (1) there is no statistically significant relationship between the size of the selected healthcare service provider and the active use of the social media platforms as an HR marketing tool; (2) there is a statistically significant relationship between the size of the selected healthcare service provider and the creation of recruiting videos to address potential employees on the internal or external labour market; (3) social media platforms are used for the communication with the patients, clients, public and further for PR or promotion of selected healthcare service provider and the recruitment purposes of human resources and HR marketing. The research also empirically confirms and theoretically proves the need for IT knowledge and the active use of IT technology in the area of human resources management, today in the 21st century. The results of the research can be useful for the domestic and foreign healthcare service providers such as hospitals, maternity hospitals, children’s hospitals, hospital wards, field hospitals, nursing homes, asylums, clinics, sanatoriums of long term disease, health resorts, thermal baths, healing spas and other health and medical institutions or for academicians that are interested in human resource management. Keywords E-recruitment, healthcare service provider, human capital management, HR marketing, social media platforms.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ghulam Abid ◽  
Saqib Rehman ◽  
Tahira Hassan Butt ◽  
Aman Ullah
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