Automation, job characteristics and job insecurity

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 1288-1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Coupe
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Interaction ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether specific jobs characteristics, which experts have identified as being more automation proof, are associated with reduced job insecurity. Design/methodology/approach Data come from a recent survey providing information on sources of job insecurity as well as on detailed job characteristics. The analysis is based on various regression models. Findings People who have jobs that involve lots of personal interaction are less likely to be concerned about losing their job because of automation, or because of other reasons, and are more likely to think their job will exist 50 years from now. Having a creative job does not change these concerns. The share of respondents who fear losing their job to automation is fairly small, and those who do, typically fear other sources of job insecurity as much or even more. Practical implications Developing interpersonal skills is more likely to be an effective strategy for reducing job insecurity than developing creative skills. The findings further suggest that policies aimed at automation are unlikely to suffice for the elimination of worry over job loss, as many workers who fear automation at the same time feel there are other reasons that might lead to the loss of their job. Originality/value There are very few studies that link fear of losing one’s job to automation to a job’s characteristics. The survey used here is unique in the level of detail provided on job characteristics.

Finding an effective strategy for international markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Effective performance in international markets significantly depends on organizations adopting appropriate strategies. Utilizing marketing capabilities more than technological capabilities can better position a firm so it is able to customize products to meet the needs of different customers. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Towards more effective strategy execution

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Strategy Execution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Efficiency in both planning and implementation impact on the overall performance of any strategy. Execution is often below standard though, particularly where public sector firms are concerned. But strong leadership can provide the necessary guidance and serve as a driving force to effectively align all the other key components and significantly improve the outcome as a result. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals Charting relationship marketing practice: it really didn’t emerge in the 1970s

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Tadajewski
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a history of relational perspectives in marketing practice from the nineteenth through to the twentieth century. Design/methodology/approach – This paper engages in a systematic reading of published histories of retailing practice using the key attributes of transaction and relationship marketing as a conceptual framework to interrogate whether earlier practitioners were committed to either approach. Findings – This paper supplements the studies conducted in other domains that undermine the idea that relational practices were rejected in favor of transaction-type approaches during the industrialization of the USA and Canada. Practical implications – The content of this paper provides textbook authors with a means to fundamentally revise the way they discuss relationship marketing. It has a similar pedagogic utility. Originality/value – This paper studies the writings of practitioners known to be pioneers of retailing to unravel their business philosophies, comparing and contrasting these to known attributes of relationship marketing. It deals with an historical period that has not previously been studied in this level of detail by marketing historians.

National identifications as determinants of the reception of country-of-origin sensitive advertising

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten J. Gerpott ◽  
Ilknur Bicak
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Telecommunication Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Telecommunication Services ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to empirically analyze the extent to which advertising reception among consumers with a migration background (German-Turks) is influenced by a person’s strength of national identifications with his/her country-of-origin (COO) and with his/her country-of-residence (COR). The focus is on Turkey-sensitive advertisements (ads) of telecommunication service suppliers in Germany because such communication measures are quite common and about three million German-Turks constitute an economically important group. Design/methodology/approach – Measures of COO and COR identification as well as of three ad reception criteria were obtained in a survey of 291 German-Turks and analyzed via moderated regression models. Findings – Strength of COO identification was a significantly positive predictor of the frequency with which participants remembered Turkey-sensitive ads for telecommunication services. Additionally, COO identification related significantly to two criteria that capture facets of attitudes toward such ads. By contrast, COR identification acted partly as a moderator which attenuated links between respondents’ COO identification and two ad reception measures. Nevertheless, German-Turks with a strong COR identification (i.e. “accultured” consumers) were still receptive to Turkey-sensitive telecommunication services ads even if their self-image was simultaneously strongly dependent on their COO. “Alienated” German-Turks who identify neither with their COO nor with their COR were least responsive to ethnic ads. Practical implications – The research indicates that marketing practitioners should not use uniform communication measures to address migrant consumers with a specific COO but segment this target group further by simultaneously considering their members’ COO and COR identifications. Originality/value – The contribution of this paper results from the simultaneous inclusion of both COO and COR identifications as factors explaining differences in reactions to communication measures among migrant consumers which share the same COO. Furthermore, the scarcity of empirical work on reactions of German-Turks to ethnomarketing is reduced.

Job insecurity and health

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Much of the glossy magazine literature surrounding business and management looks, perhaps understandably, at success. The best strategies, most efficient workflows, killer apps, and best practice in human resource management – everywhere you look – are “10 ways to increase profit” or “seven best start up opportunities”. What about the failures? With so much success to share, there has to be at least as much failure, if not more. The concern is that there is much more to learn from all of that failure, but headlines such as “how not to sell” or “12 of the worst corporate strategies” tend not to sell business magazines at the world’s airports. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

The apprentice experience: the role of interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-327
Author(s):  
Joe Pagnoccolo ◽  
Santina Bertone
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis research explores the training experiences of Australian apprentices in the workplace with a focus on workplace relationships and their link to interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills among apprentices.Design/methodology/approachQualitative research is conducted, and the authors analysed interview data from 20 apprentices (17 men, three women; average age 25 years) who came from a range of industries and trade sectors.FindingsThese findings revealed common themes around the importance of communication, emotional direct cognition, self-awareness and teamwork during training on the job. This suggests that interpersonal attributes are central to apprentices' practices within their training experiences.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings indicate a need for greater emphasis on the development of interpersonal attributes in training both on the job and within training packages.Practical implicationsThe paper extends the literature on the role of interpersonal skills in the apprentice experience, presents information about young people's challenges in training and points to further investigations needed to explore this phenomenon.Originality/valueAn authentic detailed account is presented of apprentices' interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills in their training experiences.

University entrepreneurial intentions: mainland and insular regions – are they different?

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Lopes ◽  
Sergio Jesus Teixeira ◽  
João J.M. Ferreira ◽  
Paulo Silveira ◽  
Luís Farinha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to involve the differences in the entrepreneurial intentions of student at higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Portuguese regions (mainland and insular). Design/methodology/approach Applying a sample of 594 valid responses, the authors analyzed the data according to linear regression models. Findings The results convey how HEI students generally do not intend to become entrepreneurs in both the mainland and the insular regions. Although HEI students broadly do not aim to launch their own businesses, the results show that students in mainland regions feel they have the skills to start a business and drive it to success. In insular regions, students feel encouraged by their friends and family to set up their own business. When comparing insular and mainland regions, the results demonstrate how in insular regions, there is a greater probability that HEI students become entrepreneurs than in the mainland regions. Furthermore, entrepreneurial intentions in the mainland regions develop in terms of “opportunities” while driven by necessity in the insular regions. Practical implications This furthermore makes recommendations to regional governments and to HEIs in order to enable better encouragement of entrepreneurship in academia. Originality/value This study is original and innovative due to its comparison of the entrepreneurial intentions prevailing in mainland and insular regions and may propose new highlights to the academic scientific literature.

More than a figure of speech

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 34-36
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Strategy Implementation ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Effective strategy implementation can be helped or impeded by an organization's use of metaphors and other figurative language. Firms must consider standardized or more targeted approaches to different organizational groups to metaphor usage. This is likely to impact on the capacity of such linguistic devices to determine whether employees embrace or resist the strategy being introduced. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Sports video games participation: what can we learn for esports?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaume García ◽  
Carles Murillo
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Investment Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Video ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study investigates three issues associated with playing sports video games: the correlates of participation (and its intensity) in this type of activity, their complementarity with traditional sports and their perception as sport. Given the scarcity of data on esports participation, these results can be seen as an initial approach to these issues with regard to esports.Design/methodology/approachSequential, two-part and regression models are estimated using a sample of 11,018 individuals from the Survey of Sporting Habits in Spain 2015.FindingsFirst, the association of the correlates follows different patterns for participation in sports video games and its intensity. Second, complementarity with traditional sports is found using different approaches. Third, young people consider this activity as a dimension of their overall interest in sports.Practical implicationsThe different association of the correlates with participation in esports and its intensity can be used to define marketing and brand investment strategies. The complementarity between esports and traditional sports should influence how the actual stakeholders in sport define future strategies to favour the growth of both industries. Finally, the increasing perception of esports as a sport should influence the future organisation of multi-sport events like the Olympic Games.Originality/valueUsing sports video games participation as a proxy of esports participation, this study is the first to provide empirical evidence of the relevance of distinguishing between participation in esports and its intensity, their complementarity with traditional sports and their perception as sport.

High intergenerational connections: a film-based inquiry

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1298-1315
Author(s):  
Anselmo Ferreira Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intergenerational Connections ◽  
Film Method ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to increase the understanding about the concept of high-quality connections (HQCs) by examining how it develops between members of different generations. Design/methodology/approach It draws on film-based method to explain how the theory of HQC unfolds, particularly in a context of high intergenerational connection. Findings This study reflects the analysis of a movie that, to a large extent, fits in the HQCs conceptual framework. Rather, all key mechanisms of HQCs concept (i.e. behavioral, cognitive and emotional) were found in the plot of Die Hard 4.0. It provides compelling evidence that films may explore the possibilities of reality including the nuances of the relationships among human beings, despite the fact that it portrays a fictional creation. In doing so, it shows that HQCs are likely to be found – as very often happens in the real life – even in the worst situations. Findings also show that HQCs may be built through the time as individuals start to better know each other, i.e. their styles, behavior, religion preferences, held values, capabilities and interpersonal skills. Research limitations/implications Otherwise, film method does not allow that the research results be generalized. At best, it offers elements to the viewers reflect about. Practical implications Very often individuals are designated to carry out certain tasks along with unknown colleagues with whom they need to interact in a positive manner to accomplish the goals. As a result, organizations should pay close attention to the quality of connections among their employees. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first endeavor toward analyzing the mechanisms of HQCs concept by means of such approach. In doing so, this analysis strongly corroborates HQCs concept functioning.

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