scholarly journals The Relationship Between Workers’ Financial Participation in Companies and Economic Results

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Kozłowski
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Financial Participation

It is known that workers’ financial participation, primarily in the form of wider participation of employees in profits and ownership, has been used in enterprises from many years, but in practice the period of implementation of different forms of financial participation has taken place only in the last four decades. Workers’ participation in decision-making has a longer tradition, so it is well described in the literature, and its impact on the results achieved by companies are known through the many research projects conducted by researchers around the world and through detailed reports. Financial participation has not been the focus of so many papers, so the knowledge and information from this area is incomplete. This is because of the lack of comprehensive studies on the various forms of participation, their irregularity, the lack of cooperation between states in the exchange of information concerning the number of implemented solutions, etc. Of course, it is not possible to include all of the companies in research and the results cannot be generalized due to the different conditions and selection criteria in particular countries. Also, the ambiguous interpretation of the term “financial participation” by different authors and different institutions does not allow for setting up and developing the output database necessary to conduct the research and carry out comparisons. In the literature, programs of financial participation are treated as an incentive system, without taking into account the wider context and the relationships between these programmes and the results achieved by the company. This contribution aims to give some theoretical and scientific examples, which, by virtue of their nature and severity can contribute to the possible diverse research solutions to the problems facing businesses, especially in today's dynamic, global economy. After forty years of empirical research on the benefits of the implementation of various programmes of financial participation, the information provided, in principle, only in the form of reports, is not sufficient to express opinions on the development of forms of participation. At the same time, it is concluded that the programmes of financial participation have had a positive effect on the results achieved by companies, especially in terms of social benefits. Arriving at the above opinion has been additionally impeded by the different attitudes of the social partners to the issue of participation and participatory approaches, the absence of explicit data showing the relationship between implemented financial schemes and financial results, changes in the competitive position of enterprises, etc. The outlined theory concerning how the workers’ ownership affects economic performance achieved by a company unfortunately has not changed. This article is not to bring about fundamental changes, but to find new threads or directions of deliberation.

scholarly journals Migrants’ Access to Social Protection in Ireland

2020 ◽  
pp. 225-239
Author(s):  
Mel Cousins
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Family Benefits ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This chapter focuses on the link between migration and social protection in Ireland. The chapter has two main goals. First, it presents the general legal framework regulating the social protection system in Ireland, paying particular attention to any potential differences in terms of conditions of access to social benefits between national residents, non-national residents, and non-resident nationals. Secondly, the chapter discusses how these different groups of individuals access social benefits across five policy areas: unemployment, health care, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the relationship between migration and social protection policy.

Educational Leadership and Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimonda Alonderiene ◽  
Margarita Pilkiene
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Teacher Job Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Educational leadership, job satisfaction, and their relationship are revealed in contemporary research on the psychosocial phenomena of educational organizations. Historically, leadership and job attitudes, including job satisfaction, were studied in separate literatures, with different methodologies, and by different groups of researchers. Educational leadership is a broad stream of study, relating all the richness of leadership schools of thought within the context of education. However, the typology identified in this article helps in summarizing and analyzing educational leadership theories. Job satisfaction is a narrower construct, the focus being on the attitudinal nature of it. Teacher job satisfaction is defined as teachers’ affective reactions to their work or to their teaching role. Literature suggests that among the many antecedent factors of job satisfaction, leadership (in a variety of its lenses, such as trait, position, role, process, relationship, and lifestyle) is one of the strongest predictive factors, even more, educational leadership in general has a large positive effect on job satisfaction. Thus, exploration of the relationship between educational leadership and job satisfaction leads to a rich understanding of how teachers and other employees experience the effects of leadership and of how job satisfaction is enhanced, leading to organizational effectiveness in educational settings.

Innovation and commercialisation in the stem cell industries in Australia: State strategies and other opportunities to build a competitive position in the global stem cell economy

1969 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Stem Cell Science ◽  
The Relationship

Recent research in the social studies of stem cell science has demonstrated that there is (a) a significant global economy emerging around stem cell science, and (b) that individual states are competing fiercely in an effort to obtain leadership in this global stem cell economy. Over the last several years, the governments of the United Kingdom, China, India, Canada, Singapore and Australia (among others), have been attempting to leverage the process of innovation in stem cell science by implementing a variety of strategies including, but not limited to: dedicated funding programmes, the introduction of specific licensing systems, the implementation of new regulations for human cell-based material, emulating US-based venture capital, and encouraging entrepreneurship and spin-off developments. What remains to be seen though, is how effective such attempts actually will be in encouraging the commercial development of nationally oriented stem cell industries. Given that the relationship between innovation and commercialisation is unique to national and regional contexts, as well as unique to specific industries, this article discusses the specific strategies adopted in developing the stem cell industries in Australia and highlights some of the pros and cons with a government interventionist approach to developing global economic advantage from national and regional innovation.

scholarly journals Narration Based On Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Advertisement: The Projection and Story

Nirmana ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-120
Author(s):  
Natalia Widiasari
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Side ◽  
The Body Shop ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

Advertising plays an important role in narrating the social side of a company which is often referred to as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Corporate social campaigns are often seen as dubious, however, audiences as individuals interpret advertisements based on their values and experiences. TBSI (The Body Shop Indonesia) advertisements were conceptualized and analyzed using narrative transportation. Interviews are conducted with nine informants from various backgrounds. The results of the study are described in themes, namely (1) insight, (2) the relationship between CSR messages and the participant's value system, and (3) narrative responses to CSR advertisements. The result of the study states that advertising does not necessarily make the value from a social issue to be embedded or instilled in someone. Narrative and commitment to these values depend on the individual, person by person.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROTESTS ENGAGEMENT: WHAT’S GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Herd Behavior ◽  
Path Modeling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Protests ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Collective Activism ◽  
Positive Effect

Social media allows people to organize themselves and take action against social injustices and policies. Used to spread information, social media has been linked to the dissemination of political protests around the world. Relying on the Theory of Planned Behavior and Herd Behavior, this studied aimed at identifying gender differences in social network protests’ participation. Making use of multivariate data analysis through Partial Least Squares Path Modeling (PLS-SEM), 318 Brazilians responded the study and the results indicate that there are differences between the relationships of the antecedents of the use of the social network between users of different genders. The differences are in the relationship between the attitude and the use of social networks to participate in protests, with a positive effect on men and negative on women. This means that men understand that participating in online protests through social networks can improve awareness of events, giving strength to the movement and helping to ease the tension of protests, while women do not. The results go beyond the studies on which they were based, including the gender multigroup analysis and presenting a new model of technology adoption with new elements, such as the herd behaviour, embracing the imitation, and the uncertainty constructs. There is also a contribution to a greater understanding of the influence of social media on collective activism or movements.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penggunaan Teknologi Informasi Dan Kemampuan Berkomunikasi Interpersonal Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 429
Author(s):  
Fransiska Vandela ◽  
Agus Sugiarto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Utilization Of Technology ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company ◽  
Positive Effect

<div><p class="1eAbstract-text"><em>I</em><em>nformation and communication technology is used in all areas of human life, including in a company. Utilization of technology aims to improve employee performance. In addition, employee performance is believed to be related to their ability to carry out interpersonal communication activities. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of the use of information technology and interpersonal communication skills on employee performance . This analysis is used to test the relationship between independent variables namely the use of information technology (X1), interpersonal communication skills (X2) with the dependent variable namely employee performance (Y). Likert scale as the assessment scale used. The number of samples used was 58 respondents with saturated sampling techniques. This research method uses multiple regression analysis.</em><em> Data obtained by distributing questionnaires. Based on the results of this study indicate that the variable use of information technology and interpersonal communication skills have a positive  effect on employee performance.</em></p></div>

Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness

2012 ◽  
pp. 167-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Lazzarotti ◽  
Raffaella Manzini ◽  
Luisa Pellegrini
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company ◽  
Innovation Processes

This chapter investigates the topic of how open innovation is actually implemented by companies, according to a conceptual approach in which open and closed models of innovation represent the two extremes of a continuum of different openness degrees; though, these are not the only two possible models. By means of a survey conducted among Italian manufacturing companies, this chapter sheds light on the many different ways in which companies open their innovation processes. Four main models emerge from the empirical study, which are investigated in depth in order to understand the relationship between a set of firm-specific factors (such as size, R&D intensity, sector of activity, company organization) and the specific open innovation model adopted by a company.

Racial reality and unreality1

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Murji
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Constructionist Approach ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the debates on what race is. For some time, the dominant social constructionist approach in the social sciences has insisted that the only proper way to regard race is by refuting any connection with biology. Attention to the many ways in which race is socially constructed has been important; but, while a construction is not ‘unreal’, there is a common further step in which race is thereby deemed to be not valid. The rejection of race tends to treat race as something that would be ‘real’ if it were located in science and biology. The chapter then shows how recent developments in the natural sciences and changing views on the relationship between the natural and social sciences problematise that view. Yet in opposition to post-race views, critical scholars can then be seen to draw on conventional categories of race to show that racialised inequality still matters.

The Right to Fish as an External Benefit of Open Access

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 2050-2053
Author(s):  
Ralph E. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Fishing Activity ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Occupational Communities

Work is more than a means to earn income. Work activity is intimately related to the values of a society. This is especially true for occupational communities. Fishing activity may have very profound effects upon the social system. Open access to the resource is one dimension that reinforces this connection. A worker satisfaction bonus is much too narrow a concept to capture the depth of the relationship of social benefits to the open-access institution. To understand the role that the birthright performs, the entire ecological system — biological, economic, political, and social — in which fishermen work and live must be understood.

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