ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION

O livro reúne seis capítulos escritos por diferentes autores: capítulo 1, Mediating Effect of the HRM on the Relationship Between the SIMS and New Product Radicality (pelos autores M. Martinez-Costa, D. Jimenez-Jimenez, Y. Castro-del-Rosario e Ledian Valle-Mestre); Capítulo 2, Reinventing Human Resource Management to Increase Organizational Efficacy (por José Rebelo dos Santos e Lurdes Pedro); capítulo 3, Employer Branding: Issues of Tailoring Your Message in the Modern Age (por Nick G. Chandler e Tamas Nemeth); capítulo 4, A Qualitative Investigation for Platform Model Conceptualization and Design: Propositions for a New Architecture (por Duygu Toplu Ya¸slıo˘glu, Murat Ya¸slıo˘glu e Aykut Berber); capítulo 5, The Utility of Human Resource Managers’ Action: A Self-centred Perception by Different Organizational Actors (por João Leite Ribeiro, Delfina Gomes e Ana Caria); e capítulo 6, About Competencies, Creativity, and Innovation in the Portuguese Textile and Clothing Sector (por Carolina Feliciana Machado e Rosa Maria Maia Miranda). Os capítulos são independentes entre si, contudo, todos abordam as diferentes facetas da inovação organizacional e dos recursos humanos no contexto moderno.

WORKPLACE BEHAVIOUR AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICACY OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE

This study examined workplace behaviour and organizational efficacy of fast food restaurants in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Questionnaires were distributed to 384 fast-food restaurant workers in various fast-food outlets. Results showed that 12.5% gave a poor rating of organizational performance, 31.51% gave an average rating while 55.99% gave a very good rating of organizational performance. The study also revealed that that 40.89% were satisfied with their jobs while 59.11% were not satisfied with their jobs. The analysis of organizational motivational rating shows that 16.67% opined that the organizational motivational rating was poor, 60.42% noted that the organizational motivational rating was on the average while 22.92% of the respondents had ‘very good’ motivation.The findings of this study revealed statistically significant relationship between employee work behaviour and organizational efficacy (p value 0.012) at 95% (p≤0.05) probability level. However, the relationship between gender and employee work revealed no statistically significant relationship (0.571) at 95% (p≤0.05) probability level.The study recommended adequate motivation of employees so as to boost organizational efficacy and performance.

Contemporary Management Accounting Techniques and Organizational Performance

The study's purpose was to observe the degree of association of contemporary management accounting techniques (CMATs) with organizational performance (OP). A survey questionnaire instrument was employed to collect data and followed a descriptive research design. The populace comprised all the manufacturing companies that were functioning in Nepal and their employees. The study targeted the listed manufacturing companies in Nepal Stock Exchange and their employees as a sample. A sum of 570 respondents had partaken in the survey using a random sampling technique, and 387 responses were filled correctly up for further analysis. The survey questionnaire had two questions relating to the respondents' general information, 12 questions regarding CMATs, and five questions relating to the effect of the study variables on OP. The study uncovered a negative and significant association between the variables that indicated the Nepalese manufacturing companies (NMCs) need to focus on fitting CMATs into organizational context. Researchers and professionals may utilize this study's outcome to upturn their insights, which thusly encourages them to assist the NMCs in improving organizational efficacy.

How Clients' Satisfaction Affects Their Perception of Organizational Efficacy: The Case of a Nonprofit Organization in New York State, USA

A case study analyzing clients' perception of the services they receive. Using qualitative research, 8 current clients of the organization was surveyed.

How Clients' Satisfaction Affects Their Perception of Organizational Efficacy: The Case of a Nonprofit Organization in New York State, USA

A case study analyzing clients' perception of the services they receive. Using qualitative research, 8 current clients of the organization was surveyed.

Servant Leadership Within the Context of Organizational Efficacy

Notwithstanding the proliferation of studies on servant leadership in the last decades, there is still a lack of coherence and clarity around the concept, its nature, and how it can lead practice within organizational structures and processes. The authors provide an integrative and comprehensive discussion on servant leadership by examining the related literature, and in so doing expand knowledge in the field in four different ways. First, they provide an introduction describing the change in paradigms of management, followed by a brief evaluation of leadership. Second, they discuss the developmental process of servant leadership throughout decades. Third, they map various definitions and dimensions of servant leadership and different approaches towards the concept. Fourth, they provide discussion on the role of servant leadership approach within organizational structures. All in all, this review presents a holistic picture of where attempts have been and where they should go into the future in terms of conceptualization of servant leadership and its application within organizational structures.

Explaining Social Capital Formation in a Hinterlands Context: The Case of Carriacou, Grenada

Strong supportive organizations and interpersonal networks are taken to be instrumental for increasing social groups’ ability to actuate collective interests and build problem-solving capacity. Primary survey data from the island hinterlands area of Carriacou, Grenada, are used to test how key determinants of social capital in developed nations – supportive organizational efficacy, civic organization participation, social interaction, and socio-demographic characteristics – influence the normative dimension of social capital in a developing setting. Results indicate that perceptions of government efficacy and education enhance both measures of social capital in this island hinterland, while different indicators of social interaction display independent influences on each. This study concludes that hinterland settings such as Carriacou exhibit significantly different causes of social capital formation than found in other sectors of the world system.