Higher education (HE) institutions have become more diverse learning environments, as more and mo... more Higher education (HE) institutions have become more diverse learning environments, as more and more diverse students (in terms of nationality, age, disability, educational or professional background, etc.) are enrolled in academic programs. For HE teachers this reality could sometimes become very challenging, thus diversity and inclusion (DI) competencies are needed. Studies on HE competencies frameworks were generally carried out, however research related to DI competencies for HE teachers is still lacking. The current study seeks to explore the HE institutions teachers' level of confidence in their DI competencies. A quantitative study based on 141 HE teachers from four HE institutions in four different countries was conducted. Results show that there are differences between the teachers' level of confidence in their DI competencies considering variables such as institution, frequency of teaching international students, diversity training attendance. Recommendations for improving DI competencies for teachers in HE are also included in the conclusions.
Digital Human Resource Management transformation represent a reality that each organisation is de... more Digital Human Resource Management transformation represent a reality that each organisation is dealing with these days, a situation that was accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic period. Organisations that are taking this step are determined by the benefits that the transformation could have for both employees and organisation's performance. However, research in the field failed in offering the evidence on these benefits in relation to all type of performance. At the same time, despite the advantages brought, the process could still be a challenge for HR professionals to implement, as blending digital processes and human touch is not so easy to be done. Research on the way in which the digital HRM transformation should take place, focusing on factors that facilitate the transformation as well as on HR professionals competencies needed is recommended. Thereby, the purpose of our paper is to analyse the main concepts of augmenting HRM and to propose a future research methodology for this topic.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2015
Gender equality is a key issue in EU policies explicitly targeted over 50 years. The reports for ... more Gender equality is a key issue in EU policies explicitly targeted over 50 years. The reports for the entire period show that progress has been made in the situation for women through specific programs, but the results are always lower than expected. Thus, inequalities persist in several areas, and developments are the source of new challenges. The main objective of this article is to show how gender equality influences EU funded programs and what issues arise depending on the area in which it is applied. We intend to highlight the types of projects that have gender equality objectives and successful models, considering the context in which these projects were carried out and highlighting the determinants of their success. On the way to building a sustainable and inclusive Europe, gender equality encounter many obstacles, particularly in regions where the ideas of existence of disparities and imbalances are not accepted and documented.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2016
Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public.
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the society, community and the organization itself.
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, Jul 1, 2013
In this period, the science sector plays a strategic role to increase the economic growth of coun... more In this period, the science sector plays a strategic role to increase the economic growth of countries and for this reason the measure and evaluation of research performance of its units (public research institutes) is needed. The most model for evaluate research is based on peer review, but when this method in Romania become inefficient the alternative was quantitative model One of the quantitative model is RELEV.
Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics, 2015
The present article describes the key elements of the workplace harassment issues in general and ... more The present article describes the key elements of the workplace harassment issues in general and from the Romanian official documents and regulations perspective. The divergences between these regulations and the international approaches on workplace harassment are analysed, considering the practical implications for managers and human resources departments, in order to reveal the needs for adaptation of the Romanian official framework related to this issue. Findings show that treating the harassment as discrimination, and not as form of psychological violence, creates the biggest challenges for managers
Starting 1990's, the international literature on organizatio link topic, many researchers trying ... more Starting 1990's, the international literature on organizatio link topic, many researchers trying o demonstrate it and l HRM concept as a selection of individual practices, after organizational performance. Therefore international rese Unfortunatly we cannot say the same thing about Rom practitioners, it isn't supported enought among academ systems and investigating them features and typologies variables (e.g. organization's dimension, profile) towar structured interviews were conducted among Romanian systems framework in Romanian context is similar with were identified.
Considering literature studied, we concluded that, even though both tacit knowledge sharing proce... more Considering literature studied, we concluded that, even though both tacit knowledge sharing process and organizational citizenship behaviors have positive implication on personal and professional development and also organizational performance, they are not addressed together too often. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the way in which the organizational citizenship behavior developed in the hotels from Romania can facilitates the process of sharing tacit knowledge among the employees. In order to achieve the paper’s aim, first we investigated the presence of organizational citizenship behavior, conducting a survey based on a five point Likert questionnaire proposed by Podsakoff et al (1997), and second we explained the way in which OCBs can facilitate tacit knowledge, on 36 supervisors. All three forms of organizational citizenship behaviors present in literature – helping behavior, civic virtue and sportsmanship - were identified in all departments taken into considerati...
Access to higher education is a topic of high interest, with direct consequences on national educ... more Access to higher education is a topic of high interest, with direct consequences on national educational policies, the development of labor market and quality of life. This study aims to identify potential factors which influence the interest of high-school students and graduates to get higher education (HE). The research was conducted on a sample of 373 respondents from Iasi, Romania using the quantitative method. Identified factors were ranked and also the issue of access to HE of several categories of people was approached. These findings can contribute to educational public policies development, especially for developing countries, such as Romania.
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, 2013
The article includes research on the performance of human resources devoted to scientific researc... more The article includes research on the performance of human resources devoted to scientific research in major universities from Romania. This is the first article that attempts to identify, using the Scopus and Web of Science international databases, the researchers with high results in terms of key indicators to assess this domain: number of ISI articles published and number of citations. In addition the authors try to highlight how is distributed the human resource involved in scientific research in various subfields in Romania.
Romanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have the specialists and the capacity necessary to... more Romanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have the specialists and the capacity necessary to atract funds from European Union for european integration aim. For this purpose they create and implement different kind of projects (social, cultural, etc.). To create such project it is only needed one or two specialists in writing a project, but to successfully implement one, it is needed a hole special united team, motivated and committed to the purpose. In making this succesfull team, the project team management confrunt with a lot of challenges. This paper illustrate, from a human resources percepective, some of the most common issues that a project team manager has to deal with. Using the case study method, this thesis suggests the challeges that the manager has in building the team, creating a united team, motivating the members and solving potential conflicts.
As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countri... more As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countries from Eastern Europe, its main goal was to create adequate conditions for economic integration, social and regional development of the EaP country members. Based on the same principles as the EU was built, international law and fundamental values (e.g. human rights, freedom, democracy, rule of law), sustainable development and also good governance, the EaP was regularly analysed and renewed (once every two years) in order to better respond to the needs of Eastern European countries. Even so, while the economic context was especially considered, there are still some actions to be undertaken with regards to socio-cultural factors. Therefore the aim of the paper is to analyse the socio-cultural context of the six Eastern European EaP members (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in order to make recommendations regarding their absorption capacity when integrating th...
Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals tha... more Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals that strive to acquire new, more valuable competencies. The universities, considered one of the most important pillars in developing such competencies, are challenged to develop and harmonize different forms of education (formal, informal and non-formal) in order to respond to individuals' and organizations' needs. The mixture of learning forms can bring competitive advantage for the universities. However mixing the learning forms is not so easy to accomplish, considering that the stakeholders' requirements could be divergent and the resources are limited. This paper aims at presenting the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of learning and also outlines few examples of the interferences. At last, the paper presents some preliminary results of a quantitative research regarding the perception on the usage of the three forms of learning of one of its stakeholders - the hig...
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the societ...
As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countri... more As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countries from Eastern Europe, its main goal was to create adequate conditions for economic integration, social and regional development of the EaP country members. Based on the same principles as the EU was built, international law and fundamental values (e.g. human rights, freedom, democracy, rule of law), sustainable development and also good governance, the EaP was regularly analysed and renewed (once every two years) in order to better respond to the needs of Eastern European countries. Even so, while the economic context was especially considered, there are still some actions to be undertaken with regards to socio-cultural factors. Therefore the aim of the paper is toanalyse the socio-cultural context of the six Eastern European EaP members (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in order to make recommendations regarding their absorption capacity when integrating the...
Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals tha... more Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals that strive to acquire new, more valuable competencies. The universities, considered one of the most important pillars in developing such competencies, are challenged to develop and harmonize different forms of education (formal, informal and non-formal) in order to respond to individuals’ and organizations’ needs. The mixture of learning forms can bring competitive advantage for the universities. However mixing the learning forms is not so easy to accomplish, considering that the stakeholders’ requirements could be divergent and the resources are limited. This paper aims at presenting the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of learning and also outlines few examples of the interferences. At last, the paper presents some preliminary results of a quantitative research regarding the perception on the usage of the three forms of learning of one of its stakeholders - the higher educatio...
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the societ...
Hotel industry is confronted with some challenges induced by changing customers’ requirements and... more Hotel industry is confronted with some challenges induced by changing customers’ requirements and by a competitive environment. In this context, front-line employees are a very important determinant of organizational performance. Researchers suggested that organizational performance can be achieved through employee organizational commitment (OC) development. This is the reason why this paper aims to explore employees’ level of OC components from hotel chains, considering a variety of independent variables. Furthermore, recommendations for hotel managers who want to improve employees’ OC are offered. A quantitative study was conducted on 152 employees from 12 hotels belonging to four international and national hotel chains. We first verified if the same OC components from scholarly literature can be identified in Romanian context. Then, an analysis on differences registered for these OC components was conducted, considering variables like age, gender, educational level, work experien...
Higher education (HE) institutions have become more diverse learning environments, as more and mo... more Higher education (HE) institutions have become more diverse learning environments, as more and more diverse students (in terms of nationality, age, disability, educational or professional background, etc.) are enrolled in academic programs. For HE teachers this reality could sometimes become very challenging, thus diversity and inclusion (DI) competencies are needed. Studies on HE competencies frameworks were generally carried out, however research related to DI competencies for HE teachers is still lacking. The current study seeks to explore the HE institutions teachers' level of confidence in their DI competencies. A quantitative study based on 141 HE teachers from four HE institutions in four different countries was conducted. Results show that there are differences between the teachers' level of confidence in their DI competencies considering variables such as institution, frequency of teaching international students, diversity training attendance. Recommendations for improving DI competencies for teachers in HE are also included in the conclusions.
Digital Human Resource Management transformation represent a reality that each organisation is de... more Digital Human Resource Management transformation represent a reality that each organisation is dealing with these days, a situation that was accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic period. Organisations that are taking this step are determined by the benefits that the transformation could have for both employees and organisation's performance. However, research in the field failed in offering the evidence on these benefits in relation to all type of performance. At the same time, despite the advantages brought, the process could still be a challenge for HR professionals to implement, as blending digital processes and human touch is not so easy to be done. Research on the way in which the digital HRM transformation should take place, focusing on factors that facilitate the transformation as well as on HR professionals competencies needed is recommended. Thereby, the purpose of our paper is to analyse the main concepts of augmenting HRM and to propose a future research methodology for this topic.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2015
Gender equality is a key issue in EU policies explicitly targeted over 50 years. The reports for ... more Gender equality is a key issue in EU policies explicitly targeted over 50 years. The reports for the entire period show that progress has been made in the situation for women through specific programs, but the results are always lower than expected. Thus, inequalities persist in several areas, and developments are the source of new challenges. The main objective of this article is to show how gender equality influences EU funded programs and what issues arise depending on the area in which it is applied. We intend to highlight the types of projects that have gender equality objectives and successful models, considering the context in which these projects were carried out and highlighting the determinants of their success. On the way to building a sustainable and inclusive Europe, gender equality encounter many obstacles, particularly in regions where the ideas of existence of disparities and imbalances are not accepted and documented.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2016
Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public.
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the society, community and the organization itself.
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, Jul 1, 2013
In this period, the science sector plays a strategic role to increase the economic growth of coun... more In this period, the science sector plays a strategic role to increase the economic growth of countries and for this reason the measure and evaluation of research performance of its units (public research institutes) is needed. The most model for evaluate research is based on peer review, but when this method in Romania become inefficient the alternative was quantitative model One of the quantitative model is RELEV.
Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics, 2015
The present article describes the key elements of the workplace harassment issues in general and ... more The present article describes the key elements of the workplace harassment issues in general and from the Romanian official documents and regulations perspective. The divergences between these regulations and the international approaches on workplace harassment are analysed, considering the practical implications for managers and human resources departments, in order to reveal the needs for adaptation of the Romanian official framework related to this issue. Findings show that treating the harassment as discrimination, and not as form of psychological violence, creates the biggest challenges for managers
Starting 1990's, the international literature on organizatio link topic, many researchers trying ... more Starting 1990's, the international literature on organizatio link topic, many researchers trying o demonstrate it and l HRM concept as a selection of individual practices, after organizational performance. Therefore international rese Unfortunatly we cannot say the same thing about Rom practitioners, it isn't supported enought among academ systems and investigating them features and typologies variables (e.g. organization's dimension, profile) towar structured interviews were conducted among Romanian systems framework in Romanian context is similar with were identified.
Considering literature studied, we concluded that, even though both tacit knowledge sharing proce... more Considering literature studied, we concluded that, even though both tacit knowledge sharing process and organizational citizenship behaviors have positive implication on personal and professional development and also organizational performance, they are not addressed together too often. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the way in which the organizational citizenship behavior developed in the hotels from Romania can facilitates the process of sharing tacit knowledge among the employees. In order to achieve the paper’s aim, first we investigated the presence of organizational citizenship behavior, conducting a survey based on a five point Likert questionnaire proposed by Podsakoff et al (1997), and second we explained the way in which OCBs can facilitate tacit knowledge, on 36 supervisors. All three forms of organizational citizenship behaviors present in literature – helping behavior, civic virtue and sportsmanship - were identified in all departments taken into considerati...
Access to higher education is a topic of high interest, with direct consequences on national educ... more Access to higher education is a topic of high interest, with direct consequences on national educational policies, the development of labor market and quality of life. This study aims to identify potential factors which influence the interest of high-school students and graduates to get higher education (HE). The research was conducted on a sample of 373 respondents from Iasi, Romania using the quantitative method. Identified factors were ranked and also the issue of access to HE of several categories of people was approached. These findings can contribute to educational public policies development, especially for developing countries, such as Romania.
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, 2013
The article includes research on the performance of human resources devoted to scientific researc... more The article includes research on the performance of human resources devoted to scientific research in major universities from Romania. This is the first article that attempts to identify, using the Scopus and Web of Science international databases, the researchers with high results in terms of key indicators to assess this domain: number of ISI articles published and number of citations. In addition the authors try to highlight how is distributed the human resource involved in scientific research in various subfields in Romania.
Romanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have the specialists and the capacity necessary to... more Romanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have the specialists and the capacity necessary to atract funds from European Union for european integration aim. For this purpose they create and implement different kind of projects (social, cultural, etc.). To create such project it is only needed one or two specialists in writing a project, but to successfully implement one, it is needed a hole special united team, motivated and committed to the purpose. In making this succesfull team, the project team management confrunt with a lot of challenges. This paper illustrate, from a human resources percepective, some of the most common issues that a project team manager has to deal with. Using the case study method, this thesis suggests the challeges that the manager has in building the team, creating a united team, motivating the members and solving potential conflicts.
As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countri... more As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countries from Eastern Europe, its main goal was to create adequate conditions for economic integration, social and regional development of the EaP country members. Based on the same principles as the EU was built, international law and fundamental values (e.g. human rights, freedom, democracy, rule of law), sustainable development and also good governance, the EaP was regularly analysed and renewed (once every two years) in order to better respond to the needs of Eastern European countries. Even so, while the economic context was especially considered, there are still some actions to be undertaken with regards to socio-cultural factors. Therefore the aim of the paper is to analyse the socio-cultural context of the six Eastern European EaP members (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in order to make recommendations regarding their absorption capacity when integrating th...
Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals tha... more Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals that strive to acquire new, more valuable competencies. The universities, considered one of the most important pillars in developing such competencies, are challenged to develop and harmonize different forms of education (formal, informal and non-formal) in order to respond to individuals' and organizations' needs. The mixture of learning forms can bring competitive advantage for the universities. However mixing the learning forms is not so easy to accomplish, considering that the stakeholders' requirements could be divergent and the resources are limited. This paper aims at presenting the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of learning and also outlines few examples of the interferences. At last, the paper presents some preliminary results of a quantitative research regarding the perception on the usage of the three forms of learning of one of its stakeholders - the hig...
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the societ...
As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countri... more As the Eastern Partnership (EaP) was founded in 2009, between European Union (EU) and six countries from Eastern Europe, its main goal was to create adequate conditions for economic integration, social and regional development of the EaP country members. Based on the same principles as the EU was built, international law and fundamental values (e.g. human rights, freedom, democracy, rule of law), sustainable development and also good governance, the EaP was regularly analysed and renewed (once every two years) in order to better respond to the needs of Eastern European countries. Even so, while the economic context was especially considered, there are still some actions to be undertaken with regards to socio-cultural factors. Therefore the aim of the paper is toanalyse the socio-cultural context of the six Eastern European EaP members (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in order to make recommendations regarding their absorption capacity when integrating the...
Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals tha... more Changes that occur in the socio-economic environment determine new challenges for individuals that strive to acquire new, more valuable competencies. The universities, considered one of the most important pillars in developing such competencies, are challenged to develop and harmonize different forms of education (formal, informal and non-formal) in order to respond to individuals’ and organizations’ needs. The mixture of learning forms can bring competitive advantage for the universities. However mixing the learning forms is not so easy to accomplish, considering that the stakeholders’ requirements could be divergent and the resources are limited. This paper aims at presenting the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of learning and also outlines few examples of the interferences. At last, the paper presents some preliminary results of a quantitative research regarding the perception on the usage of the three forms of learning of one of its stakeholders - the higher educatio...
The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and... more The importance of the non-governmental organization (NGO) in implementing specific activities and priorities of European policies increases continuously because of the new environment requirements. Through a qualitative research, our study aims to highlight the catalysts and the main constraints in operationalizing the European policies involving the civil sector. Our approach is integrative and nontheless sequential and it is based on a multi-player model with the identification of the role and types of actions specific to each party involved. A temporal comparative analysis is also made by highlighting the evolution in time of the strategic pillars, the constraints and problems specific to the NGOs. The conclusions of our study are going towards pro-active measures: a fair placement considering the role of NGOs within implementing European policies considering the fact that they can offer consistent support and can undertake innovative actions that generate benefits for the societ...
Hotel industry is confronted with some challenges induced by changing customers’ requirements and... more Hotel industry is confronted with some challenges induced by changing customers’ requirements and by a competitive environment. In this context, front-line employees are a very important determinant of organizational performance. Researchers suggested that organizational performance can be achieved through employee organizational commitment (OC) development. This is the reason why this paper aims to explore employees’ level of OC components from hotel chains, considering a variety of independent variables. Furthermore, recommendations for hotel managers who want to improve employees’ OC are offered. A quantitative study was conducted on 152 employees from 12 hotels belonging to four international and national hotel chains. We first verified if the same OC components from scholarly literature can be identified in Romanian context. Then, an analysis on differences registered for these OC components was conducted, considering variables like age, gender, educational level, work experien...
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