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Social networking sites and youth transition: the use of Facebook and personal well-being of social work young graduates
(Frontiers Media, 2020) Castillo de Mesa, Joaquín; Gómez Jacinto, Luis; López Peláez, Antonio; Erro Garcés, Amaya; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Research on youth transitions, and the well-being of young people, has to take into consideration the digital context in which they are immersed. Digital interaction of young people increase year by year, social networking sites play a key role in their personal and professional relationships, and a very high percentage of jobs require digital skills. According to Eurostat (2019), participating on social networking sites (one of the most common online activities in the EU-28), is growing every year [more than half (56%) of individuals aged 16–74 used the internet for social networking sites], and this percentage increases among the younger generations. In this article, we present the results of our research on the digital skills and well-being of young people on Facebook, based on a survey with a sample of 126 young people graduated from the University of Málaga (School of Social Work) (Spain). Based on certain scales, the level of digital skills that students have on Facebook was measured, considering strategic aspects for information search, level of use and presence of Facebook in life, maintenance of relations and tolerance to diversity. Variables of psychosocial well-being were also measured (social capital, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and personal well-being). Variables of digital skills on Facebook were subsequently related to well-being variables. Results show that certain digital skills relate to the well-being of young people. In this sense, we deem it crucial to develop education policies that could provide young graduates with general digital skills to be used on social networking sites.
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Experiencias académicas entre profesores de distintas disciplinas. Una práctica internacional
(Editorial CECAR, 2022) Hernández Palaceto, Celia; Erro Garcés, Amaya; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
La interacción entre áreas de conocimiento de distintas disciplinas y contextos culturales facilita el desarrollo de nuevas ideas y proyectos. Por ello, la Universidad Veracruzana inició un curso de formación en el que pone en contacto a profesores universitarios de disciplinas diferentes que desarrollan conjuntamente una propuesta formativa. Este Capítulo describe la experiencia de dos profesoras, una de México y una de España que, a partir del mencionado curso, desarrollaron una iniciativa docente conjunta, válida para estudiantes de diferentes áreas. La tecnología, el conocimiento de idiomas y la superación de barreras culturales fueron factores relevantes en el éxito de esta iniciativa.
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Presente y futuro del teletrabajo en las administraciones públicas
(Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2021) Belzunegui Eraso, Ángel; Erro Garcés, Amaya; Pastor Gosálbez, Inma; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
Presentamos parte de un estudio que realizamos para el Instituto Nacional de Administraciones Públicas, sobre el teletrabajo en la Administración pública313. Se exponen casos prácticos del teletrabajo en las AAPP en época previa a la pandemia y durante la crisis, en distintos ámbitos: a nivel local, de administración autonómica y de organismos de la AGE. Resaltamos patrones comunes de la implementación del teletrabajo: el acuerdo individual con los trabajadores, el mantenimiento/incremento de productividad, la conciliación y las ventajas que reporta el teletrabajo a los trabajadores: ahorro de tiempo en desplazamientos, satisfacción laboral y conciliación. Los directivos de las entidades públicas también consideran que el teletrabajo no ha interrumpido la actividad habitual de las unidades de trabajo y valoran positivamente la experiencia. Los pilotos también apuntan a la existencia de inconvenientes como el aislamiento y el aumento de la carga de trabajo y, en ocasiones, la violación de los tiempos personales al estar permanentemente conectados.
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Do better workplace environmental conditions improve job satisfaction?
(Elsevier, 2019) Erro Garcés, Amaya; Ferreira, Susana; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Using data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey collected in 2015, estimates of the contribution of workplace environmental factors to the job satisfaction of about 44,000 Europeans from 35 countries are presented. Workplace environmental conditions are shown to play an important role in explaining job satisfaction, comparable to contract conditions such as pay increases and contract duration. Interestingly, the results are not driven by the perception of health or safety risks associated with worse environmental conditions.
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The role of human resource management practices on the results of digitalisation: from industry 4.0 to industry 5.0
(Emerald, 2023) Erro Garcés, Amaya; Aramendia Muneta, María Elena; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Purpose: This article aims to analyse the impact of data analytics and robots on firms' performance across Europe. Design/methodology/approach: This paper aims to examine the impact of data analytics and robots on companies' performance, multilevel models are estimated. Empirical research is based on the fourth round of the European Company Survey 2019. Findings: The main findings show that human resource management practices (HRMP) are relevant to explain firms' profits. Therefore, human resource practices and technology are complementary resources to achieve higher results. A positive and significant relation between profits and the use of data analytics to monitor employee performance was found. In addition, positive and significant relations between human resource practices and profitability were obtained. Practical implications: From a practical perspective, this article helps to understand the role of technological and human factors in profitability, and it emphasises the relevance of human resource strategies and technology to accomplish business outcomes. Originality/value: This study’s findings reinforce the concept of Industry 5.0 which highlights the role of humans in the digitalisation process.
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Creativity and emotions as drivers for social entrepreneurship
(Taylor & Francis, 2019) Erro Garcés, Amaya; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Social entrepreneurship is closely related to welfare because social welfare emerges when creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are developed together, creating a 'cluster of value' that appears when several value chains are bundled together, resulting in increased employment. This paper presents three cases in which a main character drives a 'cluster of value': Father Arizmendiarrieta, Mr Huarte and Mr Pérez 'Peridis'. Findings show the relevance of emotions, the role of teams and experts that recognize innovations, the relevance of stakeholder wealth and the importance of linking day-to-day challenges to social entrepreneurship, because creativity is closely related to everyday concerns.
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Más allá de las competencias digitales en eHealth: un nuevo modelo de liderazgo digital
(Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, 2024) Erro Garcés, Amaya; López Peláez, Antonio; Pérez García, Raquel María; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Sociología y Trabajo Social; Soziologia eta Gizarte Lana
El artículo analiza el impacto de la digitalización en el sector sanitario, una tendencia acelerada por la pandemia del COVID-19. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido un acelerador de cambios, haciendo evidente la necesidad de competencias digitales avanzadas en todos los niveles del sistema sanitario. La investigación se basa en el método Delphi para identificar las competencias digitales necesarias y los retos futuros en la digitalización del sector de la salud. Los autores destacan la necesidad de un liderazgo adecuado que facilite la adaptación organizativa y cultural en este contexto, resaltando la importancia de las competencias digitales no solo en los profesionales de la salud, sino también en los pacientes para gestionar sus propios cuidados de manera más eficiente.
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Digital social work
(SAGE, 2024-08-05) López Peláez, Antonio; Kalenda Vávrová, Soňa; Gojová, Alice; Erro Garcés, Amaya; Acebes Valentín, Rafael; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
Social interaction through technology, professional intervention through digital tools, and reorganization of public and private organizations to digitalize their procedures and work with reliable and robust data are three processes that coexist and feed off each other, giving rise to the development of what has been called digital social work. In this article, we briefly analyze some of the characteristics of digital social work, the challenges faced in digitalized societies, and the broadening of the debate on digital divide, which goes beyond access issues, and focuses on what is now considered a key challenge for social welfare: digital vulnerability.
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Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance
(Emerald, 2023) Andrés-Sánchez, Jorge de; Belzunegui Eraso, Ángel; Erro Garcés, Amaya; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Purpose.This paper aims to shed light on the perception of the consequences of implementing home teleworking (TW) for employers and employees amid the pandemic. By doing so, the research analyzes the factors that explain employers’ and employees’ perceptions of home TW and the symmetry of their impact on its acceptance and rejection. Design/methodology/approach. The analysis is done over the survey “Trends in the digital society during SARS-COV-2 crisis in Spain” by the Spanish “Centro de Investigaciones Sociol ogicas.” The explanatory variables were selected and classified using the well-known taxonomy of Baruch and Nicholson (i.e. individual factors, family/home, organizational and job-related). Findings. The global judgment of HTW is positive, but factors such as gender, age, children in care or being an employer nuance that perception. While some factors, such as the attitude of employees toward information communication technologies (ICTs), perceived productivity or the distance from home to work, have a significant link with both positive and negative perceptions of HTW, other factors can only explain either positive or negative perceptions. Likewise, the authors observed that being female and having children on care had a detrimental influence on opinions about HTW. Practical implications – A clearer regulation of TW is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. The authors also highlight the potentially favorable effects of telecommuting on mitigating depopulation in rural areas. Originality/value. The authors have also measured not only the significance of assessed factors on the overall judgment of HTW for firms and workers but also whether these factors impact acceptance and resistance attitudes toward TW symmetrically.
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Open social innovation: an approach to public organizations
(IGI Global, 2019) Erro Garcés, Amaya; Aramendia Muneta, María Elena; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE