Gender Differences in the Determinants of Sharing Information via Mobile Phones

The notion of sharing information has become a critical element in competitive advantage for mobile phone companies. The purpose of this particular research is to collate, compare and prioritize gender differences in the determinants of sharing information via mobile phones. The content analysis and the analytic hierarchy process methods were made use of to collect and examine relevant data. According to the findings of this research, the determinants of information sharing via mobile phones may be arranged into four fundamental categories. The categories, in order of significant, are: situational factors (including time pressures, convenience, and price discounts), the unique characteristics of mobile phone senders (including personality, emotion, and verbal capability), informational factors (including private information, important information and interesting information), and mobile phone receivers (including personality, emotion, and verbal capability). There is no singular gender difference in the first two factors (situational factors and mobile phone senders). The results gauge and assess the determinants of information sharing by the way of mobile phones

Modelo de relación entre la estrategia organizacional, la práctica de compensación y la innovación personal

El presente estudio pretende identificar el modelo de relación existente entre la estrategia genérica, basado en la teoría de Michael Porter, la práctica de compensación y la innovación personal generada en los puestos de trabajo por los miembros de la organización. Lo anterior, en base a un estudio de las percepciones de una muestra de los miembros de una empresa particular del sector de la construcción de obra civil sobre las variables mencionadas. Se realizaron análisis de factibilidad y factorial, agrupación de la muestra y pruebas de hipótesis de manera que se pudieron comprobar las relaciones particulares de esta organización. El modelo resultante demostró que para la empresa referenciada no se concibe la compensación dentro del modelo de relaciones, sólo se logró demostrar una relación positiva entre la estrategia genérica y la innovación personal.Abstract. This study aims to identify the relationship model between generic strategy, based on the theory of Michael Porter, the compensation practice and individual innovation generated in the workplace by members of the organization. In order to prove the particular relationships between variables, it was made reliability analysis, grouping of the sample and hypothesis testing. The resulting model showed, for this particular company, that it is not conceived the compensation variable inside the relationship model. It was just shown a positive relationship between generic strategy and individual innovation.Maestrí

Assessing Gender Differences in Software Developers Using the Human Capital Model

Previous studies have indicated that discriminatory practices exist in the Information Technology profession. In this paper, we quantify the differences in the current hourly salaries of female software developers with their male counterparts using the human capital model based on economic theory. In addition to the gender factor, the human capital model includes other control variables that may account for the salary differences such as education, experience, and specific skills, such as object-oriented programming and SQL. Our models indicate that gender is still a statistically and practically significant factor in assessing a software developer’s salary