Estudio sobre la orientación a la RSC entre empresas familiares y no familiares

La RSC sigue siendo asociada a las grandes empresas, siendo muy pocos los estudios centrados en las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) y menos aún en las pymes familiares. Por este motivo, el objetivo del presente trabajo es conocer si existen diferencias en la orientación hacia la RSC entre las pymes familiares y no familiares, y si este hecho puede estar influenciado por el género y el nivel de estudios del gerente, entre otros factores. Los resultados obtenidos, sobre una muestra de 123 pymes, de las cuales 74 son de carácter familiar, ponen de manifiesto que las empresas familiares son más responsables socialmente que las no familiares

Corporate social responsibility in family SMEs: A comparative study

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted much interest in both the academic world and the professional, proof of this are many studies on this topic that have been made. However, most studies of CSR focus on larger organizations, with few studies focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and even less on family SMEs. For this reason, the objective of this research is to determine whether there are differences in orientation towards CSR between family SMEs and non-familiar ones, and if this fact can be influenced by gender and the level of formal studies of the manager, among other factors. The results, on a sample of 123 SMEs, indicate that family SMEs are more socially responsible than no familiar ones

Digital escape room as an instrument for the acquisition of specific knowledge in basic biomedical sciences

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world towards digitized learning. In the present day, the increased demand for online education produces an even greater request for quality courses and well-established processes for teaching relevant contents. Simultaneously, modern pedagogical trends promote the application of gamification as a tool for improving motivation, developing new skills and strengthening knowledge retention. In this context, Digital Escape Rooms have become an educational tool of great interest, in terms of new approaches to game-based learning. Objective: The general objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Digital Escape Room to facilitate the acquisition and the maintenance of students' knowledge applied in Biomedical Sciences. Methods: An educational game, the Genetics Escape Room, will be created with Genially. It will be based on 4 contents: genome, mutations, polymorphism and genetically transmitted diseases. The participants will consist of ca. 240 first year students enrolled in “Cellular Biology and Human genetics” in Dentistry Degree. They will be divided into an experimental group that will play Escape Room, and a control group that will visualize a virtual master class about the same 4 contents of the Escape Room. To evaluate students´ knowledge, all participants will complete a 20-question test (5 questions for each content) performed at three different time points. Firstly, two weeks before the experiment as pre-test, to assess students’ previous knowledge, secondly at the end of the gamification or the virtual class (post-test 1), and finally in two weeks’ time to evaluate knowledge retention when compared the two methods (post-test 2). To evaluate students’ opinion about the experience, a perception survey will be completed. Hypothesis: The following hypotheses are going to be considered: - We expect that the use of the escape room may well be equally as effective as a master class in increasing student knowledge and understanding. - A higher degree of retention of knowledge for lifelong learning is expected among students who play escape room. - We expect a higher motivation and an increase in the appreciation of Human Genetics subject among students who take part in the escape room.2021/UEM22No data 2021UE