5 research outputs found
Analyzing Students’ Perceptions From Their Interests and Rights’ Protection Perspective Within Various International Contexts
The research originated from comprehending the way students, as consumers; perceive the involvement of bodies empowered to protect their rights and interests, including consumption-modernizing programmes. Among the cross-scientific research methods used by our research, the survey has been chosen and applied in three universities from various countries: Constantin Brancoveanu University of Pitesti – Management – Marketing in Economic Affairs Faculty, Romania, Fernando Pessoa - Business Science Faculty, Portugal and University Degli Studi di Milano – Political Sciences Faculty, Italy. For data processing, comprehensive methods of analysis and statistic-mathematical methods have been used, while for data analysis the method of comparing interviewed students’ opinions and the causal explanation have been used. The paper’s originality consists in drafting a direct, quantitative research, based on the scientific research of students’ opinions, future opinion originators, in three countries with various development levels. In addition, Romanian profile literature does not enlist many scientific papers approaching the analysed topics, while international research papers exist, but only to a small extent. The main results of research reveal the occurrence of dissimilarities and similarities relevant to students’ perceptions, regarding the approached subject.consumers` protection, consumers` rights, international research, students, analysis of perceptions, different national contexts
Human capital in the knowledge-based society: comparative analysis: Romania-Portugal
The current economic crisis has rushed even more the economists’ concerns to identify new directions for the sustainable development of the society. In this context, the human capital is crystallised as the key variable of the creative economy and of the knowledge-based society. As such, we have directed the research underlying this paper to identifying the most eloquent indicators of human capital to meet the demands of the knowledge-based society and sustainable development as well as towards achieving a comprehensive analysis of the human capital in the EU countries, respectively of a comparative analysis: Romania - Portugal. To carry out this paper, the methodology used is based on the interdisciplinary triangulation involving approaches from the perspective of human resource management, economy and economic statistics. The research techniques used consist of the content analysis and investigation of secondary data of international organisations accredited in the field of this research, such as: the United Nation Development Programme - Human Development Reports, World Bank - World Development Reports, International Labour Organisation, Eurostat, European Commission’s Eurobarometer surveys and reports on human capital. The research results emphasise both similarities and differences between the two countries under the comparative analysis and the main directions in which one has to invest for the development of human capital
Organisational Behaviour Influence Elements in the New Economic Paradigm
The premise on which this paper is based is determined
by the damaged reputation capital of most Romanian companies. The
causes which generate poor organisational behaviours are identified and
analysed. The media coverage of the Romanian organisations’ behaviour
is also highlighted. The methodology used for developing the research
was based on interdisciplinary triangulation, respectively approaches
from the perspective of behavioural economics, of managementmarketing
and of organisational sociology. The research techniques used
are trend analysis and secondary data investigation materialised in
studies and reports of international bodies
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY - A ROMANIAN CONTEXT APPROACH
In the field of scientific knowledge, through this research topic, we have aimed at building an index to diagnose organisational behaviour in the knowledge-based society. Regarding the empirical research plan, the originality of the work is that of presenting a qualitative study that allowed for an outline of the Romanian context of organisational behaviour in this society. Among the qualitative methods with phenomenological, comprehensive orientation of the scientific research methodology, we used the focus group, and to identify Romania’s position in international rankings that identify progress towards the knowledge-based society, we used the qualitative content analysis. The research was performed through secondary data analysis collected in reports and studies of international organisations
Research on the National Culture–Intellectual Capital Inter-Relationship in EU Countries
the paper aims at identifying the type and the intensity
of the relationship between the national culture dimension and the
intellectual capital dimension. The purpose of the paper is to analyse
the correlations of the national culture dimensions, based on the
Geert Hofstede approach, with the three dimensions of the intellectual
capital within the EU countries. The research procedures were:
content analysis of the most representative models and methodologies
for evaluating the intellectual capital and the national culture dimensions,
and correlation analysis. The main outcome of our research reveals
the influence of the national culture on the intellectual capital
performance. It also shows that some dimensions of the national culture,
such as Individualism versus Collectivism and Indulgence versus
Restraint, correlate positively with the intellectual capital, while other
dimensions, such as Power Distance and Uncertainty Avoidance correlate
with it negatively