Análisis del fenómeno de segregación vertical en el sector de la construcción andaluz

La competitividad, por su valor estratégico e influyente en la consecución del éxito, se ha convertido en el tema central de la gestión de entidades de todo tipo. En consecuencia, el capital humano de sus directivas/os se convierte en una inversión muy rentable, por su relevancia y repercusión en la consecución de los objetivos organizacionales. Bajo esta premisa hemos realizado una mirada al sector de la construcción en Andalucía observando que aún conserva su histórico carácter masculino, articulado en torno a estructuras de poder dirigidas en su mayoría por hombres. Para el análisis de la pérdida de talento femenino en el sector y sus consecuencias hemos utilizado una metodología mixta que combina los beneficios de la entrevista en profundidad, como metodología cualitativa, y la aplicación de un tamiz de categorías, en la obtención de resultados cuantitativos. De este modo pretendemos recabar y sistematizar toda aquella información que nos permita describir y aportar luz a cuestiones tan significativas como: el perfil humano y profesional de la persona directiva; las contingencias específicas en el acceso y promoción al puesto directivo; el ejercicio del liderazgo; el riesgo de afrontar la dirección; y la gestión del cambio

First spanish medalist of olympic boxing

Este artículo parte del trabajo de investigación sobre la reconstrucción histórica de la trayectoria deportiva de José Enrique Rodríguez Cal, primer medallista de boxeo español. La metodología se desarrolló a partir del análisis documental de fuentes primarias, entrevistas y grupos de discusión con el proceso posterior de contraste y triangulación. El resultado supone la recuperación de las circunstancias históricas del equipo nacional de boxeo de aquel periodo y un rescate único, original e inédito de un fragmento de la “historia de vida” deportiva de Rodríguez Cal, cubriendo una de las múltiples lagunas de la Historia del Deporte español. Las condiciones precarias en aquel periodo en cuanto a los materiales, instalaciones y entrenamientos, así como la procedencia de entornos socio-económicos desfavorecidos eran aspectos comunes entre los boxeadores en aquel momento, suponiendo un precedente único el logro de una medalla olímpica en esta disciplina deportivaThis article is part of the research on the historical reconstruction of the sporting career of José Enrique Rodríguez Cal, the first Spanish boxing medalist. The methodology was developed from the documentary analysis of primary sources, interviews and discussion groups with the subsequent process of contrast and triangulation. The result is the recovery of the historical circumstances of the national boxing team of that period and a unique, original and unprecedented rescue of a fragment of "life history" of Rodríguez Cal, covering one of the many shortcomings of the History of the Spanish sports. The precarious conditions in that period in terms of materials, facilities and training, as well as the origin of disadvantaged socio-economic environments were common aspects among boxers at that time, being a unique precedent the achievement of an Olympic medal in this sport disciplin

Presence or absence of values in the olympic movement in secondary education curriculum in physical education: a study of two cases

Con el propósito de conocer la relación entre los valores del olimpismo y los valores en el currículo de la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) en la Educación Física española así como la correspondencia entre ambos, se inició un análisis documental desde la perspectiva de una investigación cualitativa. El análisis de la presencia de éstos en los centros docentes españoles ha sido abordado a partir de entrevistas a tres docentes, así como a partir de los Proyectos Educativos de sus centros. Paralelamente, tras una categorización que designó cuáles eran los valores educativos del olimpismo, procedimos a analizar si estaban inmersos en el currículo de ESO de la Educación Física del Real Decreto 1631 del 2006In order to understand the relationship between the Olympic ideals and values in the curriculum of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) in Spanish Physical Education and the correspondence between both, a documentary analysis was started from the perspective of qualitative research. The analysis of their presence in Spanish schools has been approached from interviews with three teachers, as well as from the Educational Projects of its centers. In parallel, after categorization which appointed the educational values of Olympism were, we proceeded to analyze whether they were immersed in the curriculum of ESO of Physical Education of Royal Decree 1631 of 2006

Origin and evolution of Olympic Spanish boxing in the period 1920-1968

This research presents the origins of boxing in the Olympic structures in Spain at the end of the 19th century, as well as the social, sporting and economic circumstances of Spanish boxing in the 1960s. This historical qualitative recovery was made based on the analysis of the testimonies of Spanish Olympic boxers who participated in the Mexican Games in 1968, information triangulated with numerous and diverse sources. The results show that Spanish participation in boxing in the Games, since its inclusion in the Spanish sports structures in 1920, took place four times until 1960. In this last decade its practitioners came from disadvantaged backgrounds and their evolution as boxers was very precarious in terms of material and personal resources. During this period, the national team developed with scarce resources. Fighters had to combine their sporting careers with other temporary jobs to support the family economy. We can conclude that those circumstances involved very poor preparation and international and Olympic defeats. However, boxing provided a platform to raise the social, economic and cultural status of the fighters and, considering their circumstances, becoming an Olympian was the greatest milestone in their personal lives and a national sporting landmark

Conditions of Spanish amateur boxing in the 1980s: A change of perspective

This research exposes the diverse sporting, social, economic, and political circumstances that amateur boxing experienced during the 1980s and early 1990s in Spain. This qualitative research is framed in the History of the Present Time and used the testimony of six oral sources, three of them Olympic boxers contemporary to the period under study. The results show that boxing began to be understood as a violent practice by some sectors of the Spanish population and its practice was banned in some parts of Spain. Its dissemination in the press and public television diminished notably and a gap was opened between professional boxing and amateur boxing in the popular ideology, understanding both with the differences that identified them, since the former began to be vilified, which negatively affected amateur boxing. These circumstances began to change in the 1990s, as boxing began to be used as a form of self-defence and was included in sports complexes for purposes other than competition. We can conclude that, despite the fact that in the 1980s the Spanish sport experienced a definitive boost, the circumstances described above were especially detrimental to amateur boxing in terms of the recruitment of practitioners and with respect to the economic support necessary for technicians and gyms in which they developed their pugilistic practice, which continued to be constituted as exclusive boxing halls located in marginal neighbourhoods

Genetic association study of dyslexia and ADHD candidate genes in a Spanish cohort: Implications of comorbid samples

Dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two complex neuro-behaviorally disorders that co-occur more often than expected, so that reading disability has been linked to inattention symptoms. We examined 4 SNPs located on genes previously associated to dyslexia (KIAA0319, DCDC2, DYX1C1 and FOXP2) and 3 SNPs within genes related to ADHD (COMT, MAOA and DBH) in a cohort of Spanish children (N = 2078) that met the criteria of having one, both or none of these disorders (dyslexia and ADHD). We used a case-control approach comparing different groups of samples based on each individual diagnosis. In addition, we also performed a quantitative trait analysis with psychometric measures on the general population (N = 3357). The results indicated that the significance values for some markers change depending on the phenotypic groups compared and/or when considering pair-wise marker interactions. Furthermore, our quantitative trait study showed significant genetic associations with specific cognitive processes. These outcomes advocate the importance of establishing rigorous and homogeneous criteria for the diagnosis of cognitive disorders, as well as the relevance of considering cognitive endophenotypes.The work of MSM and MC was supported by CONSOLIDER-Ingenio- 2010_COEDUCA (CSD2008-00048). AMA, LB and AG-L’s work was supported by the Basque Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (Etortek Program), Innovation Technology Department of Bizkaia and CIBERehd Network. MC was also supported by grants (PSI2015-67353-R), and Ayuda Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa SEV-2015-0490 from the MINECO, and by grant (ERC-2011-ADG-295362) from the European Research Council. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscrip

The Youth Olympic Games and social networks (2010-2014): Evolution and challenges of new methods of communication for transmission of olympic values

El nacimiento de los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud coincide en el tiempo con la irrupción de las redes sociales proporcionando nuevos canales para divulgar las ideas pedagógicas de Pierre de Coubertin, el fundador de los Juegos Olímpicos modernos. Nankín 2014 supuso la consolidación del Movimiento Olímpico en las redes explorando nuevos mercados y estrategias que alcanzaron los 500 millones de usuarios en todo el mundo. La concepción de los medios sociales como herramientas enraizadas al ámbito local en un contexto global permitirá a las instituciones deportivas globales el diseño de estrategias de comunicación más directas, específicas e individualizadas de acuerdo a las particularidades de sus públicosThe birth of the Youth Olympic Games coincided with the emergence of social networks, providing new channels for disseminating the pedagogical ideas of Pierre de Coubertin – the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Nanjing 2014 served as the consolidation of the Olympic Movement in social networks, exploring new markets and strategies that reached 500 million users around the world. Understanding social media as a tool rooted at local level in a global context will allow global sporting institutions to design communication strategies that are more direct, specific and individualized, according to the particularities of their audience

Experimental study of MIMO-OFDM transmissions at 94 GHz in indoor environments

Millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequencies have been proposed to achieve high capacity in 5G communications. Although meaningful research on the channel characteristics has been performed in the 28, 38and 60 GHz bands ─in both indoor and short-range scenarios─,only a small number of trials (experiments) have been carried out in other mm-wave bands. The objective of this work is to study the viability and evaluate the performance of the 94 GHz frequency band for MIMO-OFDM transmission in an indoor environment. Starting from a measurement campaign, the performance of MIMO algorithms is studied in terms of throughput for four different antenna configurations.This work was supported in part by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MINECO, Spain under Grant TEC2016-78028-C3-2-P, and in part by the European FEDER funds

The relative role of executive control and personality traits in grit

Although grit is predictive of wellbeing, educational achievement, and success in life, it has been conceptualized as largely distinct from cognitive ability. The present study investigated the link between grit and executive functions since regulation abilities might underlie the expression of grit. A hundred thirty-four people were administered personality questionnaires (grit, impulsiveness, and mindfulness) and four experimental tasks tapping into Miyake’s and Braver’s models of executive functioning (including measures of flexibility, inhibition, working memory, and control mode dimensions). Multivariate analyses showed that two composite scores (trait and executive functioning) were reliably predictive of grit, although it was the trait composite (characterized by low impulsivity and high mindfulness) that explained more variance. Importantly, gritty participants did not demonstrate enhanced executive functioning. Instead, they exhibited a different pattern of performance that might be reflecting a cautious profile of control, characterized by paying attention to all available information, less reliance on previous contextual cues but sensitive to conflicting information of the current context. These findings converge with Duckworth’s idea that high grit people do not necessarily have a greater cognitive capacity. Rather, they use it in a different way.Spanish GovernmentAndalusian Government (Fondos FEDER) ES-2016-078667 PSI2015-65502-C2-1-P A.CTS.111.UGR18 PGC2018-093786-B-I00 PSI201565502-C2-2-