Mulheres nas equipes de enfermagem: identificacao organizacional e vivencias de prazer e sofrimento

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the degree of influence of the organizational identification on the experiences of pleasure and suffering of women who are members of the nursing staff of two general hospitals in Belo Horizonte. METHOD: a quantitative study was conducted with 97 nurses and 414 nursing technicians chosen by convenience in their workplaces. We used a self-administered questionnaire containing four Likert-type scales: self and hetero-perceptions; identification with the organization; and experiences of pleasure and pain at work. RESULTS: the structural relations explained a small percentage of the variability of organizational identification, showing that the self and hetero-perception are presented as relevant factors in professional identification with the organization. When considering how much the self and the hetero-perception and organizational identification all together impact in the experiences of pleasure and pain, a higher explanatory power is observed for: professional exhaustion, lack of recognition, freedom of expression and professional achievement.OBJETIVO: analisar o grau de influência da identificação organizacional nas vivências de prazer e de sofrimento das mulheres integrantes das equipes de enfermagem, de dois hospitais gerais de Belo Horizonte. MÉTODO: estudo quantitativo, realizado com 97 enfermeiras e 414 técnicas de enfermagem, escolhidas por conveniência, em seus locais de trabalho. Utilizou-se um questionário autoadministrado, com três escalas do tipo Likert: auto e heteropercepção, identificação com a organização e vivências de prazer e de sofrimento no trabalho. RESULTADOS: as relações estruturais explicaram percentual pequeno da variabilidade da identificação organizacional e demonstrou que a auto e heteropercepção apresentam-se como fatores pouco relevantes na identificação do profissional com sua organização. CONCLUSÕES: ao se considerar o quanto a auto e heteropercepção e a identificação organizacional impactam, em conjunto, as vivências de prazer e de sofrimento, observou-se maior poder explicativo para esgotamento profissional, falta de reconhecimento, liberdade de expressão e realização profissional.OBJETIVO: analizar el grado de influencia de la identificación organizacional en las vivencias de placer y de sufrimiento de las mujeres integrantes de los equipos de enfermería de dos hospitales generales de Belo Horizonte. MÉTODO: estudio cuantitativo realizado con 97 enfermeras y 414 técnicas de enfermería, escogidas por conveniencia en sus locales de trabajo. Se utilizó un cuestionario autoadministrado conteniendo cuatro escalas tipo Likert: auto y heteropercepción; identificación con la organización; y vivencias de placer y sufrimiento en el trabajo. RESULTADO: a relaciones estructurales explicaron un porcentual pequeño de la variabilidad de la identificación organizacional, demostrando que la auto y heteropercepción se presentan como factores poco relevantes en la identificación del profesional con su organización. Al considerar cuanto la auto y heteropercepción y la identificación organizacional impactan en el conjunto en las vivencias de placer y sufrimiento, se observa un mayor poder explicativo para: agotamiento profesional, falta de reconocimiento, libertad de expresión y realización profesional

Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations1,2,3,4,5,6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth’s 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories7, we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world’s most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Women in nursing teams: organizational identification and experiences of pleasure and suffering

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the degree of influence of the organizational identification on the experiences of pleasure and suffering of women who are members of the nursing staff of two general hospitals in Belo Horizonte. METHOD: a quantitative study was conducted with 97 nurses and 414 nursing technicians chosen by convenience in their workplaces. We used a self-administered questionnaire containing four Likert-type scales: self and hetero-perceptions; identification with the organization; and experiences of pleasure and pain at work. RESULTS: the structural relations explained a small percentage of the variability of organizational identification, showing that the self and hetero-perception are presented as relevant factors in professional identification with the organization. When considering how much the self and the hetero-perception and organizational identification all together impact in the experiences of pleasure and pain, a higher explanatory power is observed for: professional exhaustion, lack of recognition, freedom of expression and professional achievement

CULTURAL DISTANCE AND ENTRY MODE CHOICE: A STUDY WITH BRAZILIANS MAJOR TRANSNATIONAL FIRMS

This article analyzes the degree of relationship between cultural distance (CD) and the preference of brazilian transnationals when choosing for a entrance mode strategy. Aiming to bring a new perspective on the topic of DC this study seeks to analyze the phenomenon beyond the cultural dimensions of Hofstede, using the theoretical framework of the Globe Project. This study get's a sample of 31 firms that are among the top 100 Transnational Companies (TNCs) in Brazil. Results indicate that the Brazilian TNCs are relatively less willing to choose more risky entrance mode strategies when they operate in culturally distant countries. Firm size also acts as a moderator of the relationship between DC and the entrance mode preference, where bigger firms are less affected by cultural distance when deciding the strategy for international ventures. Finally, the two dimensions of DC (values and practices) shown different relations with entrance mode preference

DISTÂNCIA CULTURAL E MODOS DE ENTRADA: UM ESTUDO DAS MAIORES TRANSACIONAIS BRASILEIRAS

O presente artigo analisa se o tamanho dos grupos transnacionais modera o grau de inter-relacionamento entre a distância cultural (DC) e a preferência por métodos de entrada de aquisição ou exportação. Visando a trazer um novo prisma sobre o tema da DC, este estudo analisa o fenômeno além das dimensões culturais de Hofstede, empregando como moldura teórica a perspectiva bimodal proposta pelo Globe Project. Para o estudo, foi pesquisada uma amostra de 31 grupos empresariais que estão entre os 78 maiores grupos empresariais internacionalizados do Brasil. Os resultados indicam que, tendo em vista o universo das maiores transnacionais brasileiras, as empresas que atuam em países distintos culturalmente possuem certa aversão a entradas futuras via aquisições, já que o tamanho da empresa modera negativamente (atenua) essa relação: grupos maiores são menos afetados em suas decisões futuras de aquisições pela experiência prévia em países culturalmente distintos. Finalmente, as duas dimensões de DC, valores e práticas, possuem diferentes impactos na escolha do modo de entrada

Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

International audienceAbstract Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations 1–6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth’s 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories 7 , we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world’s most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees