Outputs (54)

Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO) (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes Menezes, I., & Bittencourt Bastos, A. V. (2010). Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO). Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia, 10(3), 800-817. https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2010.8916

RESUMO Um elevado nível de rotatividade (turnover) dos trabalhadores gera custos de recrutamento, treinamento e desenvolvimento. Diferentes modelos teóricos foram desenvolvidos para explicar o turnover, e várias medidas atitudinais de intenções de pe... Read More about Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO).

Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO) (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes Menezes, I., & Bittencourt Bastos, A. V. (2010). Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO). Avaliação Psicológica, 9(1), 119-127

Tendo em vista a inexistência de uma medida para avaliação do comprometimento organizacional que integre as perspectivas atitudinal e comportamental, o presente trabalho buscou desenvolver e validar a Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometi... Read More about Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO).

Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain (2010)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2010). Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain. In G. Clark, G. Anderson, C. Thomann, & J.-M. G. von der Schulenburg (Eds.), The Appeal of Insurance (75 - 106). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685888

About this book
The Appeal of Insurance explores how insurance has grown in concert with a clientele largely of its own making. Drawing on the fields of history, sociology, criminology and economics, these essays illuminate the dialectical relations... Read More about Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional? (2010)
Journal Article
Bastos, A. V., & Menezes, I. G. (2010). Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional?. Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 15(3), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-294x2010000300010

O desejo de permanecer na organização tem sido considerado ora um componente constituinte, ora um consequente do comprometimento organizacional. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo testar a influência de variáveis atitudinais (bases afetiva e inst... Read More about Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional?.

EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant? (2010)
Journal Article
Davison, L. M., & Johnson, D. (2010). EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant?. Liverpool Law Review, 31(3), 273-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-010-9081-x

The importance of the principle of subsidiarity lies in its role in drawing the demarcation line between EU and member state responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. In theory, the application of the principle of subsidiarity appears... Read More about EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant?.

Long memory and structural breaks in commodity futures markets (2010)
Journal Article
Coakley, J., Dollery, J., & Kellard, N. (2011). Long memory and structural breaks in commodity futures markets. Journal of Futures Markets, 31(11), 1076-1113. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.20502

This study employs daily data for 14 commodities and three financial assets 1990-2009 to explore the impact of the time series properties of the futures-spot basis and the cost of carry on forward market unbiasedness. The main result is that the basi... Read More about Long memory and structural breaks in commodity futures markets.

Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence (2010)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., & Li, Y. (2011). Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 21(3), 347-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2010.12.001

This paper examines (i) whether value-growth characteristics have more power than past performance in predicting return reversals; and (ii) whether typical rational behaviour such as incentives to delay paying capital gain taxes can better explain lo... Read More about Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence.

Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks (2010)
Journal Article
King, A., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2011). Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks. Economics letters, 110(3), 238-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.12.001

Chong et al. (2008) found only limited support for the income convergence hypothesis among 15 OECD nations using a nonlinear unit root test. We find considerably greater evidence of convergence by allowing for breaks in the test's time trend. © 2010... Read More about Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks.

A neurocognitive approach to brand memory (2010)
Journal Article
Ratnayake, N., Broderick, A. J., & Mitchell, R. L. C. (2010). A neurocognitive approach to brand memory. Journal of marketing management, 26(13-14), 1295-1318. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.522531

Consumer decisions are largely influenced by prior experiences via memory, and the episodic (autobiographical)/semantic dichotomy has particular relevance to the cognitive versus emotional decision-making models. Yet, consumer research is limited in... Read More about A neurocognitive approach to brand memory.

Why fuel poverty? (2010)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2010). Why fuel poverty?. Romanian journal of economic forecasting, 13(3),

The National Health Service (NHS) in UK prescribes 21°C in the living room and 18°C in other rooms for all households but for more than 7.7 percent households cost of heating is above 10 percent of their income and they suffered from coldness related... Read More about Why fuel poverty?.

Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks (2010)
Journal Article
Rhodes, M., Aguenaou, S., & Gwilym, O. A. (2011). Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks. Journal of Futures Markets, 31(8), 755-778. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.20494

This study examines the characteristics and behavior of the demand for hedging, proxied by open interest, for the cross-listed Euribor futures contract traded at Euronext-LIFFE and Eurex. The study is unique in its investigation of the simultaneous d... Read More about Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks.

Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities (2010)
Journal Article
Psychogios, A. G., & Wood, G. (2010). Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities. The international journal of human resource management, 21(14), 2614-2630. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2010.523578

This paper seeks to understand the effects of institutions on the practice of human resource management (HRM) in Greece. Hence, it evaluates how alternative approaches to institutions conceptualize contexts such as Greece, and the relevance of such a... Read More about Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities.

Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers (2010)
Journal Article
Canduela, J., Dutton, M., Johnson, S., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R., & Raeside, R. (in press). Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers. Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association, 26(1), 42-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011426303

Policy makers have introduced a number of measures to encourage older workers to stay in the labour market, with improving access to training a particular priority. Policy action appeared justified by evidence that older workers are less likely to pa... Read More about Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers.

The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80 (2010)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2010). The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80. Business history, 52(6), 955-977. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2010.511184

This paper undertakes a case study of HSBC acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc. (MMBI) in the US between 1978 and 1980, a historic incident that had a catalytic impact on the whole debate about foreign banking in the US and re-examination of the rest... Read More about The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80.

A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe (2010)
Journal Article
Psychogios, A. G. (2010). A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe. The International journal of quality & reliability management, 27(9), 1036-1053. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656711011084828

Purpose: This paper aims to increase understanding of the application of total quality management (TQM) initiatives in business environments that differ from those where it emerged. Organisations within such environments, which are often less develop... Read More about A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe.

New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945 (2010)
Journal Article
Mullard, M., & Swaray, R. (2010). New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945. The Political quarterly, 81(4), 511-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2010.02131.x

The election of the Conservative-Liberal coalition in May 2010 provides the opportunity to start to map out the record of the Labour governments between 1997 and 2010. This paper deals with the specific question how the Brown/Blair governments perfor... Read More about New Labour legacy: comparing the Labour governments of Blair and Brown to Labour governments since 1945.

Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle (2010)
Journal Article
Holter, A. R., Grant, D. B., Ritchie, J. M., Shaw, W. N., & Towers, N. S. (2010). Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 13(5), 339-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2010.518563

This paper introduces a model to reduce combined transport and cash flow costs for long-range transport. Containerised transport has become increasingly important in global supply chains. However, products in transit tie up substantial capital, as tr... Read More about Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle.

Minimizing time risk in on-line bidding: An adaptive information retrieval based approach (2010)
Journal Article
Verma, A., Tiwari, M. K., & Mishra, N. (2011). Minimizing time risk in on-line bidding: An adaptive information retrieval based approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(4), 3679-3689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.025

Knowledge is of prime importance, particularly for the individuals who are involved in e-business. A lot of energy and time is wasted by the individuals in seeking required knowledge and information. In order to facilitate the individuals with requir... Read More about Minimizing time risk in on-line bidding: An adaptive information retrieval based approach.

The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention (2010)
Journal Article
Sargeant, A., Shang, J., & Shabbir, H. (2010). The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention. Public management review, 12(5), 635-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719031003633953

Despite significant government efforts to bolster individual philanthropy, giving by individuals (as a percentage of household income) has remained remarkably static and participation in many western countries is declining. This article explores the... Read More about The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention.

Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments (2010)
Journal Article
Waite, L., & Cook, J. (2011). Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments. Emotion, space and society, 4(4), 238-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2010.08.001

This paper compares the emotional attachments to place(s) of first and second generation African migrants in the UK. Qualitative studies from the field of migration studies have tended to examine generational cohorts in isolation from one another rat... Read More about Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments.