Lorena Para-González, Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez and Angel Rafael Martínez-Lorente
The purpose of this paper is to study the possible mediating mechanisms (human resource management (HRM), learning and innovation) that could exist in the relationship between…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the possible mediating mechanisms (human resource management (HRM), learning and innovation) that could exist in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance. This topic has been studied only by a few groups of researchers and these researchers have not analyzed all these concepts jointly.
Design/methodology/approach
This research explores the relationships using partial least squares with data from 200 Spanish industrial companies. Analyzing the mentioned relationships in the Spanish context has been done by few researchers before.
Findings
The study reveals that the adoption of transformational leadership styles improves performance when specific systems of HRM practices, learning and innovation are developed in an organization.
Originality/value
This study, therefore, contributes to the understanding of the link between transformational leaders and performance by proposing a model in which it is evinced that this leadership style produces synergies between HRM, learning and innovation, which in the end, affect performance.
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Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez, Micaela Martínez-Costa and Lorena Para-Gonzalez
Over the last few decades, some researchers have analysed the role of total quality management (TQM) as a precursor of innovation. However, the relationship between TQM and…
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Purpose
Over the last few decades, some researchers have analysed the role of total quality management (TQM) as a precursor of innovation. However, the relationship between TQM and organisational innovation remains unclear and contradictory. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework intended to clarify the complex effect that the implementation of a TQM system has on organisational innovation, where market orientation (MO) and knowledge management (KM) play a mediator role.
Design/methodology/approach
Data in this study come from a survey of 706 Spanish CEOs. The results were analysed employing structural equation modelling to determine how TQM, MO and KM influence innovation.
Findings
The results of the empirical study show that there is a curvilinear effect between TQM and organisational innovation. Both MO and KM perspectives play a mediator role between TQM and innovation.
Practical implications
Managers should be aware that management based on TQM help organisations not only to get higher quality but also to be market oriented and better manage their knowledge; what will help them to develop innovations.
Originality/value
This research sheds light on the question of the relationship between TQM and organisational innovation that has received mixed conclusions in the literature. There is evidence in this research that the relationship between TQM and innovation responds to a curvilinear relationship, where high levels of TQM favour a more than proportionate effect on the development of innovation. It also clarifies the mechanisms by which this effect is produced, with MO and KM as mediator variables.
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Lorena Para-González, Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez and Ángel Rafael Martínez-Lorente
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of affective commitment and empowerment as mediators in the relationship among high-performance work systems (HPWS) and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of affective commitment and empowerment as mediators in the relationship among high-performance work systems (HPWS) and organizational performance. Different inconsistencies found in the literature review shows the need to take into account certain mediating variables, such as employees’ behaviors and attitudes, to understand how human resource management (HRM) facilitates the achievement of organizational results.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of 200 medium-sized Spanish organizations was examined through partial least squares modeling methodology.
Findings
As hypothesized, a proactive strategic HRM approach in an organization can be translated in a series of human resources practices systems of high-performance, which stimulate directly employees’ affective commitment and promote empowerment among them, getting to better results in employees’ performance and in organizational performance.
Originality/value
This research shows that affective commitment and empowerment play a determinant role as mediators in HPWS and performance relationship, providing a deeper understanding of the alignment of strategy and HRM practices for organizational success.
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José Solana Ibáñez, Lorena Para González and Carmen de Nieves Nieto
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the performance of Spanish tourism regions for the 2008-2011 period, to obtain a ranking of efficiency and to examine the hypothesis that…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the performance of Spanish tourism regions for the 2008-2011 period, to obtain a ranking of efficiency and to examine the hypothesis that the efficiency of these regions is determined by a group of contextual variables.
Design/methodology/approach
In contrast with monitoring reports based on descriptive methods, this paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology and bootstrap semiparametric procedures to correct inherent bias. The significance of a group of exogenous factors is investigated and the importance of each determinant is ordered by its elasticity.
Findings
The ranking obtained by radial DEA models and by bias-corrected ones describes two remarkably different settings. The exogenous variables influence hypothesis and confirmed: that estimated coefficients are of the correct sign and statistically significant at 5 per cent.
Originality/value
The statistical significance of the potential attractors can offer an interesting tool for strategic decisions. The two-stage procedure employed has supposed a turning point in the methodology and there are only a handful of very recent studies of this type in the literature on tourism destination performance. In this sense, no previous work has considered the returns to scale test or the separability assumption. Following United Nations of World Tourism Organization recommendations, it is essential to move towards responsible tourism in all aspects. Some final considerations about the link between performance and sustainability of the Spanish tourist model are addressed in this study.
Propósito
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el funcionamiento de las regiones turísticas españolas durante el período 2008-2011, para obtener un ranking de eficiencia y examinar la hipótesis de que la eficiencia viene determinada por un grupo de variables ambientales.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Este estudio emplea la metodología del Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) y un procedimiento bootstrap semiparamétrico para corregir el sesgo inherente de los coeficientes de eficiencia. Se investiga la significatividad de un grupo de variables exógenas, y la importancia de cada una de ellas se ordena mediante su elasticidad.
Resultados
La clasificación obtenida de los modelos DEA radiales y la derivada de los coeficientes insesgados, describe dos escenarios muy diferentes. Los resultados confirman la hipótesis de influencia de las variables exógenas: los coeficientes estimados tienen el signo esperado y son estadísticamente significativos al 5%.
Originalidad/valor
La significancia estadística de las variables exógenas puede ofrecer una herramienta de interés para la toma de decisiones estratégicas. El procedimiento bietápico empleado supuso un punto de inflexión en la metodología y solamente existe un reducido número de trabajos en la literatura, si bien, ninguno de ellos ha considerado el contraste sobre la escala de los rendimientos o la condición de separabilidad. Siguiendo las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT), es esencial desplazarse hacia un turismo responsable; el trabajo añade una reflexión final sobre el vínculo entre eficiencia y la sostenibilidad del modelo turístico español.
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- Data envelopment analysis (DEA)
- DEA bias correction
- Destination competitiveness
- Destination performance
- Efficiency determinants
- Sustainable tourism
- Two-stage double bootstrap DEA
- Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA)
- DEA y corrección del sesgo
- Competitividad de los destinos turísticos
- Eficiencia de los destinos turísticos
- Determinantes de eficiencia
- Turismo sostenible
- Procedimiento bootstrap DEA bietápico
- C61
- H83
- Z30