The purpose of this article is to qualify the hypothesis that states that the presence of committed workers contributes to organizational success. So, it is necessary to clarify first of all what type of commitment and what kind of success is meant. The article then examines which variables the organization needs to act upon in order to influence it. A survey questionnaire was developed and distributed to academic staff at a public university in Spain. Data were analyzed using two ordered logit models, one for each type of commitment analyzed: affective commitment and continuance commitment. Analysis of the data shows that personal variables have a positive impact on affective commitment, and, while job-related characteristics do not appear to be significant, group variables such as working atmosphere have a positive impact. With respect to continuance commitment, age proved to be negatively significant and possession of a doctorate has a positive influence. The variables used to capture available opportunities to leave the organization are negatively significant. Points for practitionersThe results that emerge can help educational managers to understand the predictors of the different types of commitment and design effective human resource policies. The empirical application is carried out in an organization within the services sector, specifically, a public university in Spain. A further contribution is the incorporation of variables from all categories or groups of antecedents, which permits a thorough diagnosis.
Hoy en día las universidades no pueden quedarse al margen de incorporar principios de responsabilidad social en sus actuaciones. En la parte teórica del trabajo se hace un recorrido por los antecedentes de la responsabilidad social universitaria (RSU) hasta llegar a su situación actual. En la parte empírica se analiza si las universidades públicas españolas desarrollan este tipo de iniciativas y cómo las llevan a cabo. El número de universidades analizadas asciende a 48 y la información se obtiene por medio de un análisis exhaustivo de las páginas web de las instituciones. Como aproximación a los resultados obtenidos puede afirmarse que la universidad pública española está encaminando sus pasos a integrar los principios de RSU que están presentes en la mayoría de los casos en sus objetivos y planes estratégicos.
Today, more than ever, the variables that define the health-care environment (demand, costs, system deregulation) are undergoing rapid change, thus obliging hospital administrators to develop and implement competitive strategies in order to survive in the increasingly competitive environment of hospital management. The primary objective of this paper is to identify strategies in a sample of Spanish public hospitals. Following this, we try to detect groups of organizations using similar strategies and ultimately analyse their influence on hospital performance.
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