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2. Two Effects of the European Financial Crisis
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Saucedo Acosta Edgar J. and Rullán Rosanis Samantha
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financial crisis ,governance ,bailouts ,european institutions ,peripheral countries ,e00 ,g01 ,f15 ,Business ,HF5001-6182 - Abstract
Background: The European financial crisis has affected most of the EU member states, and European institutions have had to create new financial instruments to counter the impact. Most effects in the economic and political spheres can be attributed to high unemployment and changes in governments in peripheral countries (Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Romania). Objectives: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the economic and political effects of the European financial crisis in some peripheral countries that have implemented austerity policies. Methods/Approach: The methodology used is mixed: an analysis of the primary economic variables of the selected countries in comparison to those of countries with low-risk premium was performed, and the relation between the bailouts and elections was presented. Results: The exacerbation of the crisis in the Eurozone is mainly due to the high political costs of austerity measures and not the high level of public spending and/or the alternations in the governments of peripheral countries. Conclusions: The European financial crisis is primarily a result of weak economic governance, and its effects are differentiated. The peripheral countries possess the highest rates of unemployment, and there is a higher tendency towards political instability in rescued countries.
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- 2014
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3. Two Effects of the European Financial Crisis
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Edgar J. Saucedo Acosta and Samantha Rullán Rosanis
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HF5001-6182 ,f15 ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ,european institutions ,Management Information Systems ,financial crisis ,governance ,bailouts ,European institutions ,and peripheral countries ,Politics ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,Development economics ,Economics ,e00 ,Business ,g01 ,media_common ,Corporate governance ,Financial instrument ,Member states ,Austerity ,peripheral countries ,Unemployment ,Financial crisis ,Economic system ,Information Systems ,European debt crisis - Abstract
Background: The European financial crisis has affected most of the EU member states, and European institutions have had to create new financial instruments to counter the impact. Most effects in the economic and political spheres can be attributed to high unemployment and changes in governments in peripheral countries (Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Romania). Objectives: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the economic and political effects of the European financial crisis in some peripheral countries that have implemented austerity policies. Methods/Approach: The methodology used is mixed: an analysis of the primary economic variables of the selected countries in comparison to those of countries with low-risk premium was performed, and the relation between the bailouts and elections was presented. Results: The exacerbation of the crisis in the Eurozone is mainly due to the high political costs of austerity measures and not the high level of public spending and/or the alternations in the governments of peripheral countries. Conclusions: The European financial crisis is primarily a result of weak economic governance, and its effects are differentiated. The peripheral countries possess the highest rates of unemployment, and there is a higher tendency towards political instability in rescued countries.
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- 2014
4. An online tool to identify white-collar worker profiles in relation to their ICT skills and mental strain
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Andrea Elvira Pattini and Roberto Germán Rodriguez
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Engineering ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Multimedia ,business.industry ,Applied psychology ,WHITE-COLLAR WORK ,Sample (statistics) ,Workload ,Context (language use) ,computer.software_genre ,Psicología ,PERIPHERAL COUNTRIES ,Computer Science Applications ,CIENCIAS SOCIALES ,Human-Computer Interaction ,Philosophy ,Information and Communications Technology ,ICT ,The Internet ,MENTAL STRAIN ,Industrial and organizational psychology ,Information society ,business ,computer ,Dependency (project management) - Abstract
The introduction of Internet and Information and communication Technologies (ICT) in offices is a global phenomenon that transformed white-collar worker job demands. Although there are several studies of e-skills and mental workload for central countries, there is a lack of similar studies for the Latin American context. An online snowball sampled (n = 352) survey was developed and validated by the authors (internal consistency = 0.7). We characterized ICT worker profiles from e-skills and these dimensions: attitudes toward, resources usage and technology dependency. Mental Strain was assessed with raw task load index (RTLX) and correlated with the proposed profiles by means of paired T-tests and Mann-Whitney Tests. The sample was characterized by 7.2% of non visual display terminal users and 92.8% of visual display terminal, ICT skilled users. Of the latter, 30.7% were ICT practitioners, 30.4% were ICT Users and 27.2% were E-Business Users. Non VDT users' mental strain was statistically meaningful smaller than VDT-ICT skilled users' mental workload. No statistical differences were found in RTLX results when comparing ICT skilled user profiles. Non VDT users can be identified from ICT skilled Users by their lower ITC Dependency and minor use of ICT resources. There were no differences in those dimensions among ICT skilled Profiles. Attitude toward these technologies was a distinct factor for ICT Users in relation to ICT Practitioners and ITC Business Users. The application of this tool in peripheral and central countries would allow a complete ergonomical characterization of white-collar workers within the Information Society. La introducción de Internet y las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en las oficinas es un fenómeno global que transformó las demandas laborales de los trabajadores de cuello blanco. Aunque existen varios estudios sobre las habilidades electrónicas y la carga de trabajo mental para los países centrales, faltan estudios similares para el contexto latinoamericano. Los autores desarrollaron y validaron una encuesta en línea de muestra de bolas de nieve ( n = 352) (consistencia interna = 0.7). Caracterizamos los perfiles de los trabajadores de las TIC a partir de las habilidades electrónicas y estas dimensiones: actitudes , uso de recursos y dependencia tecnológica. La tensión mental se evaluó con el índice de carga de tareas sin procesar (RTLX) y se correlacionó con los perfiles propuestos por medio de pruebas T emparejadas y pruebas de Mann-Whitney. La muestra se caracterizó por el 7,2% de los usuarios de terminales de pantallas no visuales y el 92,8% de los usuarios de terminales de pantallas visuales, expertos en TIC. De estos últimos, el 30.7% eran profesionales de las TIC, el 30.4% eran usuarios de las TIC y el 27.2% eran usuarios de negocios electrónicos. La tensión mental de los no usuarios de VDT fue estadísticamente significativa menor que la carga de trabajo mental de los usuarios calificados de VDT-ICT. No se encontraron diferencias estadísticas en los resultados de RTLX al comparar los perfiles de usuarios expertos en TIC. Los usuarios no capacitados en VDT pueden identificarse a partir de usuarios capacitados en TIC por su menor dependencia del ITC y el menor uso de los recursos de las TIC. No hubo diferencias en esas dimensiones entre los perfiles capacitados en TIC. La actitud hacia estas tecnologías fue un factor distintivo para los usuarios de las TIC en relación con los profesionales de las TIC y los usuarios comerciales del ITC. La aplicación de esta herramienta en países periféricos y centrales permitiría una caracterización ergonómica completa de los trabajadores de cuello blanco dentro de la Sociedad de la Información. Fil: Rodriguez, Roberto Germán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina Fil: Pattini, Andrea Elvira. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
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- 2010
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