Despite the growing popularity of the employer branding concept, academic research on the topic is limited; this is pivotal and pioneer research in the Republic of North Macedonia. This research ...investigates the possible factors that might affect the specific dimensions of firms’ HR branding, such as employer branding, internal branding, and total rewards branding. Different parametric and non‐parametric tests were run to determine if there were group differences in employer branding, internal branding, and total rewards branding scores between groups within eight evaluated variables divided into three categories: demographics of respondents (age, gender, and educational level), firm characteristics (size, industry sector, and ownership origin), and professional characteristics of respondents (job level position and customer contact level). The results confirm the expected differences in some of the evaluated HR branding dimensions between employees with different professional characteristics (job level position and customer contact level).
Building on a dynamic view of human capital for the entrepreneurship field, our article covers research performed in this field by examining: the effect of formal versus non-formal Entrepreneurial ...Education (EE) investments and the development of entrepreneurial human capital assets on the entrepreneurial intention; learning approaches (behavioral, cognitive, or constructive) that are prevalent in formal and non-formal education systems in terms of teaching methods and acquired competences and their effects on entrepreneurial intention, considering different settings at individual and country context level. More than 650 respondents from three countries (Macedonia, Slovenia, and Lithuania) are included in the sample. The research applies structural equation modeling, using two standardized and relevant measurement tools: Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) and Assessment Tools and Indicators for Entrepreneurship Education (ASTEE). Non-formal entrepreneurial education has proven to be a stronger effect on human capital assets. On the other hand, entrepreneurial mindset and constructive entrepreneurial skills have a greater impact on personal attitudes and perceived behavioral control. This could mean that decision-makers should complement formal with non-formal entrepreneurial education, that they should design the entrepreneurial study programs with non-cognitive (that is, constructive) teaching methods and learning outcomes.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of the economic status (household income level and household employment status) of young people on their entrepreneurial intention, as an ...essential precondition for their effective integration in inclusive business models. The research was conducted at the largest University in the Republic of Macedonia with undergraduate students mainly in their first and last year of studies. The data was analyzed using an independent – sample t-test for comparing the entrepreneurial intention between students from employed and partially unemployed/fully unemployed families, as well as between students from higher income and lower income families. The results indicate that students from lower income families (less than average monthly net wage) and students from partially unemployed/fully unemployed families (one or both parents are unemployed), compared to their counterparts from families with higher economic status, indicate statistically significant weaker entrepreneurial intention, i.e. orientation towards entrepreneurship. In this respect, for the effective integration of low-income population in the inclusive business models the main focus should be strongly towards integrating of this population in the work of awareness creation for entrepreneurial orientation.
The purpose of this paper is creating distinctive value proposition and recognizable destination brand through integration of different activities and actors in the segment of tourism by application ...of a business model tool. To illustrate the application of the “Business model canvas” tool, it was taken a case study of the city of Ohrid, which is one of the most beautiful tourist destination on the Balkan Peninsula, protected by UNESCO, but at the same time confronted with many problems in tourism, as many tourist destinations in the world. Besides, the application of the methodology of “business model canvas”, we carried out interviews and an empirical survey on “creators” and “consumers” of tourism in the city of Ohrid. The results of the overall research, the created tourist model of Ohrid, as well as the supported research instruments, interviews and empirical survey bring some interesting ideas and solutions for many contemporary issues in tourism, such as: integrated tourist offer that lasts 12 months, combined with diverse types of tourism, highly professional service and shared values, widely differentiated accommodation with clear targeting and positioning strategy, as well as focused tourist zones that cover certain type of tourism for a pleasant stay and experience e of tourists with necessary supporting services for the full functionality. The main idea is the wide diversity of offers to be integrated into one story, supported from citizens as well as from all key partners who believe in the city brand called Ohrid.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of underlying culture values on teamwork as one of the most important employee behaviors and as a possible explanatory mechanism (means) ...through which managers affect their organizational effectiveness, such as job satisfaction and commitment. The main focus of the research is directed to the relations between the organizational culture and teamwork in different aspects: currently dominating organizational cultures in the organizations, preferred organizational cultures by the organizational members, as well as the current and preferred mix of the four CVF's organizational culture types. Macedonian private and state-owned companies and institutions constitute the population of this study. We run a multiple regression and correlation analysis on CVF's culture types on teamwork level in organizations. The results indicate that only clan culture has a positive correlation with the teamwork level. It means that the clan culture promotes values that encourage teamwork in organizations. The analysis of the results provides input for managers, who can adopt, apply, and promote values of a particular organizational culture type that encourages the teamwork level in the organizations.
Namen raziskave je pregledati nagnjenost k ohranjanju obstoječega stanja in ukrepe za preoblikovanje med študenti poslovnih ved, v poskusu, da bi razumeli vlogo teh ukrepov na podjetniško odločanje ...študentov, ter s končnim ciljem, da bi ugotovili, ali lahko z uporabo izobraževalnega ukrepa v smeri inovativnosti in sprejemanja sprememb vplivamo na podjetniško razmišljanje študentov. Čeprav so navedene raziskovalne teme že bile obravnavane ločeno in pretežno v nepodjetniškem kontekstu, je cilj naše raziskave povezati te enake teme v skupno študijo z laboratorijskim poskusom v izobraževalnem kontekstu, ki vključuje univerzitetne študente poslovnih ved. Eksperimentalna študija vključuje vzorec več kot 200 dodiplomskih študentov tretjega ali četrtega letnika študijskega programa menedžment na Univerzi Svetega Cirila in Metoda v Skopju. Na splošno ugotovimo, da so študentje v 7 od skupno 18 primerov znatno nagnjeni k ohranjanju obstoječega stanja, kar nakazuje na zmerno raven ohranjanja obstoječega stanja. Rezultati drugega dela naše študije pokažejo močan vpliv preoblikovalnega ukrepa na premagovanje pristranskosti do ohranjanja obstoječega stanja. V vsakem primeru naša raziskava predstavlja edinstven prispevek, ki ponudi praktičen primer pristopanja podjetniškemu učenju v obliki ukrepa v smeri inovativnosti in sprejemanja sprememb med študenti poslovnih šol in univerz.
Entrepreneurial decision-making is often characterized by unrealistic optimism. This so-called “overconfidence bias” has consequently received an increasing amount attention from the authors of ...literature on entrepreneurship research. Most empirical studies, however, that target the overconfidence bias have been conducted with students or samples from the general population. This study contributes to the entrepreneurial decision-making literature by explicitly targeting entrepreneurs from Austria and North Macedonia (n = 187), defined as individuals who have started their own businesses or are in the process of doing so. The entrepreneurs were asked to complete a general-knowledge questionnaire and to estimate the accuracy of their answers. The results suggest that the most of these entrepreneurs exhibit overconfidence (and some, underconfidence) with regard to the accuracy of their knowledge. Significant differences were observed between the bias scores and confidence scores of the Austrian and Macedonian respondents, but not the accuracy scores. The so-called “hard-easy effect,” which indicates that individuals display overconfidence when answering hard questions, but underconfidence when answering easy questions, was observed among the Austrian but not among the Macedonian entrepreneurs.
Purpose: Knowing the factors that might affect board structure is an important step in understanding boards and their role in corporate governance. This research aims to examine the effect of firm ...characteristics closely related to corporate governance mechanisms, such as the model of corporate governance, shareholder capital concentration, and stock exchange listing on board structure variables (size, independence, and gender diversity). Methodology: The sample of this study stems from large Macedonian joint-stock companies. We run a hierarchical linear regression of board characteristics on common demographic firm characteristics as control variables and contextual firm characteristics related to corporate governance mechanisms as independent variables. Findings: Joint-stock companies in the Republic of North Macedonia have relatively small boards, which provide no positive effects that would originate from the larger number of board members. Moreover, the number of outside independent members is small, insufficient to influence the boards with greater objectivity, independence, and quality. Larger companies with a one-tier model have statistically significant larger corporate boards and a larger number of independent directors. Implications: The best corporate governance practices worldwide must be used as a basis for future improvements of corporate governance in joint-stock companies in developing economies.
Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention Debarliev, Stojan; Janeska-Iliev, Aleksandra; Bozhinovska, Tihona ...
Business and Economic Horizons,
01/2015, Letnik:
11, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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This study is designed to examine the effect of the three motivational factors/the intention antecedents proposed in the theory of planed behavior (abbreviated TPB): personal attitude, subjective ...norm and perceived behavioral control, including a control group of variables on the entrepreneurial intention in the specific economic and cultural settings, in our case in the Republic of Macedonia. The research includes 440 respondents. In order to test the hypotheses the data was examined using hierarchical regression. The applicability of the TPB in the context of entrepreneurship has received empirical support in this study, as well. The three independent variables: personal attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control have a positive impact on entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, results only partially support the influence of the control group of variables.
The purpose of the research is to empirically evaluate leadership behavior of managers, focusing on transformational vs. transactional leadership at the same time exploring the relationship between ...emotional intelligence and transformational leadership in a specific economic and cultural setting, as the Republic of Macedonia. Questionnaire-based survey on managers at different management levels in Macedonian companies was conducted in order obtain the data necessary for evaluating the leadership styles and testing the proposed hypotheses. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analysis. Results indicate that leaders in Macedonian companies show higher affection towards transformational leadership. The ability to perceive and understand emotions and the ability to manage emotions have a positive impact on transformational leadership style. As a theoretical and practical implication of research, we aim to generalize the idea for the positive relationship between the emotional intelligence and transformational leadership by confirming the applicability of the model that examines this relationship in the case of the Republic of Macedonia.
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