The group's research activity is developed through the following work lines:
To identify and describe the processes of formation of the climate and culture of the organisations. To determine the influence that leadership has on the processes of formation of the organisational climate and culture, and on its average levels and variability. To determine the influence of the organisational climate and culture, and leadership, on key processes in the functioning of work units (e.g., conflict, communication, reflexivity). To estimate the indirect effects of climate, culture and leadership on the results of the work units (e.g., performance, quality of service) and the quality of working life of its members (e.g., psychological well-being, job satisfaction), through the processes indicated above.
To determine the influence that the composition of work teams based on demographic variables (e.g., gender, education, seniority) has on the processes and results of the teams. To develop and validate measurement instruments (e.g., tests, questionnaires, scales) to measure the variables listed above. To determine the invariance of the psychometric properties of these measures through demographic groups (e.g., men-women), languages (e.g., Spanish-Portuguese), and countries and cultural contexts.
Research group focused on the analysis of the changes and mutations caused by the digitalisation process in the contents and structures of the media and the public. The group arose from the activity of most of its researchers, since 2007, within the framework of the ‘Analysis Group of the Valencian Digital Media’ (since 2007), which has led to the achievement of three R&D projects (financed by the Generalitat Valenciana and the Universitat de València) and an annual congress (Digital Communication Congress in the Valencian Community), which began to be held in 2009. All this resulted in five monographs and an abundant number of partial publications in congresses, journals and book chapters.
In addition, the group has obtained a R&D project of the National R&D&I Plan, granted in the 2013 call, and which covers the period from 2014 to 2016. The title of the project is ‘Communication flows in political mobilisation processes: media, blogs and opinion leaders’ (reference CSO2013-43960-R). The research related to this project constitutes the critical point of the group's research. This group’s research mainly focuses on influence: who influences whom, in what way, and with what effects. We focus on the flows through which information circulates because they will allow us to see this process of translating messages and combining agendas, which all try to influence the public space. We seek to see which ones are more influential and in which direction, or directions, the flow of information transmission takes place.
The Economic Development in a Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) research group brings together all 12 PhD researchers and professors from the History and Economic Institutions Area of the Universitat de València's Department of Economic Analysis.
The research work of most of the group members is part of two research projects financed by the MCNN's national programme of research projects of excellence (ECO2015-65049-C12-1-P and ECO2015-66782-P). Both projects are led by researchers from EHVALENCIA (Daniel Tirado is the PI for one of them and Concepción Betrán and María Ángeles Pons are the PIs for the second one) and, together with them, four other members of the Economic Development in Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) research group (Antonio Cubel, Joaquim Cuevas, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Teresa Sanchis-Llopis) form part of their research teams. The other members of the group (Joaquín Azagra, Pablo Cervera, Salvador Calatayud, Yadira González de Lara, Francisco Medina) are part of the research teams of competitive projects directed from other Spanish universities (such as UAB) or other departments of the Universitat de València itself. In addition, the group also leads a competitive research project directed from the Universitat de València and financed by the Bank of Spain.
The quality of the research of EHVALENCIA's members has enabled them to participate regularly in research structures such as large national and international research networks (Xarxa de Referència d'I+D+I en Economia i Polítiques Públiques de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ESF Network-Globaleuronet), research projects of the EU framework programme (Jean Monnet Projects), have organised national and international scientific meetings of recognised prestige and impact in their area of study (Iberometrics, ESF-Globaleuronet Workshops, FRESH Meetings), or have been invited to participate on a regular basis in Postgraduate Programmes of Excellence such as the Inter-University Master's Degree in Economic History UB-UAB-UZ, the PhD in Economics UB, the Inter-University PhD in Economic History UB-UC3M or the PhD in Economics UZ.
As a result of this solid research and research training, the group Economic Development in Historical Perspective (EHVALENCIA) runs the MCNN's Research Network of Excellence ‘Globalización, Crecimiento y Desigualdad (S XIX-XXI)’ (Globalisation, Growth and Inequality (S XIX-XXI)) (ECO2015-71534-REDT). This research structure brings together the 8 most relevant research groups in Economic History from the whole of Spain.
The results of this research work have been disseminated through the publication, in the last 5 years, of more than 25 articles in journals indexed in the JCR, 15 of which are located in Q1 of the areas of History of Social Sciences or Economics.
Study on entrepreneurship, creation of companies in general and social companies in particular. Analysis of the concepts of emissary and entrepreneur, their characteristics and implementation of the different theories on entrepreneurship. Implementation of company-creating tools and definition of company business plan. Special impacts on social companies and the concepts of entrepreneurship and social innovation. Study on administration and management of cooperative companies and Social Economy. Its strategic diagnosis, the design of goal systems working towards mission, vision and values, the formulation of corporate and competitive strategies and the implementation of said strategies via organisational design, planning, control and behavioural studies: these are all included. Implementation of Strategic Administration tools in cooperative and other organisations of Social Economy: stakeholders analysis and power-interest matrix, environment analysis, internal analysis through resource auditing and VRIO analysis, analysis for assessment and design of strategies and organisational design variables. All the various group members will work on research involving the aspects of entrepreneurship and management of cooperative companies and Social Economy so as to apply these tools to the resolution of problems affecting these companies and contribute to the creation of new knowledge on the matter, all through competitive multilevel (regional, national, European) research projects.
The research is focused on the comparative analysis of democratisation and democratic quality processes in culturally, socially, economically and politically different countries and of the main threats to democratic stability in terms of both international security and the emergence of extremist groups within said democracies.
There is a collaboration with institutions such as the South African University of Stellenbosch's Centre for International and Comparative Politics and Military institutions of various countries.
The research group focuses its work on the innovative firm and makes academic contributions regarding the following issues:
- Characteristics of the innovative firm.
- Strategy of the innovative firm.
- Entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Innovation and business performance.
- New products design.
- Organizational learning and knowledge management.
- Implications of the company's innovative strategy for human resources.
Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies are followed according to each specific research objective.
INNOMARK is a UVEG research group developing online activities with a methodological and thematic innovation in the study of marketing, while trying to comprehend preferential domains for commercial distribution and services. The work carried out by the group consists in answering research calls in these fields by mobilizing knowledge from the team’s more traditional work scenarios, such as consumer behaviour, brand, creation of value, company relations, innovation and tourism. Said topics set the group’s main research lines. INOMARK’s experience and consolidation as a team is backed by the participation of its members in more than 30 different R+D projects financed in public calls, as well as particularly relevant R+D contracts with Companies and / or Administrations in which economic realities or business problematics related to ICTs, retail trade, tourist business, segmentation or satisfaction are analysed. The research quality and the relevance of the group’s results can be seen in its multiple contributions to congresses (more than 100 works presented in international forums), as well as in its publications. More than 80 researches were published on international magazines, many of which were also included in the JCR (Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Chemometrics, Industrial Management & Data Systems, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Service Industries Journal, Journal of Consumer Behavior, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, etc.), ISI databases, the SJR or databases such as ABI INFORM, EMERALD Reviews, etc.
The group members obtained recognition for their research trajectory. It’s worth highlighting the following achievements: 1 Awards for Excellence 2009 (Gallarza y Gil 2009), Tourism Review. 2 Best paper 2008 (Gil et al., 2008), Industrial Marketing Management. 3 Outstanding Paper Awards for Excellence 2010 (Gil et al., 2009) Industrial Management & Data Systens. 4 Premio AEMARK-ASEDAS 2011 (Ruiz-Molina et al., 2010). 5 Awards for Excellence 2013 (Gallarza et al., 2013), Tourism Review. 6. Premio AEMARK 2014, (Gallarza et al., 2013), Annals of Tourism Research. 7 Premio Mejor Tesis Doctoral área de marketing 1994 (Dr. Gil), Congreso Nacional de Marketing. 8 Premio Mejor Tesis Doctoral sobre Gestión de Calidad Total 1995, Club Gestión de Calidad (Dr. Gil). 9 Premio Investigación en Marketing ESIC-BANCAJA 2000 (Dr. Moliner). 10 Premios Extraordinarios Doctorados Universitat de València 1995 y 2011 (Dr. Gil and Dr. Fuentes). 11 Premio AEDEMO Investigación y Marketing 1994 (Dr. Gil). 12 Premio MK. Marketing y Ventas 1993 (Dr. Gil). 13 Premio Investigación Empresarial, Ayuntamiento de Torrent/Caixa Popular 2000 (Dr. Gil). 14 Premio "Turisme" Tesis Doctoral. AVT. Finalista 2003 (Dr. Gallarza). 15 Premio Junior Investigación y Marketing AEDEMO 1999 (Dr. Servera). 16 Premios Extraordinarios Licenciaturas de la Universitat de València 1987 y 1995 (Dr. Gil and Dr. Ruiz). 17 Premio Joven Economía 2003 Fundación General de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Dr. Ruiz). It’s finally worth underlining that to this day, Dr. Gil has directed 8 doctoral theses in INNOMARK’s core research lines. All the previously exposed facts are proof of a teamwork-based tradition and a sufficient critical mass to face any challenge in the field of academic research in marketing (considering its multidisciplinary nature), as it’s capable of mobilizing knowledge towards the resolution of current problems.
The research group in Public Opinión and Elections aims at analyzing, studying and finding solutions to all issues and questions related to electoral processes and/or the measurement and monitoring of public opinion, applying the most advanced quantitative techniques.
The most relevant research fields of the group include (but are not limited to) the following: the generation of electoral predictions, inference of individual voting behavior, analysis of polls and surveys, the search of new methodological approaches to improve (reducing costs) the quality of sampling methods, semantic analysis of opinions and monitoring of the internet sentiment, the study of the consequences of non-response and of the biases introduced during the whole inference process, the solution to the gaps in the databases, the integration and pooling of local and global information to obtain multilevel responses, and the development of statistcal theory and methodology.
The approach used in the research group in Public Opinión and Elections is open, not being limited by any particular methodological tendency, and makes extensive use of whatever sources of information. Thus, we use classical and Bayesian techniques, we apply from simple linear regression models to complex approaches based on neural networks, wavelets or auto-binomial models, we use the spatial and/or temporal component of the data explicitly, we perform simulation via Markov chain Monte Carlo or directly by Monte Carlo methods, and we introduce in our models survey data, reported election results, news reports, internet messages and/or official statistics.
The members of the group are open to working with other research groups, companies and institutions and encourage interested parties to contact us in order to explore possible avenues of collaboration.
Analysis of gender inequalities in the socio-economic field, both in the area of public policies and in the relations between private subjects and within organisations, using the methodological tools of legal science, sociology, economics and social work.
The Research group to which this application refers is called “Sustainable development, global and regional governance, contemporary international and European order and values.” This is a subject on which the applicant Research group has been working for several years with the support of various regional, national and international research grants and projects.
In the current phase of development of the Research group’s activities, the focus is broadening from the perspective of environmental protection to the wider aspects of sustainable development, which includes three pillars: economic, social and environmental. This is an essential concern of contemporary international and European communities, whose constitutional foundations for the coming years have been set out in the document entitled “The Future We Want”, adopted at the Rio + 20 Summit on Environment and Development, held on June 2012 under the auspices of the United Nations. The main elements of the Research group’s activity, as its name suggests, are four.
Firstly, contents related to the paradigm on sustainable development in its international and European dimension, including, among other issues: the legal nature of the concept of sustainable development, the content of the notion of sustainable development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects, the basic characteristics of the criterion of sustainability, issues linked to disparities in the development of peoples, the concept of common but differentiated responsibilities, the notions of developed countries, developing countries and emerging countries, as well as intergenerational justice.
Secondly, it will examine all the issues linked to global governance in the field of sustainable development, paying particular attention to the evolution of the international institutional framework, both at global level (institutions of the United Nations Organisation system) and at a regional level (Latin America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic), proposals and implementations in the economic, social and enviromental fields in order to achieve sustainable development. In this context, particular attention will be paid to developments within the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Thirdly, as the Research group is mainly composed of internationalists specialised in Law and International Relations, particular attention will be paid, among other issues, to the impact of the concept of sustainable development in the various sectors of International Law (International economic law, International human rights law, International environmental law, International labour law), conceptual and normative developments at international and European level, with particular attention to new legal instruments that have been recently adopted and those that will be adopted in the coming years. The results of the research will be issued in scientific publications, whether articles in national or international indexed journals, or monographs published by publishers of excellence.
Fourthly and finally, we will analyse the values that both the international community and the European Union consider necessary to govern their relations and therefore worthy of legal protection, both at international, European and national levels.
Continuing the tradition of the Research group, our activities will also include: participation in various research activities at transnational level, organisation of and participation in scientific conferences at international, European and national level, participation in the Meetings of the Parties on the International Conventions for the protection of the environment, contribution to the development of legal instruments in the status of international experts, membership in various bodies linked to the effective implementation of international and European standards in the field, etc.
The group works on the following lines of research:
- Social capital and territorial development: social networks, power elites and leadership in rural areas. In this line of research, the Social Media Analysis approach is used. This line of research is completed by the subject of crisis and resilience in local communities.
- Policies and strategies for local and territorial development in rural areas: socioeconomic transformation processes, new activities, actors in territorial management and territorial development policies.
- Business network and socio-productive systems in rural and intermediate areas: culture and business networks, innovation processes, social media and, generally speaking, factors that contribute to social and territorial capital and to the social and economic transformation processes.
- Public services in rural areas (education, health, social services, commercial activities, infrastructures, leisure, tourism and cultural facilities, etc.) as factors of demographic attraction, economic dynamization (incomes and labour market) and social cohesion.
- Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas as a result of the crisis and the Welfare State withdrawal (reduction and/or disappearance of the social benefits, privatization and/or deregulation of public services, etc.).
- Social networks in the health field, with particular reference to rural areas.
