Renato Costa

Renato Costa

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

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20 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Luiz Carlos DuqueLuiz Carlos Duque
Luiz Carlos Duque
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
JSJosé Santos
José Santos
NANelson António
Nelson António
Employee engagement is becoming an increasingly essential factor in organizational competitiveness. Although employee engagement is an extensively researched topic, the roles of new ways of working and physical environment factors are still under exploited. As such, this study examines the relationship between physical environment factors, the dimensions that integrate new ways of working, and employee engagement. Survey data with 126 respondents are analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings indicate a positive significant relationship between the physical environment factors and work engagement. Furthermore, this relation is mediated by four facets regarding new ways of working. The results also indicate that, for the group where facilities were not modified, the new ways of working are a stronger predictor of work engagement when compared with the group where facilities were modified. These findings extend existing knowledge on the antecedents of employee engagement, namely physical environment factors and new ways of working. Another important contribution is related to the mediating role of several facets of new ways of working in the relationship between physical environmental factors and employee engagement.
6 January 2021 in Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
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Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
MPMiguel Pinto
Miguel Pinto
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
RGRui Goncalves
Rui Goncalves
In today’s complex and changing business environment the concern with sustainability has gained more notoriety. However, companies still do not have a sustainable perspective, but a short-term one, where their values are constantly forgotten and this concept is no longer welcomed. This research demonstrates the need for companies to adapt and to start acting in this direction. Following a set of interviews conducted with professionals with management positions of high responsibility, findings reveal that although sustainability is on the management mind, strategies and tools need to be adapted to be at the core of the organization’s strategic formulation. To support this process, a new SWOT analysis to fit a forward-looking sustainable world is proposed. Furthermore, due to the aggregative nature of the model, it represents an essential tool for an open innovation. “SWOT i” integrates the concern with sustainability as one of its pillars, placing the values and impacts that each decision can have at the center of the strategic formulation, allowing their performance to leverage.
19 April 2021 in Resources
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Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
RCRita Carvalho
Rita Carvalho
Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
NANelson António
Nelson António
The fashion industry being one of the most polluting industries in the world means that it is an industry with an immense potential for change. Consumers are central and are closely intertwined with how companies act. This research reflects consumer perspectives and practices towards the topic of sustainability implemented in the fashion industry. The relevance of sustainability in the fashion industry and the key role of consumers in its implementation are undeniable and confirmed by consumers in a representation of general awareness and concern, despite not always being translated into actual practices. A qualitative research methodology, followed by a set of interviews conducted with consumers, revealed that the great majority are implementing a variety of practices when making their buying choices towards fashion items. Barriers such as lack of education, information, knowledge and transparency were identified, and this aspect was shared by consumers as a reason why they are not motivated to make more conscious decisions. Companies should educate consumers from a general perspective and focus on the group of consumers that are not implementing sustainability in the fashion industry in their buying choices, as they represent the potential for the future.
1 February 2021 in Sustainability
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Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
CJCarlos Jerónimo
Carlos Jerónimo
MSMariana Sempiterno
Mariana Sempiterno
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
NANélson António
Nélson António
Festivals can improve the image of host communities, making them an appealing destination and boosting local economy. However, it is hard to measure their actual impact, which is a key factor to justify governments’ initiatives. This study aims to verify how accurate direct expenditure analysis can be. First, the impact of new visitors’ expenditure is calculated based on a survey. Then, consumption indicators are used to forecast the actual economic impact of the festival. Finally, both results are compared. Even though the values gathered with consumption indicators are only a lower bound of the festival’s impact, this study found that assessing expenditure intentions during the festival leads to impact estimates that can be three times higher. The theoretical contribution of this study is to identify direct expenditure analysis weaknesses and how to reduce their effects.
18 March 2021 in Sustainability
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Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
IAInês Aldana
Inês Aldana
Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
NANelson António
Nelson António
In a post-pandemic context, destinations are questioning mass tourism, and are focusing on more sustainable segments, looking for more responsible tourists. This requires obtaining relevant information to assess what kind of tourists visit the destination and, at the same time, to monitor changes in tourists’ behavior and attitudes. This study aims to respond to this challenge by creating a measure to assess the tourist’s responsibility. Using a scale development method, a sequential mixed-method approach is conducted to identify scale dimensions and items. An initial qualitative approach is implemented for item generation using focus group and face-to-face interviews. Then, a second study based on a survey is conducted for exploratory factor analysis. A third study, also based on a survey is performed to obtain a new sample for confirmatory factor analysis. Findings show two dimensions: civic responsibility and philanthropic responsibility, allowing an understanding of how tourists can act responsibly in destinations without compromising the ecological footprint on the planet. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
25 June 2020 in Business: Theory and Practice
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AJAna Rita Jordão
Ana Rita Jordão
RCRenato Costa
Renato Costa
Álvaro DiasÁlvaro Dias
Álvaro Dias
Leandro F. PereiraLeandro F. Pereira
Leandro F. Pereira
JSJosé Santos
José Santos
Decision-making is a multidisciplinary and ubiquitous phenomenon in organizations, and it can be observed at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Decision making plays, however, an increasingly important role for the manager, whose cognitive competence is reflected in his ability to identify potential opportunities, to immediately detect and solve the problems he faces, and to predict and prevent future threats. Nevertheless, to what extent do managers of the most diverse sectors and industries continue to rely on false knowledge when they have better strategies at their disposal? The present article proposes, through the application of bibliographically based instruments, the diagnosis of three prominent biases – overconfidence, optimism, and anchoring effect – in managers of the Portuguese port sector, as well as also seeking to establish a comparative analysis with the conclusions already documented in relation to the Brazilian civil construction sector. In addition, and in view of the results obtained, this paper also provides a set of measures capable of contributing to the mitigation of the effects of these and other biases, and, in this way, to the improvement of the decisions of said managers.