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In this paper, we analyze the determinants of job satisfaction for employees over the age 50 or more, using the latest SHARE-ERIC dataset (Wave 7) filtered for Romania (over 2000 records). After applying logistic regressions with average marginal effects, we obtained an overall and seven regional models which emphasize that a good atmosphere at the workplace and the deserved recognition received for the work done are the most reliable predictors of career satisfaction, confirmed in this order of importance by many other robustness checks. Particularly, in the case of respondents from the Western part of Romania, we found that meritocracy-based influence, namely deserved recognition, counts almost as much as the workplace atmosphere. For these individuals, previous educational performance and lifetime employment at a single job matter more than the previous dual-core on job satisfaction. Unexpectedly, the adults from central romania present a negative influence of life satisfaction on job satisfaction due to an unbalanced work-family vision of life. The locus of control has different effects on job satisfaction in south and south-western regions, while in the north-east, meaning in life is negatively influencing job satisfaction. Bridge employment exerts a negative influence on career satisfaction in the north-west, and in the South-East, and interpersonal trust has a positive effect.
Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Ionel Bostan; Ana-Iolanda Vodă; Nelu Florea. Sustainable Careers: Reliability of Job Satisfaction Predictors for Employees Aged 50+. Evidence from Romanian Development Regions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8133 .
AMA StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu, Ionel Bostan, Ana-Iolanda Vodă, Nelu Florea. Sustainable Careers: Reliability of Job Satisfaction Predictors for Employees Aged 50+. Evidence from Romanian Development Regions. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8133.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Ionel Bostan; Ana-Iolanda Vodă; Nelu Florea. 2021. "Sustainable Careers: Reliability of Job Satisfaction Predictors for Employees Aged 50+. Evidence from Romanian Development Regions." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8133.
The paper aims to emphasize the advantages of several advanced statistical and data mining techniques when applied to the dense literature on corruption measurements and determinants. For this purpose, we used all seven waves of the World Values Survey and we employed the Naive Bayes technique in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016, the LASSO package together with logit and melogit regressions with raw coefficients in Stata 16. We further conducted different types of tests and cross-validations on the wave, country, gender, and age categories. For eliminating multicollinearity, we used predictor correlation matrices. Moreover, we assessed the maximum computed variance inflation factor (VIF) against a maximum acceptable threshold, depending on the model’s R squared in Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regressions. Our main contribution consists of a methodology for exploring and validating the most important predictors of the risk associated with bribery tolerance. We found the significant role of three influences corresponding to questions about attitudes towards the property, authority, and public services, and other people in terms of anti-cheating, anti-evasion, and anti-violence. We used scobit, probit, and logit regressions with average marginal effects to build and test the index based on these attitudes. We successfully tested the index using also risk prediction nomograms and accuracy measurements (AUCROC > 0.9).
Daniel Homocianu; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Rodica Ianole-Calin. A Robust Approach for Identifying the Major Components of the Bribery Tolerance Index. Mathematics 2021, 9, 1570 .
AMA StyleDaniel Homocianu, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Rodica Ianole-Calin. A Robust Approach for Identifying the Major Components of the Bribery Tolerance Index. Mathematics. 2021; 9 (13):1570.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Homocianu; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Rodica Ianole-Calin. 2021. "A Robust Approach for Identifying the Major Components of the Bribery Tolerance Index." Mathematics 9, no. 13: 1570.
In this paper, we aim to identify the determinants of online effective learning in the emergency situation created by COVID19 pandemic. Further, we test which of the learning methods (traditional, online, and hybrid) is preferred by Romanian students in economics in this unusual context. Using a sample of 1415 students from five major Romanian faculties of economics and applying ordinal and bivariate logit regressions models, we found that psychological distress and increased concerns about COVID-19 pandemic have a negative effect on learning effectiveness. Also, our results revealed that the students who face problems related to unsatisfactory internet access, insufficient time due to other familial issues, who have inadequate working space at home and also the male ones are more likely to be less effective in their online learning process. Finally, the university infrastructure for online activities decreases the likelihood that students will perceive online studies as less effective.
Monica Roman; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. The effectiveness of the emergency eLearning during COVID-19 pandemic. The case of higher education in economics in Romania. International Review of Economics Education 2021, 37, 100218 .
AMA StyleMonica Roman, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. The effectiveness of the emergency eLearning during COVID-19 pandemic. The case of higher education in economics in Romania. International Review of Economics Education. 2021; 37 ():100218.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMonica Roman; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. 2021. "The effectiveness of the emergency eLearning during COVID-19 pandemic. The case of higher education in economics in Romania." International Review of Economics Education 37, no. : 100218.
This article presents a validation study of the short forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) in Romania, followed by an examination of religious individualism among Orthodox and Pentecostal Christians. In a first step, the validity and reliability of the short forms of the CRS, namely the Abrahamitic CRS-5 and the interreligious CRSi-7, are tested in Romania. In a second step, the differences in attitudes regarding calling—a Weberian concept—are examined between Orthodox and Pentecostal Christians in Romania. For these examinations, we used data from a survey conducted in Romania in 2018 (N=547). The results show that the CRS performs well in the Orthodox (n=273) and Pentecostal subsamples (n=274). Moreover, based on the applied confirmatory factor and path analyses, on the one hand, we propose that calling attitudes stand out among Pentecostal Christians compared to Orthodox Christians. On the other hand, the Orthodox Christians make more use of religious advisers (priests), hereby expressing a different individual religious attitude of preferring to be advised rather than called. Furthermore, path analyses suggest that calling has neither a direct nor an indirect effect on religiosity among the Orthodox Christians while Pentecostal Christians’ religiosity is not directly linked to an adviser but to calling. The gender of the respondents is identified as a factor that is, directly and indirectly, related to religiosity. The results are discussed in the frame of religious individualism.
Michael Ackert; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. Short Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale: Validation and Application in the Context of Religious Individualism of Orthodox and Pentecostal Christians in Romania. Religions 2020, 12, 9 .
AMA StyleMichael Ackert, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. Short Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale: Validation and Application in the Context of Religious Individualism of Orthodox and Pentecostal Christians in Romania. Religions. 2020; 12 (1):9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichael Ackert; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. 2020. "Short Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale: Validation and Application in the Context of Religious Individualism of Orthodox and Pentecostal Christians in Romania." Religions 12, no. 1: 9.
In this paper, we explore the determinants of being satisfied with a job, starting from a SHARE-ERIC dataset (Wave 7), including responses collected from Romania. To explore and discover reliable predictors in this large amount of data, mostly because of the staggeringly high number of dimensions, we considered the triangulation principle in science by using many different approaches, techniques and applications to study such a complex phenomenon. For merging the data, cleaning it and doing further derivations, we comparatively used many methods based on spreadsheets and their easy-to-use functions, custom filters and auto-fill options, DAX and Open Refine expressions, traditional SQL queries and also powerful 1:1 merge statements in Stata. For data mining, we used in three consecutive rounds: Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and SQL DMX queries on models built involving both decision trees and naive Bayes algorithms applied on raw and memory consuming text data, three LASSO variable selection techniques in Stata on recoded variables followed by logistic and Poisson regressions with average marginal effects and generation of corresponding prediction nomograms operating directly in probabilistic terms, and finally the WEKA tool for an additional validation. We obtained three Romanian regional models with an excellent accuracy of classification (AUROC > 0.9) and found several peculiarities in them. More, we discovered that a good atmosphere in the workplace and receiving recognition as deserved for work done are the top two most reliable predictors (dual-core) of career satisfaction, confirmed in this order of importance by many robustness checks. This type of meritocratic recognition has a more powerful influence on job satisfaction for male respondents rather than female ones and for married individuals rather unmarried ones. When testing the dual-core on respondents aged 50 and over from most of the European countries (more than 75,000 observations), the positive surprise was that it undoubtedly resisted, confirming most of our hypotheses and also the working principles of support for replication of results, triangulation and the golden rule of robustness using cross-validation.
Daniel Homocianu; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Nelu Florea; Alin Marius Andrieș. Exploring the Patterns of Job Satisfaction for Individuals Aged 50 and over from Three Historical Regions of Romania. An Inductive Approach with Respect to Triangulation, Cross-Validation and Support for Replication of Results. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 2573 .
AMA StyleDaniel Homocianu, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Nelu Florea, Alin Marius Andrieș. Exploring the Patterns of Job Satisfaction for Individuals Aged 50 and over from Three Historical Regions of Romania. An Inductive Approach with Respect to Triangulation, Cross-Validation and Support for Replication of Results. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (7):2573.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Homocianu; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Nelu Florea; Alin Marius Andrieș. 2020. "Exploring the Patterns of Job Satisfaction for Individuals Aged 50 and over from Three Historical Regions of Romania. An Inductive Approach with Respect to Triangulation, Cross-Validation and Support for Replication of Results." Applied Sciences 10, no. 7: 2573.
This article aims to identify if belonging to one side or another of the former Hapsburg Empire's border matters in relation to migration intentions. Based on a survey of 3,051 students enrolled at three Romanian universities, and using geo‐referencing, data mining tools, logistic regressions and prediction nomograms, we found that students who have their homes in different parts, depending on this historical border, manifest different sensitivity levels towards recognition of their own value and the poor quality of public institutions and services, as they have different perceptions concerning the role of individual freedom, parental role models, the work ethic and interpersonal trust. These differences further generate opposite migration intentions for the two sub‐samples. Therefore, students who have their homes in the former Empire's area have lower migration intentions than those outside it, despite their proximity to the western borders. The results suggest various economic and non‐economic determinants as important predictors of migration intentions.
Aurelian-Petrus Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Gabriela Bodea; Emil Lucian Crisan; Alin Adrian Mihaila. Assessing the Imprint of the Long‐gone Hapsburg Empire's Border on the Romanian Students' Migration Intentions. International Migration 2020, 58, 45 -68.
AMA StyleAurelian-Petrus Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu, Gabriela Bodea, Emil Lucian Crisan, Alin Adrian Mihaila. Assessing the Imprint of the Long‐gone Hapsburg Empire's Border on the Romanian Students' Migration Intentions. International Migration. 2020; 58 (5):45-68.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petrus Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Gabriela Bodea; Emil Lucian Crisan; Alin Adrian Mihaila. 2020. "Assessing the Imprint of the Long‐gone Hapsburg Empire's Border on the Romanian Students' Migration Intentions." International Migration 58, no. 5: 45-68.
Based on a survey among students in economics at universities from the Romanian region of Moldova (RoMold) and Republic of Moldova (ReMold), this study explores the influence of familial, background, and individual characteristics on the migration intentions abroad. Both regional models built after using data mining tools and binary logistic regression analysis show a powerful emphasis on our own value recognition, while the other influences indicate clear asymmetric patterns in terms of migration intentions. For RoMold, there is a low level of interpersonal trust, a strong accent on individual liberty and favoritism, a low respect for traditions, and the belief that Orthodoxy could be a migration cause. The paternal occupation and the maternal religiosity matter for their migration plans. For ReMold, the parental migration experience, a low level of parents’ education attainment, and a powerful internal locus of control are considered the main triggers for migrating abroad. For both particular regions, a highly interactive distribution map and two corresponding risk-prediction nomograms provide basic support for replication, fast visual insight, and consistent support for interpretations directly in probabilistic terms. We intend to apply an inductive approach in order to extend the analysis to different types of respondents and geographic areas.
Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Nelu Florea; Ovidiu-Aurel Ghiuță; Dinu Airinei. Comparative Patterns of Migration Intentions: Evidence from Eastern European Students in Economics from Romania and Republic of Moldova. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4935 .
AMA StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu, Nelu Florea, Ovidiu-Aurel Ghiuță, Dinu Airinei. Comparative Patterns of Migration Intentions: Evidence from Eastern European Students in Economics from Romania and Republic of Moldova. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (18):4935.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Nelu Florea; Ovidiu-Aurel Ghiuță; Dinu Airinei. 2019. "Comparative Patterns of Migration Intentions: Evidence from Eastern European Students in Economics from Romania and Republic of Moldova." Sustainability 11, no. 18: 4935.
Nowadays, when there is much concern about the demographic decline of Europe and the stringent need for public policies that support intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth in times of population ageing, this study aims to validate several hypotheses regarding the post-graduation migration intentions of students in economics. To analyse these intentions in the context of Romanian yearly increases of out-migration flows to Western countries, the answers to the questionnaire used for this study were obtained from three important Romanian universities. Using georeferencing, neural networks-based data mining, and two types of regression analysis, the results represent a relevant contribution to the limited body of literature. They empirically show that motivations and attitudes towards a meritocratic environment for professional advancement, and individual freedom are positive key factors for students’ migration intentions after graduation. In addition, the paper emphasises the secondary role of religiosity and intergenerational transfer of parental migration experience. It also finds that, although the income level has some influence on these intentions, its role is far less important than the one emphasised in the specific literature, which leads us to the conclusion that non-economic motivations matter more than the economic ones for the potential decision to migrate after graduation.
Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Alin Adrian Mihăilă; Emil Lucian Crișan; Gabriela Bodea; Renate-Doina Bratu; Dinu Airinei. Exploring the Influence of Personal Motivations, Beliefs and Attitudes on Students’ Post-Graduation Migration Intentions: Evidence from Three Major Romanian Universities. Applied Sciences 2018, 8, 2121 .
AMA StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu, Alin Adrian Mihăilă, Emil Lucian Crișan, Gabriela Bodea, Renate-Doina Bratu, Dinu Airinei. Exploring the Influence of Personal Motivations, Beliefs and Attitudes on Students’ Post-Graduation Migration Intentions: Evidence from Three Major Romanian Universities. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8 (11):2121.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Alin Adrian Mihăilă; Emil Lucian Crișan; Gabriela Bodea; Renate-Doina Bratu; Dinu Airinei. 2018. "Exploring the Influence of Personal Motivations, Beliefs and Attitudes on Students’ Post-Graduation Migration Intentions: Evidence from Three Major Romanian Universities." Applied Sciences 8, no. 11: 2121.
Plopeanu Aurelian-Petrus; Homocianu Daniel; Airinei Dinu. Determinants of Entrepreneurial Proclivity of Students in Economics and Business Administration. ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH 2018, 52, 101 -120.
AMA StylePlopeanu Aurelian-Petrus, Homocianu Daniel, Airinei Dinu. Determinants of Entrepreneurial Proclivity of Students in Economics and Business Administration. ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH. 2018; 52 (3/2018):101-120.
Chicago/Turabian StylePlopeanu Aurelian-Petrus; Homocianu Daniel; Airinei Dinu. 2018. "Determinants of Entrepreneurial Proclivity of Students in Economics and Business Administration." ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH 52, no. 3/2018: 101-120.
The main purpose of this article is to describe and validate/test a set of hypothetical traits of the theology students from two important Romanian universities regarding their migration attitudes after graduation. The study is based on a consistent questionnaire survey, both in terms of architecture of variables and number of complete responses. After cleaning, processing and doing all the required derivations on the original data, statistical analysis methods have been applied. The results have brought solid arguments to validate all the hypotheses that marked the starting point of this study. They finally proved the importance of specific personal motivations and personality traits as key enablers of the decision to emigrate in the Western Europe.
Aurelian Petrus Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Constantin Valer Necula. A Study on the Emigration Enablers of the Romanian Students in Theology. Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala 2018, 10, 180 -197.
AMA StyleAurelian Petrus Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu, Constantin Valer Necula. A Study on the Emigration Enablers of the Romanian Students in Theology. Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala. 2018; 10 (2):180-197.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian Petrus Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu; Constantin Valer Necula. 2018. "A Study on the Emigration Enablers of the Romanian Students in Theology." Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala 10, no. 2: 180-197.
For many reasons, it is true that the Protestant Reformation unleashed the forces that lay behind the emergence of capitalism. Such a system was compatible with the emancipation of individuals, their mentalities, due to specific societal reforms and transformations. Therefore, it gave birth, in an unprecedented way, to a “new form of capitalism”. But the main idea I want to stress in this article is that the capitalist ethos was present before the Reformation, many centuries ago, in what is called now the “Christian spirit”. In this direction, I emphasize many theories which disagree with the Weber’s well-known thesis about the relation between capitalism and religion, especially when it comes to generalize a particular result that is both theologically vague and empirically disprovable.
Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. The “Christian Spirit” of Capitalism and the Protestant Reformation, between Structuralist Analysis and Historical Evidence. Human and Social Studies 2016, 5, 117 -132.
AMA StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. The “Christian Spirit” of Capitalism and the Protestant Reformation, between Structuralist Analysis and Historical Evidence. Human and Social Studies. 2016; 5 (3):117-132.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. 2016. "The “Christian Spirit” of Capitalism and the Protestant Reformation, between Structuralist Analysis and Historical Evidence." Human and Social Studies 5, no. 3: 117-132.
Modern finance has become a very complicated field, which raises many questions about its economic and social mission. Many bankers’ ignorance of complex knowledge and care for the future are hostile ingredients that transform the markets’ volatility, through spillover effects, into economic and financial crisis and social anomy. What fuels the wildfire does not necessarily mean black swan events, but often it is the result of (un)conscious and (un)intended decisions of certain economic policy makers. The current financial system is discredited. It is necessary to reform the financial institutions and practices, with the core principle that money should serve the economy and society and not vice versa. In a world of financial capitalism, a world driven by money and adjacent institutions appear to be defective and unjust to many of us. The conflicts’ arena must be manageable. The hopes rely on the institutions that represent financial capitalism, institutions erected by people, and where they do not work, they have to be changed.
Tiberiu Brăilean; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. Wall Street’s Culture. 2015, 1 .
AMA StyleTiberiu Brăilean, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. Wall Street’s Culture. . 2015; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiberiu Brăilean; Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu. 2015. "Wall Street’s Culture." , no. : 1.
Tiberiu Brăilean; Aurelian-Petruş Plopeanu. Christianity and Political Democracy in the Middle Ages and Modern Times. Human and Social Studies 2013, 2, 119 -137.
AMA StyleTiberiu Brăilean, Aurelian-Petruş Plopeanu. Christianity and Political Democracy in the Middle Ages and Modern Times. Human and Social Studies. 2013; 2 (2):119-137.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiberiu Brăilean; Aurelian-Petruş Plopeanu. 2013. "Christianity and Political Democracy in the Middle Ages and Modern Times." Human and Social Studies 2, no. 2: 119-137.
Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu. Religious Roots of Book Production and Human Capital During (Early) Modern Age. Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics 2012, 59, 1 .
AMA StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, Daniel Homocianu. Religious Roots of Book Production and Human Capital During (Early) Modern Age. Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics. 2012; 59 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurelian-Petruș Plopeanu; Daniel Homocianu. 2012. "Religious Roots of Book Production and Human Capital During (Early) Modern Age." Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics 59, no. 2: 1.