Publicado “Questionnaire validation to measure the degree of use of high involvement work practices”-Intangible Capital

Marin-Garcia, J. A.; Conci, G. (2013). Validación de un cuestionario para medir el grado de uso de las prácticas de alta implicación de los trabajadores. Intangible Capital, Vol. 9, nº. 3, pp. 854-882. http://www.intangiblecapital.org/index.php/ic/article/view/417/371

http://www.intangiblecapital.org/index.php/ic/article/view/417/371
Abstract:
Objeto: Se definen los constructos y se validan escalas para medir el grado de
desplegué de las prácticas de alta implicación de los operarios. El objetivo final es
proponer un modelo de medida de las prácticas de alta implicación que asegure la
invarianza configuracional de las tres muestras y supere las pruebas de validez
convergente y discriminante.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque: Se usará un modelo factorial confirmatorio con datos
de España (N1=105) y Estados Unidos (N2=212, N3= 145), comprobando si la
agrupación de ítems en las categorías propuestas en los modelos teóricos se ajusta al
conjunto de datos obtenidos.
Aportaciones y resultados: Se ha comprobado que un sólo constructo que agrupe
todas las prácticas de alta implicación no es un modelo adecuado y que el modelo
reflectivo de escalas de formación y comunicación han superado las pruebas para ser
validado, mientras que las escalas de participación y remuneración no han podido ser
validadas desde un punto de vista reflectivo y quizás deban ser tratadas como un
modelo formativo.
Originalidad / Valor añadido: Extendemos la investigación precedente comprobando
el modelo reflectivo factorial de segundo orden usado en multitud de estudios previos
sin haber sido informada su validación.

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Publicado: Marin-Garcia, J. A. & Conci, G. (2012). Verification of the reflective model of first order factorsfor reward and empowerment constructs

Marin-Garcia, J. A. & Conci, G. (2012). Verification of the reflective model of first order factorsfor reward and empowerment constructs based on questionnaires derived from Lawler et al. (1991). Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 5, 473-495
http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/454

Abstract:

Purpose: High involvement practices have traditionally been classified in four main categories: training, communication, rewards and empowerment. In order to measure the degree of implementation of these programs, different questionnaires have been developed. In this paper, we have identified 3 types of questionnaires and we have deeply analyzed the psychometrical properties of one of these types: questionnaires derived from Lawler et al. (1991). The most recent investigation seems to show that psychometrical properties of both training and communication constructs are appropriate. However, it is necessary to work on rewards and empowerment scales. This research  analyzes, by means of confirmatory factorial, two reflective measurement models, already present in the previous literature of rewards and empowerment scales.
Design/methodology/approach: Spanish samples from 1997 (n=105), as well as United States ones (n=212 dating 1996 and n=143 dating 1999) have been used. Convergent and discriminant validity were tested.
Findings and Originality/value: None of the models presents and acceptable adjustment in the used samples. Therefore, a possible future line of investigation in order to check whether the measurement model of rewards and empowerment constructs is formative instead of reflective, has been opened.

Practical implications: Practitioners can profit from the results of this research because questionnaires validity will allow companies to have measurement and good practices diagnosis tools that can be used either for internal benchmarking or for the comparison with reference groups of companies.
Originality/value: Our paper identifies three questionnaire typologies used in the field of investigations of rewards and empowerment practices. We show that the point of view with which the scales of theses questionnaires have been treated has always been reflective. Moreover, this is one of the few papers that have checked the validity of the measurement model of questionnaires derived from Lawler et al. (1991). It questions the validity of a single questionnaire with similar samples, of different years, and simultaneously, with samples from same years but from different countries.

Keywords

HIWP; Human Resource Management practices; High Involvement; Rewards; Empowerment

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Publicado: MARIN-GARCIA, Juan A y CONCHADO-PEIRO, Andrea. Influencia de los Perfiles Docentes en el Uso y Preferencia de Dinámicas de Trabajo en Grupo con Alumnos Universitarios. Form. Univ. 2012

Formación universitaria

versión ISSN 0718-5006

Form. Univ. vol.5 no.5 La Serena  2012

 Influencia de los Perfiles Docentes en el Uso y Preferencia de Dinámicas de Trabajo en Grupo con Alumnos Universitarios
Marin-Garcia, Juan A; Conchado-Peiró, Andrea

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Resumen

MARIN-GARCIA, Juan A  y  CONCHADO-PEIRO, Andrea. Influencia de los Perfiles Docentes en el Uso y Preferencia de Dinámicas de Trabajo en Grupo con Alumnos Universitarios. Form. Univ. [online]. 2012, vol.5, n.5, pp. 3-14. ISSN 0718-5006.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-50062012000500002.

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar el uso y las preferencias de uso entre el profesorado universitario sobre nueve dinámicas de trabajo en grupo. Para ello se realizó una encuesta a una muestra de 193 profesores de universidades españolas. El análisis de datos mediante análisis de correspondencias múltiples permitió identificar tres grupos de profesores en cuanto al uso de estas técnicas y otros dos adicionales relativos a las preferencias de uso. Dichos perfiles fueron caracterizados por medio de la información sobre el perfil profesional de los profesores. Concretamente los factores más significativos resultaron ser el área de conocimiento, la experiencia docente, y los conocimientos y opinión que se posee de las metodologías activas.

Palabras clave : metodologías activas; educación universitaria; grupos; equipos; docencia activa.

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Publicado: Etapas en la evolución de la mejora continua ¿Cómo viven las empresas el proceso?. Estudio de un caso.

número 384 de la Revista ECONOMÍA INDUSTRIAL, publicada por el Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo, en la siguiente dirección de Internet:

www.economiaindustrial.es

Artículo:
Etapas en la evolución de la mejora continua ¿Cómo viven las empresas el proceso?. Estudio de un caso.

Juan A. MARÍN GARCÍA, Yolanda BAUTISTA POVEDA y Julio J. GARCÍA SABATER

Visitas: 10

Publicado. Is worker commitment necessary for achieving competitive advantage and customer satisfaction when companies use HRM and TQM practices?

UNIVERSIA BUSINESS REVIEW
(Journal Citation Report-Social Science Citation Index. Business Category)

Number 36 Fourth quarter 2012 ISSN: 1698-5117

Is worker commitment necessary for achieving competitive advantage and customer satisfaction when companies use HRM and TQM practices?
¿Es necesario el compromiso de los trabajadores para alcanzar ventajas competitivas y satisfacción del cliente cuando las compañías emplean prácticas de HRM y TQM?
Rafaela Alfalla-Luque, Juan A. Marín-García & Carmen Medina-López

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Publicado: Integrating human resource management into lean production and their impact on organizational performance

Document Information:
Title: Integrating human resource management into lean production and their impact on organizational performance
Author(s): Tomas Bonavia, (TEMPO, Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain), Juan A. Marin-Garcia, (ROGLE, Department of Business Administration, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
Citation: Tomas Bonavia, Juan A. Marin-Garcia, (2011) “Integrating human resource management into lean production and their impact on organizational performance”, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 32 Iss: 8, pp.923 – 938
Keywords: Absenteeism, Contingent remuneration, Employee turnover, Human resource management, Internal promotion, Job security, Spain, Training
Article type: Research paper
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111181679 (Permanent URL)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Acknowledgements: This work was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Valencian Regional Government (GV00-013-7). The authors would like to thank the Foreign Language Co-ordination Office at the Polytechnic University of Valencia for their help in translating this paper.
Abstract: Purpose– The first goal of this research is to analyse the effects of lean production (LP) on the policy of human resource management (HRM). The second is to determine whether or not implementation of HRM practices associated with LP explains the differences in organizational performance between manufacturing plants.Design/methodology/approach – The paper developed a questionnaire for data collection. Findings are presented from 76 establishments (79.17 per cent of the total sample) that specialise in single-firing ceramic tiles in Spain.

Findings – Companies that make the most of LP practices are also those that take care to train workers in using these practices as well as improving their employment security. However, the same is not true for the pay for performance system. The combination of LP with HRM practices reduces inventory and boosts productivity but does not appear to affect the other performance variables analysed.

Research limitations/implications – For certain variables very little variation was found between the plants in the samples. The data are cross-sectional, so causality cannot be definitively determined.

Practical implications – This paper indicates the HRM practices associated with the LP and the results obtained. It can thus be used to help human resource and production departments in improving organizational performance.

Originality/value – The paper extends the work of other researchers by focusing on a sector and a country that have been very little studied to date. The sample consists of a set of plants that are fairly homogeneous, which facilitates the analysis of the relationships between the selected variables, while keeping other variables controlled.

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Publicado Marin-Garcia, J. A.; Miralles Insa, C.; Garcia-Sabater, J. J.; Perello-Marin, M. R. (2011). Alternative tools to mass production and human performance indicators in sheltered work centers of Valencian community (Spain). Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, Vol. 4, nº. 3, pp. 467-480.

Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Cristobal Miralles, Julio J. Garcia-Sabater, M. Rosario Perello-Marin

Abstract

Purpose: The most popular alternative systems to mass production at an academic level (lean manufacturing, agile manufacturing, flexible customization, mass customization…) share many characteristics. Our article identifies an extensive set of alternative practices to mass production; analyzes the classification of practices in categories (Flow, TQM, TPM, Customer Relations, Supplier Relations and Human Resources Practices) and analyzes the impact on several human performance indicators such as satisfaction, absenteeism, voluntary turnover, permanent contracts, knowledge, personal & social adjustment activities and integration of workers into ordinary companies.

Design/methodology/approach: Survey in sheltered work centers. We use regression analysis in order to prove relations between explicative and criterion variables.

Findings: The results of our research allow us to identify that human resource management and customer relationship practices have significant effects on job satisfaction, knowledge, integration into ordinary companies and personal and social adjustment.

Research limitations/implications: Data came only from one industry; therefore the results would not be directly generalized to other contexts.

Practical implications: Managers in Sheltered work centers can estimate the impact of the deployment of alternative tools to mass production.

Originality/value: There are few papers relating lean manufacturing tools and human resources performance indicators. At the same time, there are very few research carried out in sheltered work centers context.

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Publicado Miralles Insa, C.; Holt, R.; Marin-Garcia, J. A.; Canos-Daros, L. (2011). Universal design of workplaces through the use of Poka-Yokes: Case study and implications. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, Vol. 4, nº. 3, pp. 436-452

Universal design of workplaces through the use of Poka-Yokes: Case study and implications

Cristóbal Miralles, Raimond Holt, Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Lourdes Canos-Daros

Abstract

Purpose: Employment plays an important part in many people’s lives beyond merely providing income, since continued participation in work can have many therapeutic benefits for workers defined as disabled. However, disabled workers face a range of barriers to employment, despite legislation intended to improve workplace accessibility emphasizing adaptations to the workplace, which many employers often find difficult and expensive.

The Poka-Yoke approach was developed in the manufacturing industry as a way of improving productivity by reducing errors using often very simple adaptations. This paper argues that, as Poka-Yokes are designed to make life easier and improve the performance of workers without impairments, they are closer to the philosophy of Universal Design than to Accessible Design, and offer an easy and inclusive way of making work more accessible for all kind of workers.

Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a case study demonstrating the use of the Poka-Yoke approach in a sheltered work centre for disabled; highlighting how they served to improve accessibility to work by fulfilling Universal Design principles.

Findings: Our research allows us to demonstrate the great potential of Poka-yokes for gaining accessibility to the workplace. The real application of this approach, both in sheltered work centres and ordinary companies, can contribute to improve the high unemployment rates of disabled people.

Research limitations/implications: The proposal is innovative and was applied in one specific company. Thus, a range of customized Poka-yokes would be desirable for different industrial sectors.

Practical implications: Managers of sheltered work centres, and also of ordinary companies, can realize about the great potential of Poka-Yokes as an easy means of gaining flexibility and accessibility.

Originality/value: There are very few papers relating lean manufacturing tools and disability. Our approach analyzes the benefits of this approach for the labour integration of disabled people.

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Publicado Medina-López, C.; Alfalla-Luque, R.; Marin-Garcia, J. A. (2011). Research in operations management teaching: Trends and challenges. Intangible Capital, Vol. 7, nº. 2, pp. 507-548

Research in operations management teaching: Trends and challenges

Carmen Medina-López, Rafaela Alfalla-Luque, Juan A. Marin-Garcia

Abstract

Purpose: The objective is to analyse research in Operations Management (OM) teaching published in high impact journals in the area in order to examine trends and set future challenges.

Design/methodology/approach: A bibliometric study was carried out of 45 of the main JCR OM and Management journals for the 1995-2010 period. The 129 articles identified on research in OM teaching were analysed.

Findings: There is a dearth of articles on teaching in the main OM and Management journals. Sixty-two point two percent of the journals analysed have not published any and the remainder (17) have devoted only 0.4% of all their publications to this subject area. Descriptive and theoretical/conceptual studies that address teaching innovations dominate. One of the challenges identified that should be highlighted is the need to develop quality empirical studies that enable the real impact of teaching methodologies on improving student performance (in all its different aspects) to be known.

Research limitations: The analysis was restricted to 45 of the most important OM and Management journals on the basis of prior studies. This sample can be considered to be representative given the objectives of the study.

Practical implications: Researchers in teaching in OM are provided with an analysis of published studies which will enable them to steer future research according to the results and challenges set. Teachers of OM are provided with a selection of articles that can help them to develop their teaching strategy. Companies will be affected to the extent that they properly train future managers.

Originality/value: Innovation in teaching is the basis for the improved training and skilling up of students and future company managers. No previous research has been done that examines publications in teaching in OM and Management journals and valorises this major field of study.

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Publicado: Strategic Priorities and Lean Manufacturing Practices in Automotive Suppliers. Ten Years After

Strategic Priorities and Lean Manufacturing Practices in Automotive Suppliers. Ten Years After

Juan A. Marin-Garcia and Tomas Bonavia

Source: New Trends and Developments in Automotive Industry
ISBN 978-953-307-999-8
Edited by: Marcello Chiaberge
Publisher: InTech, January 2011

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