Marin-Garcia, J. A., Martinez-Tomas, J., Juarez-Tarraga, A., & Santandreu-Mascarell, C. (2024). Protocol paper: From Chaos to Order. Augmenting Manual Article Screening with Sentence Transformers in Management Systematic Reviews. WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management, 15, 172–208. https://doi.org/10.4995/wpom.22282
What is it about?
This protocol paper describes a new method to help researchers screen and classify scientific articles more efficiently during systematic literature reviews. The authors propose using AI language models called «sentence transformers» to automatically analyze article titles and abstracts, comparing them to the review’s topic of interest. This helps researchers prioritize which articles to review first, rather than working through them randomly. The method was tested with 14 different AI models on a small set of articles about workplace management practices.
As scientific publications grow exponentially, researchers struggle to efficiently review all relevant literature. This method could: * Save significant time in the screening process * Reduce researcher fatigue and potential bias * Make systematic reviews more accessible to researchers with limited resources * Help democratize access to advanced AI tools for academic research * Support evidence-based management practices by making literature reviews more feasible The approach is particularly valuable because it’s designed to complement rather than replace human judgment, and can be implemented using free, accessible tools.
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This protocol represents an innovative bridge between cutting-edge AI technology and traditional academic research methods. The authors’ commitment to making the tool freely available and easy to use for researchers worldwide, regardless of technical expertise or resources, is particularly noteworthy. The pilot results suggest promising potential, though more testing is needed to validate the approach at larger scales.
This page is a summary of: Protocol paper: From Chaos to Order. Augmenting Manual Article Screening with Sentence Transformers in Management Systematic Reviews, WPOM – Working Papers on Operations Management, December 2024, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, DOI: 10.4995/wpom.22282.
Marin-Garcia, J. A. (2021). Three-stage publishing to support evidence-based management practice. WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management, 12(2), 56–95. https://doi.org/10.4995/wpom.11755
What is it about?
This paper proposes a new model for publishing scientific research in business and management that aims to make studies more transparent and useful for practitioners. The model includes three key stages: 1) Publishing the research protocol/plan before starting, 2) Publishing the collected data, and 3) Publishing the final results and conclusions. This approach helps ensure research is well-planned, data is accessible for verification, and findings can be confidently applied in real-world management practice.
Currently, there’s a big gap between management research and practice – many research findings never get implemented by actual managers. This model helps bridge that gap by: * Making the research process more transparent and trustworthy * Ensuring data quality through peer review at each stage * Making it easier for practitioners to access and understand findings * Encouraging more systematic, well-planned studies * Supporting evidence-based management decisions The model could significantly improve how management research is conducted and shared, ultimately making it more valuable for both academics and practitioners.
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This innovative proposal challenges traditional publishing approaches in management research. While similar models exist in medicine and other fields, this is one of the first attempts to systematically apply such rigorous standards to business research. This offers a practical solution to improve research quality and impact. The detailed guidelines and examples make this a valuable roadmap for researchers wanting to conduct more transparent, reproducible studies.
En este informe de Deloitte aparecen datos que quizás podrían parecer preocupantes (aun no tengo muy clara cuál es la diferencia de muestra y metodología entre el «self-reported» y «C-suite»)
Casualmente tengo algunos archivos de datos que me permitirían comprobar si a mí me salen unas cifras parecidas. Es una de las cosas que me gustaría hacer al regreso de las vacaciones, si a mis estudiantes les interesa conocer el dato (o en redes sociales me contáis que podría ser algo interesante).
Supongo que sería interesante no solo conocer los niveles de bienestar, sino las palancas que ayudan a tenerlo o las barreras que lo reducen.
En ese trabajo analizábamos como afectaban determinadas condiciones de trabajo al «mental well-being» con los datos disponibles hasta el momento.
In general terms, and with the same situation for the adjustment variables (gender, age, level of education, seniority, occupation, establishment size, activity sector and economic activity), the people with indefinite contracts, no supervising responsibilities, who work between 36 and less than 45 h/week, do not work long working hours, do not have several jobs, do not work shifts (neither set nor alternating/rotating shifts) and do not work weekends report less anxiety, fatigue or job dissatisfaction than those in any of the other categories of each employment condition herein analyzed. That is, worse employment conditions lead to higher odds of suffering anxiety, fatigue or dissatisfaction compared to the reference category. Nonetheless, we observed that this relation did not always appear in this way for all the studied years for some working conditions (employment contracts other than indefinite contracts, supervising others and weekly working hours)
Para quien quiera «bucear» en los detalles, estas son las tablas de resultados. Son un poco complejas de entender para quien no esté acostumbrado a los «odds ratios». Las cifras de la tabla comparan una opción de condición de trabajo (el encabezado de las columnas) con otra que se considera de referencia y nos indican la como aumenta (si el valor es mayor que 1) o disminuye (si es menor que 1) la probabilidad de sufrir uno de los síntomas (ansiedad, fatiga o insatisfacción).
Odds Ratio: the odds of having the target disorder in the observed group relative to the odds in favor of having the target disorder in the reference category group
Asi, por ejemplo, en la tabla 1, que compara tipos de contratos, las personas sin contrato, en el año 2015, tenían el doble de probabilidad de experimentar insatisfacción que las que tenían contrato indefinido. O, en la tabla 2, las personas que ocupaban puestos de supervisión, en el año 2015 tenían más probabilidad de sufrir ansiedad que las que personas que no supervisan el trabajo de otras (un valor 1,38 veces la probabilidad de las que no supervisaban). Curiosamente en el año 2005, la probabilidad para ese grupo era el 0,87 (es decir, menor) de la probabilidad de ansiedad en las que no supervisaban. Supervisar a otras personas generaba menos ansiedad en 2005 que en 2015, también generaba menos fatiga en 2005, mientras que en 2015 generaba más fatiga. Sin embargo supervisar a otras personas parece ser un factor protector contra la insatisfacción (están menos insatisfechos los que supervisan a otras personas) y se ha mantenido en los mismos niveles durante la serie de años estudiados.
Marin-Garcia JA, Bonavia T, Losilla J-M. Changes in the Association between European Workers’ Employment Conditions and Employee Well-Being in 2005, 2010 and 2015. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(3):1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031048Marin-Garcia JA, Bonavia T, Losilla J-M. Changes in the Association between European Workers’ Employment Conditions and Employee Well-Being in 2005, 2010 and 2015. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(3):1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031048Marin-Garcia JA, Bonavia T, Losilla J-M. Changes in the Association between European Workers’ Employment Conditions and Employee Well-Being in 2005, 2010 and 2015. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(3):1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031048
El objetivo de esta investigación acción es conocer cuáles son las expectativas de un conjunto de docentes respecto a la visibilidad de buenas prácticas educativas en el contexto de educación superior (universidad). Analizaremos la relación entre impacto y visibilidad de las buenas prácticas, exploraremos lo diferentes ámbitos donde se puede localizar el impacto, en qué ámbitos se plantean el impacto de sus buenas prácticas educativas y por qué, lo qué les preocupa, dónde encuentran las principales barreras o dudas, qué necesitan para poder tener una mejor visibilidad y si la rúbrica planteada en la editorial reciente (titulada: Experiencias docentes basadas en investigación-acción: guía para publicar en revistas científicas) es una herramienta útil para fomentar una mejor difusión de estas iniciativas.
Las personas participantes son una muestra de conveniencia de tamaño muy reducido, por lo que las conclusiones extraídas no pueden generalizarse y deberían estudiarse con muestras más amplias en investigación futura.
Just published Bonavia, T., & Marin-Garcia, J. A. (2019). Spanish validation of the leader empowering behavior questionnaire (lebq). Frontiers in Psychology, 10(2368). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02368 #HRM#ContinuousImprovement#TalentManagement
The concept of empowering leadership (EL) has attracted widespread academic and practical interest and different questionnaires have been developed to measure it. However, there are no instruments to measure EL in the Spanish language. This article presents the translation, adaptation, and validation of a scale to measure this construct. In addition, it analyzes the relationship between managers’ EL and employees’ job satisfaction. In turn, the study analyzes whether employees who participate in a greater number of continuous improvement (CI) programs have supervisors who favor more empowering behaviors. A total of 739 participants with various occupations from different companies that have implemented CI processes filled out the Spanish version of the Leader Empowering Behavior Questionnaire (LEBQ-sp). Two different subsamples were used to test the relationships between the LEBQ and job satisfaction and CI, by means of Pearson’s correlation coefficient and analysis of variance, making it possible to provide evidence about the validity of the Spanish LEBQ. The confirmatory factor analysis supported the original structure of the six-factor model. The factors show a high level of internal consistency, as well as sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, the results show that the more companies invest in formal CI programs, the more important it is for their leaders to adapt their behavior by displaying more EL. The LEBQ-sp is a valid and reliable instrument for use in research and a useful tool for applied purposes in the context of Spanish-speaking countries.
Publicado: Marin-Garcia, J. (2018). What are the research focuses regarding learning in the field of operations management in higher education? The case of Spain in 2017. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 11(4), 607-616. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.2550
Purpose: What are the current research topics being studied by higher education professors in the area of operations management in Spain with regard to the learning of their students? Are the approaches that support these investigations adequate?
Design/methodology/approach: For the analysis, we have selected 25 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals published by Spanish authors in 2017, and we have encoded them using Atlas.ti.
Findings: Most of the research centers on a very basic type of approach to learning, which reproduces the type of research typically conducted more than 40 years ago (type 1). For this reason, we propose an example of how to convert type 1 research questions into type 2 or 3 questions.
Originality/value: This paper collects and summarizes the main works on learning research carried out by members of ACEDEDOT and published in 2017, identifying themes, methods, levels of teacher conception and focus on the type of student learning. We intend to use this information to create a map of the current situation and propose possible suggestions to implement evidence-based instruction on operations management.
Marin-Garcia, J. A., Alfalla-Luque, R., & Machuca, J. A. D. (2018). A triple-a supply chain measurement model: Validation and analysis. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 48(10), null. doi:10.1108/IJPDLM-06-2018-0233
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish definitions and dimensions of Triple-A supply chain (SC) variables based on a literature review and to validate a Triple-A SC measurement model using a worldwide multiple informant sample. Design/methodology/approach Following a literature review, Triple-A SC variables (agility, alignment and adaptability) are conceptualized and a list of possible items is created for their measurement. An international 309 plant sample is used to validate the convergent and criterion validities of the composites proposed to measure Triple-A SC. Findings Contributions to the literature: clarification of Triple-A SC variable concepts; identification of key dimensions of Triple-A SC variables; development of a validated Triple-A SC measurement scale for future empirical research and industrial applications. Research limitations/implications A rigorously validated instrument is needed to measure Triple-A SC variables and enable researchers to credibly test theories regarding causal links between capabilities, practices and performance. Practical implications Proposal of a scale for use by managers of different functions to analyze Triple-A SC deployment in the company. Originality/value The only Triple-A SC scale used in the previous literature has serious limitations: scales were not taken from an extended literature review; data were collected from single respondents in a single country. This is the first validated Triple-A SC measurement model to overcome these limitations
Nuevo artículo publicado que me ha permitido colaborar con estupendos investigadores del área de la salud para seguir avanzando en instrumentos que nos permitan hacer mejor ciencia y, sobre todo, informarla mejor. Algo que me interesa doblemente como editor de WPOM y de JIEM. Por otra parte, sufrir los estándares de publicación de una Q1 en el área de CC de la salud también es una experiencia interesante.
Marin-Garcia, J., Andreu Andres, M., Atares-Huerta, L., Aznar-Mas, L., Garcia-Carbonell, A., González-Ladrón-de-Gevara, F., Montero Fleta, B., Perez-Peñalver, M., & Watts, F. (2016). Proposal of a Framework for Innovation Competencies Development and Assessment (FINCODA). WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management, 7(2), 119-126. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/wpom.v7i2.6472
In this article we propose an innovation competence model of the people which is based on the existing literature to integrate and complement existing models. The main contribution of this work consists in demonstrating the differences and similarities of current models and in providing a conceptual definition for each model element. In this way, both researchers and people in charge of human resources in companies obtain a framework with which to design measuring instruments to assess innovation competence, which can fulfill the twofold demand of validity and reliability.
This work has been conducted as part of a European project financed by the European Union [«FINCODA» Project 554493-EPP-1-2014-1-FI-EPPKA2-KA] (http://bit.ly/FINCODA-EUsite01). (The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein); and by the Universitat Politénica de Valencia PIME/2015/A/009/A “Evaluation of innovative behavior indicators in university students”.
Keywords
competence assessment; innovation; model; literature review
PASSAM: Peer ASSessment And Monitoring system Juan A. Marín-García / José P. García-Sabater / Joan Morant-Llorca / J. Alberto Conejero Casares
(Universitat Politècnica de València)
