In the last years much has been said and written about downsizing policies and results. Furthermore, the economic press reveals that theses processes are not yet over, and that they will continue in the near future. In this frame, we have decided to take a closer look to staff restructuring and...

The development of academic training in Romania is a must for our country to adapt to the European Union professional standards. The article makes reference to the late evolution of English for Special Purposes (ESP) training in several universities in the country and to the case-study of ESP...

En los últimos años se ha hablado y escrito mucho sobre el tema de las reestructuraciones de plantillas y sus resultados. Además, la prensa económica nos muestra que estos procesos no han terminado y que se van a seguir repitiendo en el futuro. En este contexto, hemos decidido realizar un...

Purpose – The purpose of the research paper is to provide the humanitarian logistics community with an overall picture about competencies and skills in humanitarian logistics and if there is a lack of professionalization of the logistics function in humanitarian context from an international...

In the signal detection paradigm, the non-parametric index of sensitivity A ′, as first introduced by Pollack and Norman (1964), is a popular alternative to the more traditional d ′ measure of sensitivity. Smith (1995) clarified a confusion about the interpretation of A ′ in relation to...

Although the Bock–Aitkin likelihood-based estimation method for factor analysis of dichotomous item response data has important advantages over classical analysis of item tetrachoric correlations, a serious limitation of the method is its reliance on fixed-point Gauss-Hermite (G-H) quadrature...

Although the Bock–Aitkin likelihood-based estimation method for factor analysis of dichotomous item response data has important advantages over classical analysis of item tetrachoric correlations, a serious limitation of the method is its reliance on fixed-point Gauss-Hermite (G-H) quadrature...

Data collected through Web surveys, in general, do not adopt traditional probability-based sample designs. Therefore, the inferential techniques used for probability samples may not be guaranteed to be correct for Web surveys without adjustment, and estimates from these surveys are likely to be...