The differences that exist inside the labor Ecuadorian market, in the different branches of activity, demonstrate the training levels that the workers must have to avoid negative effects. However, in this study, the role played by individual, jobs and residence characteristics are analyzed on...

In this article we estimate the wage gap between white people and Afro-American people in Cali by using data from the survey of employment and quality of life of 2013. The estimation is weighted by the number of individuals that recognize themselves as Afro-American as a measure of statis- tical...

Since Information and Communication Technologies adoption has grown, research on link of ICT and Economic Growth link has been rapidly developed, both in academic world and by governments and cooperation and development agencies. Research has found that there is a significant impact of the use...

From Survey of Employment and Quality of Life, the hypothesis of job stress is analyzed for individuals who meet the condition of being employed and being between the ages of 16 years old (the age at which is assumed that they have completed median education) and 62 years old (retirement age for...

Access to information on competencies demanded by companies may be performed by a prospective study of job offers posted by employers. But, these include a large amount of quantitative and qualitative but mainly textual data, so an appropriate approach should be chosen in order to obtain a...

The purpose of this research is to consider whether ethical leadership influences intrinsic motivation, taking into account creativity as a mediating construct. Likewise, it is crucial to know how the commitment to continuity moderates the causal relationship between the variables studied....

The sample includes 448 employees in the Colombian electrical sector. Data was collected through an online survey and analyzed through a multiple mediation scheme. The results indicate that teleworking and its benefits are related to the benevolent and principled ethical climates, but not...

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of education, age, access to ICTs and physical and financial assets, as well as other personal and socio-economic characteristics on the probability of being a formal or informal own-account worker. In order to achieve this purpose,...

The present article intends to study the profile of the most valued companies regarding their labour performance in Spain. It also tries to determine the influence that this profile’s characteristics have on the overall rating. For that purpose, we analyse the 100 companies, taken from the...