Fatores que influenciam a aceitação de práticas avançadas de gestão de segurança da informação: um estudo com gestores públicos estaduais no Brasil

This study examines the factors that influence public managers in the adoption of advanced practices related to Information Security Management. This research used, as the basis of assertions, Security Standard ISO 27001:2005 and theoretical model based on TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) from Venkatesh and Davis (2000). The method adopted was field research of national scope with participation of eighty public administrators from states of Brazil, all of them managers and planners of state governments. The approach was quantitative and research methods were descriptive statistics, factor analysis and multiple linear regression for data analysis. The survey results showed correlation between the constructs of the TAM model (ease of use, perceptions of value, attitude and intention to use) and agreement with the assertions made in accordance with ISO 27001, showing that these factors influence the managers in adoption of such practices. On the other independent variables of the model (organizational profile, demographic profile and managers behavior) no significant correlation was identified with the assertions of the same standard, witch means the need for expansion researches using such constructs. It is hoped that this study may contribute positively to the progress on discussions about Information Security Management, Adoption of Safety Standards and Technology Acceptance Model

Impacto(s) da gestão de recursos humanos na gestão do conhecimento em organizações industriais

Focalizando as dimensões humana e comportamental da gestão do conhecimento, a presente investigação visa uma análise do(s) impacto(s) (facilitador ou inibidor) dos pressupostos da gestão de recursos humanos no grau de aplicação da gestão do conhecimento em organizações industriais. Em particular, explora a(s) dinâmica(s) de influência entre a sofisticação dos pressupostos da formação profissional, da avaliação de desempenho e da gestão de recompensas na aplicação da gestão do conhecimento. Tendo em vista a medição dos constructos centrais do presente estudo, de acordo com a revisão de literatura efectuada, desenvolveram-se acções conducentes à adaptação de um questionário de gestão do conhecimento (GC), à construção, validação e desenvolvimento de três novos questionários (PPFP, PPAD e PPSR) que visaram aceder à percepção dos agentes organizacionais acerca dos pressupostos da gestão de recursos humanos vigentes ou culturalmente característicos do seu contexto laboral. O presente estudo envolveu múltiplas análises aos dados de 1364 questionários individuais auto-administrados e recolhidos em 55 empresas de quatro sub-sectores da cerâmica em Portugal. Para o estudo da relação linear entre um conjunto de variáveis preditoras e uma variável critério optou-se por realizar equações de regressão múltipla hierárquica, considerando-se dois blocos de variáveis. Num primeiro modelo foram introduzidas, apenas, as duas dimensões relativas à formação profissional medidas pelo instrumento PPFP e num segundo modelo aduziram-se as variáveis de avaliação de desempenho e de sistema de recompensas, especificamente, o primeiro factor retido na análise psicométrica dos instrumentos PPAD e PPSR.

Treinamento e desenvolvimento de pessoas e a nova gestão pública : o caso do Projeto Formação de Tecnólogos em Gestão Pública do Governo do Rio Grande do Norte

This thesis aims to identify how civil servants perceive changes made inthe carrying out of their work after their taking part in the Course forTechnicians in Public Management of the Government of Rio Grande do NorteState. As for the methodological procedures, an exploratory-descriptivequantitative research has been carried out through structured questionnaires appliedto 118 civil servants from the first groups of the Course for Technicians, thusshowing a margin of error of 4.18% to 95% of confidence, according to theprocedures of finite sampling. The table processing and analysis rested uponthe Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS and was carried outthrough univariate, bivariate and multivariate techniques with emphasis on thetechnique called Factor Analysis. It was possible to identify that the level ofsatisfaction of the students was high and there was a clear perception by themthat the course assisted to changes in their work. Through Factor Analysis itwas verified that the factors that may be related to changes in the work of thecivil servants are "Contribution to Society", "Efficiency andEfficacy in the Work Environment", "Applicability of Contents"and "Capacitating for Leadership". The conclusion of the studyindicates that the factors obtained are directly related to the basis of thenew public management by means of guidance toward efficiency and efficacy in aperspective of leadership, the contents of the course being thus made into newattitudes toward work which end up yielding better results for society

Síndrome de Burnout : um estudo com guias de turismo regional em Natal-RN

Burnout is a psychological syndrome triggered in response to continuous exposure to interpersonal stressors. It is considered a multifactorial construct, which is commonly characterized by three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, dehumanization, and lack of personal accomplishment.This study aimed to verify if the three characteristics of burnout (exhaustion, lack of dehumanization and personal accomplishment) are present in people working as guides Tourism in Natal - RN. It is a descriptive and quantitative study. 109 subjects were surveyed. Data collection was done through the use of questionnaires, the instrument used was the characterization of the Burnout Scale (ECB) created and validated in Brazil by Trocoli and Tamayo (2000). In order to analyze data we used descriptive statistics, analysis of core measures, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, cluster analysis, multiple discriminant and Spearman correlation. Factor analysis identified four factors that explain 58.3% of the total variance. Those factors were named exhaustion, deception, avoidance, and dehumanization. The reliability of the instrument, as measured by Cronbach's Alpha was 0.918, which is considered excellent reliability. The 109 subjects were grouped into three cluster, which had the deception, avoidance, and dehumanization as discriminant. It is possible to conclude that the characteristics of burnout syndrome are present in the studied population where 19 people are on the high level of burnout, moderate in 32 and 56 in the light. The correlations between socio-demographic variables studied and the dimensions of burnout, were few and weak. The variable leave for health reasons in the study appeared to be related to feelings of exhaustion and avoidance behavior appeared related to younger individuals and who work only in the activity of Receptive Tourism Guide. Verification of the incidence of burnout in individuals surveyed suggest the need to adopt intervention strategies are individual, organizational and / or combined

ArrayMining: a modular web-application for microarray analysis combining ensemble and consensus methods with cross-study normalization

Background: Statistical analysis of DNA microarray data provides a valuable diagnostic tool for the investigation of genetic components of diseases. To take advantage of the multitude of available data sets and analysis methods, it is desirable to combine both different algorithms and data from different studies. Applying ensemble learning, consensus clustering and cross-study normalization methods for this purpose in an almost fully automated process and linking different analysis modules together under a single interface would simplify many microarray analysis tasks. Results: We present ArrayMining.net, a web-application for microarray analysis that provides easy access to a wide choice of feature selection, clustering, prediction, gene set analysis and cross-study normalization methods. In contrast to other microarray-related web-tools, multiple algorithms and data sets for an analysis task can be combined using ensemble feature selection, ensemble prediction, consensus clustering and cross-platform data integration. By interlinking different analysis tools in a modular fashion, new exploratory routes become available, e.g. ensemble sample classification using features obtained from a gene set analysis and data from multiple studies. The analysis is further simplified by automatic parameter selection mechanisms and linkage to web tools and databases for functional annotation and literature mining. Conclusion: ArrayMining.net is a free web-application for microarray analysis combining a broad choice of algorithms based on ensemble and consensus methods, using automatic parameter selection and integration with annotation databases.

Análise tridimensional do Fundo Europeu das pescas em Portugal. A implementação do Eixo 4 do PROMAR

Dissertação de Mestrado, Gestão Empresarial, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Impacto do treinamento no trabalho : atividades operacionais da Polícia Federal

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Mestrado Profissional em Administração, 2015.

The posttraumatic growth inventory: Factor structure and invariance in a sample ofbreast cancer patients and in a non-clinical sample

The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) is frequently used to assess positive changes following a traumatic event. The aim of the study is to examine the factor structure and the latent mean invariance of PTGI. A sample of 205 (M age = 54.3, SD = 10.1) women diagnosed with breast cancer and 456 (M age = 34.9, SD = 12.5) adults who had experienced a range of adverse life events were recruited to complete the PTGI and a socio-demographic questionnaire. We use Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to test the factor-structure and multi-sample CFA to examine the invariance of the PTGI between the two groups. The goodness of fit for the five-factor model is satisfactory for breast cancer sample (χ2(175) = 396.265; CFI = .884; NIF = .813; RMSEA [90% CI] = .079 [.068, .089]), and good for non-clinical sample (χ2(172) = 574.329; CFI = .931; NIF = .905; RMSEA [90% CI] = .072 [.065, .078]). The results of multi-sample CFA show that the model fit indices of the unconstrained model are equal but the model that uses constrained factor loadings is not invariant across groups. The findings provide support for the original five-factor structure and for the multidimensional nature of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Regarding invariance between both samples, the factor structure of PTGI and other parameters (i.e., factor loadings, variances, and co-variances) are not invariant across the sample of breast cancer patients and the non-clinical sample.

Autoavaliação das competências de informação em estudantes universitários

Nas últimas décadas foram feitos grandes esforços para definir, conhecer e avaliar quais são as competências informativas que os estudantes universitários necessitam para poder progredir na sua aprendizagem e na sua inserção no mercado laboral. Apesar do argumento de que os avanços tecnológicos facilitaram o acesso à informação, existe uma preocupação constante, porque os estudantes universitários não possuem competências suficientes para gerir e usar a informação: gerem quantidades enormes de informação através da Internet, mas não sabem o que fazer com ela, como avaliá-la, de que modo devem usá-la ou aproveitá-la de forma estratégica e ética. O questionário IL-HUMASS sobre literacia da informação foi concebido e desenhado com o objetivo de avaliar competências de informação e para ser aplicado à população de estudantes, professores e profissionais da informação dos diversos níveis na área das Ciências Sociais e Humanas nas universidades espanholas e portuguesas. Contém 26 itens agrupados em quatro categorias (pesquisa, avaliação, processamento e comunicação e difusão da informação) e em três dimensões de autoavaliação (importância, autoavaliação e fonte favorita de aprendizagem). A avaliação das qualidades psicométricas do IL-HUMASS para Português foi feita numa amostra de 1.077 estudantes universitários portugueses. A análise fatorial exploratória do questionário indicou um ajustamento aceitável, apoiando a estrutura original composta por quatro categorias para cada dimensão. O IL-HUMASS apresentou características psicométricas aceitáveis de consistência interna e validade de constructo. As características psicométricas do IL-HUMASS validam a sua utilização no nosso país em estudos que requeiram a avaliação de múltiplos indicadores, apresentando-se como particularmente útil para avaliar e diagnosticar competências em literacia da informação. Conclui-se com um diagnóstico do nível de competências de informação dos estudantes universitários, destacando algumas forças e debilidades, assim como uma proposta de intervenção subjacente nas oportunidades de melhoria e de necessidades de aprendizagem.

Autoavaliação das competências de informação em estudantes universitários – IL-HUMASS: estudo quantitativo (Parte II)

Nas últimas décadas foram feitos grandes esforços para definir, conhecer e avaliar quais são as competências informativas que os estudantes universitários necessitam para poder progredir na sua aprendizagem e na sua inserção no mercado laboral. Apesar do argumento de que os avanços tecnológicos facilitaram o acesso à informação, existe uma preocupação constante, porque os estudantes universitários não possuem competências suficientes para gerir e usar a informação: gerem quantidades enormes de informação através da Internet, mas não sabem o que fazer com ela, como avaliá-la, de que modo devem usá-la ou aproveitá-la de forma estratégica e ética. O questionário IL-HUMASS sobre literacia da informação foi concebido e desenhado com o objetivo de avaliar competências de informação e para ser aplicado à população de estudantes, professores e profissionais da informação dos diversos níveis na área das Ciências Sociais e Humanas nas universidades espanholas e portuguesas. Contém 26 itens agrupados em quatro categorias (pesquisa, avaliação, processamento e comunicação e difusão da informação) e em três dimensões de autoavaliação (importância, autoavaliação e fonte favorita aprendizagem). A avaliação das qualidades psicométricas do IL-HUMASS para Português foi feita numa amostra de 1.077 estudantes universitários portugueses. A análise fatorial exploratória do questionário indicou um ajustamento aceitável, apoiando a estrutura original composta por quatro categorias para cada dimensão. O IL-HUMASS apresentou características psicométricas aceitáveis de consistência interna e validade de constructo. As características psicométricas do IL-HUMASS validam a sua utilização no nosso país em estudos que requeiram a avaliação de múltiplos indicadores, apresentando-se como particularmente útil para avaliar e diagnosticar competências em literacia da informação. Conclui-se com um diagnóstico do nível de competências de informação dos estudantes universitários, destacando algumas forças e debilidades, assim como uma proposta de intervenção subjacente nas oportunidades de melhoria e de necessidades de aprendizagem.

Human resources management, citizenship behavior, and turnover intention in the portuguese public administration

Framed by a social exchange perspective, this study address the issue of whether positive employees’ perceptions about human resource management practices influence positive attitudes and behaviour. We hypothesize that human resource management practices (HRMP) have a significant negative effect on intention to voluntary leave the organization and a positive effect on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and that OCB could mediate the relationship between HRMP and turnover intention. A sample of 165 employees from the Portuguese public administration participated in the study. Data was analysed through descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and hypotheses were tested using single and multiple linear regressions. Results indicate that HRMP is positively associated with OCB, but only internal communication practice is highly valued by Portuguese public employees and successfully predicts OCB. HRMP also show a positive association with turnover intention but only celebration and recognition practices are predictors of turnover intention. Contrary to our hypothesis OCB did not acted as mediator between HRMP and turnover intention. Some suggestions on managerial human resource practices were proposed as well as some main questions raised in the Portuguese public administration context.

Analysis of the failure of cracked biscuits

Cracks or checks in biscuits weaken the material and cause the product to break at low load levels that are perceived as injurious to product quality. In this work, the structural response of circular digestive biscuits, with diameter 72 mm and thickness 7.2 mm, simply supported around the circumference and loaded by a central concentrated force was investigated by experiment and theory. Tests were conducted to quantify the distribution in breakage strength for structurally sound biscuits, biscuits with natural checks and biscuits with a single known part-through crack. For sound biscuits the breakage force is Normally distributed with a mean of 12.5 N and standard deviation of 1.2 N. For biscuits with checks, the corresponding statistics are 9.6 N ± 2.62 N respectively. The presence of a crack weakens the biscuit and strength, as measured by breakage force falls almost linearly with crack length and crack depth. The orientation of the crack, whether radial or tangential, and its location (i.e. position of the crack mid-point on the biscuit surface) are also important. Deep, radial, cracks located close to the biscuit centre can reduce the strength by up to 50%. Two separate failure criteria were examined for sound and cracked biscuits respectively. The results from these tests were in good accord with theory. For a biscuit without defects, breakage occurred when maximum biscuit stress reached or exceeded the failure stress of 420 kPa. For a biscuit with cracks, breakage occurred as above or alternatively when its critical stress intensity factor of 18 kPam0.5 was reached.

An application of two techniques for the analysis of short, multivariate non-stationary time-series of Mauritanian trawl survey data

Min/max autocorrelation factor analysis (MAFA) and dynamic factor analysis (DFA) are complementary techniques for analysing short (> 15-25 y), non-stationary, multivariate data sets. We illustrate the two techniques using catch rate (cpue) time-series (1982-2001) for 17 species caught during trawl surveys off Mauritania, with the NAO index, an upwelling index, sea surface temperature, and an index of fishing effort as explanatory variables. Both techniques gave coherent results, the most important common trend being a decrease in cpue during the latter half of the time-series, and the next important being an increase during the first half. A DFA model with SST and UPW as explanatory variables and two common trends gave good fits to most of the cpue time-series. (c) 2004 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Exploratory Study Of The Effect Of Lifestyle Counselling On Bone Mineral Density And Body Composition In Users Of The Contraceptive Depot-medroxyprogesterone Acetate.

To compare variations in bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition (BC) in depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) users and nonusers after providing counselling on healthy lifestyle habits. An exploratory study in which women aged 18 to 40 years participated: 29 new DMPA users and 25 new non-hormonal contraceptive users. All participants were advised on healthy lifestyle habits: sun exposure, walking and calcium intake. BMD and BC were assessed at baseline and 12 months later. Statistical analysis included the Mann-Whitney test or Student's t-test followed by multiple linear regression analysis. Compared to the controls, DMPA users had lower BMD at vertebrae L1 and L4 after 12 months of use. They also had a mean increase of 2 kg in total fat mass and an increase of 2.2% in body fat compared to the non-hormonal contraceptive users. BMD loss at L1 was less pronounced in DMPA users with a calcium intake ≥ 1 g/day compared to DMPA users with a lower calcium intake. DMPA use was apparently associated with lower BMD and an increase in fat mass at 12 months of use. Calcium intake ≥ 1 g/day attenuates BMD loss in DMPA users. Counselling on healthy lifestyle habits failed to achieve its aims.

Psychometric Properties Evaluation Of A New Ergonomics-related Job Factors Questionnaire Developed For Nursing Workers.

The objectives of this study were to develop a questionnaire that evaluates the perception of nursing workers to job factors that may contribute to musculoskeletal symptoms, and to evaluate its psychometric properties. Internationally recommended methodology was followed: construction of domains, items and the instrument as a whole, content validity, and pre-test. Psychometric properties were evaluated among 370 nursing workers. Construct validity was analyzed by the factorial analysis, known-groups technique, and convergent validity. Reliability was assessed through internal consistency and stability. Results indicated satisfactory fit indices during confirmatory factor analysis, significant difference (p < 0.01) between the responses of nursing and office workers, and moderate correlations between the new questionnaire and Numeric Pain Scale, SF-36 and WRFQ. Cronbach's alpha was close to 0.90 and ICC values ranged from 0.64 to 0.76. Therefore, results indicated that the new questionnaire had good psychometric properties for use in studies involving nursing workers.