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- Employer brand building from the inside-out: how employer values contribute to employee engagementPublication . Ferreira, PedroEmployer Branding is a concept that is gaining importance within the Human Resources field mainly due to its potential for retaining and attracting talent to boost organisations capabilities and competitiveness. According to the brand management literature, building a brand must start from within, and the employer brand should also function as a reference for a company’s current employees. Thus, taking this assumption into account, the main goal of this paper is to understand how employer branding contributes towards employee engagement. In order to address this research problem the authors based the research on a leading manufacturing company in cosmetics, personal care, beauty, homecare and healthcare products and a major supplier of tinplate and plastic packaging, that is going through a process of employer brand building. Field research developed in two steps. First, the HR department and some members of the Board defined the main attributes of the brand as an employer. Second, a survey was administered to senior managers to assess the level of engagement and how they perceive the employer brand attributes. Data dimensionality was reduced using factor analysis and regression analysis tested the relation of employer brand attributes and employee engagement. Factor analysis revealed three main groups of employer brand attributes: Innovation & Growth, Work Environment and Socially Responsible Practices. Employee engagement is mainly explained by Innovation & Growth attributes. The least relevant group of attributes is Socially Responsible Practices. These results contribute to better understand the relation between employer brand and employee outcomes and the importance of defining and managing employer brand attributes to foster employee engagement.
- Empowering people with diabetes type 2: health gains with a therapeutic education programPublication . Morais, Carminda; Ferreira, Pedro; Pimenta, Rui; Boavida, JoséDiabetes is a serious public health problem, with increasing prevalence (OND,2015), challenging new approaches that focus on particular characteristics of people with this disease. This presentation is part of the intervention-oriented stage of the literacy assessment of diabetes type 2 individuals, funded by FCG that ran in the North region. To assess a therapeutic education program with type 2 diabetic individuals.
- Iodine knowledge is associated with iodine status in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort studyPublication . Pinheiro, Cátia; Moreira, Nara Xavier; Ferreira, Pedro; Coelho, Cláudia Matta; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Cortez, Alice; Bracchi, Isabella; Pestana, Diogo; Mota, Inês Barreiros; Prucha, Carmo; Martins, Cristina; Ribeiro, Célia Alves; Pinto, Edgar; Almeida, Agostinho; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Montenegro, Nuno; Dias, Cláudia Camila; Moreira-Rosário, André; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Brantsæter, Anne-Lise; Ramalho, Carla; Fernandes, Virgínia Cruz; Leite, João Costa; Calhau, Conceição; Keating, ElisaLack of knowledge about iodine has been suggested as a risk factor for iodine deficiency in pregnant women, but no studies have addressed this issue in Portugal. So, the aim of this study was to investigate iodine knowledge among Portuguese pregnant women and its association with iodine status. IoMum, a prospective observational study, included 485 pregnant women recruited at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de S. João, Porto, between the 10th and 13th gestational weeks. Partial scores for knowledge on iodine importance, on iodine food sources or on iodised salt were obtained through the application of a structured questionnaire. Then, a total iodine knowledge score was calculated and grouped into low, medium and high knowledge categories. Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was measured in spot urine samples by inductively coupled plasma MS. Of the pregnant women, 54 % correctly recognised iodine as important to neurocognitive development, 32 % were unable to identify any iodine-rich food and 71 % presented lack of knowledge regarding iodised salt. Of the women, 61 % had a medium total score of iodine knowledge. Knowledge on iodine importance during pregnancy was positively associated with iodine supplementation and also with UIC. Nevertheless, median UIC in women who correctly recognised the importance of iodine was below the cut-off for adequacy in pregnancy (150 µg/l). In conclusion, knowledge on iodine importance is positively associated with iodine status. Despite this, recognising iodine importance during pregnancy may not be sufficient to ensure iodine adequacy. Literacy-promoting actions are urgently needed to improve iodine status in pregnancy.
- Recursos humanos: um modelo compreensivo do campoPublication . Meirinhos, Viviana; Rodrigues, Ana C.; Martins, Ana Luísa; Vieira, Diana; Martins, Dora; Lousã, Eva; Martins, Helena; Araújo, Manuel; Silva, Marlene; Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Rui; Silva, Susana; Couto, Ana Isabel
- The association of milk and dairy consumption with iodine status in pregnant women in Oporto regionPublication . Ferreira, Pedro; Pinheiro, Cátia; Coelho, Cláudia Matta; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Moreira, Nara Xavier; Cortez, Alice; Bracchi, Isabella; Pestana, Diogo; Mota, Inês Barreiros; Prucha, Carmo; Martins, Cristina; Ribeiro, Célia Alves; Pinto, Edgar; Almeida, Agostinho; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Montenegro, Nuno; Dias, Cláudia Camila; Moreira-Rosário, André; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Brantsæter, Anne-Lise; Ramalho, Carla; Fernandes, Virgínia Cruz; Calhau, Conceição; Leite, João Costa; Keating, ElisaThe role of milk and dairy products in supplying iodine to pregnant women is unknown in Portugal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between milk and dairy product consumption and the iodine status of pregnant women in the IoMum cohort of the Oporto region. Pregnant women were recruited between 10 and 13 weeks of gestation, when they provided a spot urine sample and information on lifestyle and intake of iodine-rich foods. Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was determined by inductively coupled plasma MS. A total of 468 pregnant women (269 iodine supplement users and 199 non-supplement users) were considered eligible for analysis. Milk (but not yogurt or cheese) intake was positively associated with UIC, in the whole population (P = 0·02) and in the non-supplement users (P = 0·002), but not in the supplement users (P = 0·29). In non-supplement users, adjusted multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that milk consumption <3 times/month was associated with a five times increased risk of having UIC < 50 µg/l when compared with milk consumption ≥2 times/d (OR 5·4; 95 % CI 1·55, 18·78; P = 0·008). The highest UIC was observed in supplement users who reported consuming milk once per d (160 µg/l). Milk, but not yogurt or cheese, was positively associated with iodine status of pregnant women. Despite the observed positive association, daily milk consumption may not be sufficient to ensure adequate iodine intake in this population.
- Virtual and augmented reality in human resource management and development: A systematic literature reviewPublication . Ferreira, Pedro; Meirinhos, Viviana; Rodrigues, Ana C.; Marques, AntónioThe growing interest in virtual and augmented reality applied to business leads companies to explore possible applications in several management areas. The application of virtual and augmented reality to human resources management and development is also underway. Despite this growing trend, there is a lack of scientifically grounded information on what is being done, how, and the results. This research aims to fill this gap by mapping the scientific knowledge regarding virtual and augmented reality in human resources management and development. To accomplish this goal, we undertook a systematic literature review following the six main steps of the research protocol: 1) formulation of the research question; 2) definition of objectives for the systematic review; 3) description of inclusion criteria; 4) research strategy; 5) selection procedure; 6) procedure for data extraction and categorization. The findings were analyzed based on two main groups of categories. The first group reports categories related to the document description; the second group is focused on the potential use and impact of virtual and augmented reality in human resources management and development processes. The results show that virtual and augmented reality in human resources management and development is still in a very early stage, requiring more in-depth research. The results so far are promising, namely in terms of the impact that this technology can produce in some human resources management and development processes. Future paths of research are also pointed out