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Sofia Gomes é Professora Auxiliar no Departamento de Economia e Gestão da Universidade Portucalense. É doutorada em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Atualmente é investigadora no REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies. Possui diversas publicações em revistas científicas internacionais indexadas e de elevado fator de impacto. Os seus interesses de pesquisa incluem empreendedorismo, economia circular, economia digital e inovação.
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REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies.
DEG - Departamento de Economia e Gestão.
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REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies
Centro de investigação que que tem como objetivo principal produzir e disseminar conhecimento teórico e aplicado que possibilite uma maior compreensão das dinâmicas e tendências económicas, empresariais, territoriais e tecnológicas do mundo contemporâneo e dos seus efeitos socioeconómicos. O REMIT adota uma perspetiva multidisciplinar que integra vários domínios científicos: Economia e Gestão; Ciências e Tecnologia; Turismo, Património e Cultura.
Founded in 2017, REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies is a research unit of Portucalense University. Based on a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective it aims at responding to social challenges through a holistic approach involving a wide range of scientific fields such as Economics, Management, Science, Technology, Tourism, Heritage and Culture.
Grounded on the production of advanced scientific knowledge, REMIT has a special focus on its application to the resolution of real issues and challenges, having as strategic orientations:
- the understanding of local, national and international environment;
- the development of activities oriented to professional practice, namely in the business world.
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Publication Open Access Valuation of the secretarial profession in the current organizational context2021-10-01 - Oliveira, Márcio; Sousa, Marlene; Lopes, João M.; Santos, Tânia; Gomes, SofiaThis research analyses the impact of tasks and competencies (personal and professional) on the valuation of the secretarial profession. The study is based on a questionnaire applied to 125 managers of Portuguese companies who perform their professional activity in a direct relationship with secretarial professionals. This research validates empirically the theoretical arguments that suggest that the importance attached to the tasks performed by secretaries has a positive impact on the valuation of the profession of secretaries, that personal and professional skills have a positive impact on the valuation of the secretarial profession and that professional skills have a positive impact on the valuation of the tasks performed by secretaries. This study reinforces the theoretical argument that points to the growing importance of the performance of these professionals and the impact that this performance brings to organisational behaviour, and the growing importance of these professionals' professional and personal competencies. The present research may serve as an indicator for leaders and managers to adjust their human resources policies and strategies, namely with regard to the promotion of strategies to promote and develop the competencies of these professionals.Publication Open Access Work-life Balance and Work From Home experience: Perceived organizational support and resilience of european workers during COVID-192023-06-12 - Gomes, Sofia; Ferreira, PedroDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, most workers had to work from home due to the suc- cessive lockdowns across European countries. This constraint posed significant challenges to many workers and companies regarding working conditions and work–life balance. Framed by the job demands–resources model (JD–R), the goal of this paper is to examine the association of perceived organizational support (POS) and individual resilience (IR) with work–life balance (WLB) during the COVID-19 pandemic across European countries. This goal is complemented by assessing the role of work-from-home (WFH) as a mediator. Based on a quantitative approach, data were extracted from the second round of the survey “Living, Working, and COVID-19” from Eurofound. A series of regressions using SEM-PLS tested the hypothesis. Findings reveal that WFH negatively influences WLB. POS positively influences WFH and negatively influences WLB when mediated by WFH. IR negatively influences WFH and positively influences WLB when mediated by WFH. These results have essential theoretical implications related to the relations between individual and organizational resources and WLB and practical implications for the management of WFH, namely, the importance of providing adequate organizational resources and promoting the development of individual resources.Publication Open Access Can we count on the commitment of European SMEs to achieve SGD12? An exploratory study of business sustainability2023-09-25 - Gomes, Sofia; Pinho, MicaelaThe United Nations created the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to serve as a compass for a better future, i.e., for a sustainable future, a green, socially and financially prosperous tomorrow. Due to the significant responsibility of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to environmental dilapidation and destruction, they are an essential engine to the green transition. Business activities are central to achieving SDG12. This article focuses on the contribution of European SMEs to carbon neutrality. We explore the influence of SMEs’ investment in micro resource-efficiency actions on adopting macro measures of carbon neutrality and whether investments, financial, administrative, and regulatory requirements influence the implementation of resource efficiency practices. This is the first attempt to explore the interrelationship between micro resource efficiency and macro climate change measures. A quantitative analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) and the partial least squares method. Data from 2021 included 17,144 European SMEs and were retrieved from the fifth wave of the Flash Eurobarometer 498. The results reveal that SMEs' implementation of resource-efficient actions at the micro level positively influenced the adoption of macro-level measures for decarbonization. Furthermore, implementing these micro-measures was positively influenced by business investment and negatively affected by external sources of finance and regulatory and administrative requirements. Overall, the findings indicate that European SMEs still have a long way to go toward the twelfth SDG and decarbonization.Publication Open Access A multidimensional analysis of environmental awareness: The moderating effect of institutional trust2024-12-10 - Dantas, Diogo; Gomes, SofiaThe research aims to examine global environmental awareness and recognises the need to employ four behavioural dimensions (affective, cognitive, dispositional, and active) into a structured model. We also include trust in institutions to understand its moderating effect on individuals' behaviour. The study used a broad sample from the ISSP in 29 countries and 44,400 individuals between October 2019 and May 2023. The quantitative model was tested with SmartPLS 4. All the hypotheses were confirmed. The affective dimension of environmental awareness positively affects its cognitive dimension. Both the affective and cognitive dimensions have a positive influence on the dispositional dimension. The dispositional dimension positively influences its active dimension. Trust in institutions positively moderates the relationship between the dispositional and active dimensions. Our research demonstrated that each person simultaneously acts as a change agent based on their perception of personal responsibility and as a consumer, a concept that managers strive to comprehend. Previous research was validated by establishing a causal link between different dimensions of behavior. Managers must focus on integrating the factors that influence pro-environmental behaviour. Governments are essential in changing mentalities and turning dispositional attitudes into effectively active behaviours.Publication Open Access Brand experience, trust, and perceived risk in a second-hand online marketplace: the case of OLX Group2022-09-20 - Gabriel, Carla; Faria, Sílvia; Gomes, Sofia; Ferreira, PedroThe widespread presence of the Internet in people’s lives has transformed the way consumers look for and buy a variety of goods and services. Shopping online is nowadays a popular way for a considerable number of individuals, giving rise to numerous forms of alternative shopping platforms. While in traditional e-commerce the seller is usually a known brand, another trend emerged in recent years, where the seller can be virtually everyone. In this context, buyers interact with little-known or even non-professional sellers. Since research on consumers’ behavior in second-handed products selling platforms is still scarce, this study examines how brand experience is influenced by perceived risk and brand trust in this context. The research uses a hypothetical-deductive approach. Based on a sample of 185 consumers of an online marketplace for second-hand goods, data were collected by a structured questionnaire. A regression analysis model was used to conduct statistical analysis, and SPSS was used to execute the analysis. Findings show that low perceived risk and high brand trust are associated with a better brand experience. The research, despite being restricted to one particular online marketplace for second-handed products, provides evidence to support the relevance of such platforms in lowering risk and enhancing brand trust, as a way to offer a pleasant brand experience.Publication Open Access Physical health of food consumers during the COVID-19 Pandemic2021-06-09 - Oliveira, José; Santos, Tânia; Sousa, Marlene; Lopes, João M.; Oliveira, Márcio; Gomes, SofiaThe present research aims to analyze the habits observed in the perception of the general physical health condition of Portuguese food consumers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The investiga- tion is focused on indicators such as weight, physical activity, and consumption habits through the adoption of healthy and not healthy food. Centered on a quantitative approach, the research is based on the application of a questionnaire to a sample of 741 Portuguese consumers, between November 2020 and February 2021, a period during which the most severe measures of social isolation were imposed by the Portuguese government, since the beginning of the pandemic. Moreover, the ques- tionnaire was applied to consumers over 18 years old. According to this population, and considering a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of 4%, the sample has a minimum of 601 responses. Being so, the results of this research are representative for the Portuguese food consumers. The theoretical model was estimated using Partial Least Squares (PLS) in the Smart PLS 3.0 software. The obtained results allowed us to conclude that the Portuguese perception of their weight did not change in the pandemic, despite showing that in general, the pandemic had a negative impact on their physical condition. On the other hand, the results show that the Portuguese associate the practice of physical exercise with physical well-being. Respondents also confirm a positive relationship between “positive eating behaviors (such as consumption of fruits and vegetables, low saturated foods and rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats” and water consumption) and “the perception of physical health in general”. On the contrary, respondents’ perception of the choice of negative eating behaviors (measured by the consumption of products with a high content of salt and sugar, snacks, and processed frozen and pre-cooked foods) have a negative impact on the “assessment of physical health, in the COVID-19 pandemic”. Hence, it was concluded that the Portuguese consider that an eventual increase in weight does not necessarily correspond to a perception of worse physical health; the practice of physical exercise and good eating habits corresponds to a perception of better physical health; the adoption of bad eating habits corresponds to the perception of bad physical health.Publication Open Access Brand Storytelling e Transmedia: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura [comunicação oral]2024-06-27 - Lopes, João; Saur-Amaral, Irina; Gomes, SofiaSem resumo disponível.Publication Restricted Access Unlocking circular potential: The influence of personality traits on university students’ circular entrepreneurial attitude and intention2025-01-21 - Lopes, João M.; Ferreira, João J.; Gomes, Sofia; Pinho, MicaelaConverting the paradigm of linear production into circular production is an enormous challenge whose implementation requires the intervention and collaboration of all the actors that make up the ecosystem. In this context, university students are privileged actors, as they may become future entrepreneurs responsible for promoting sustainable development. This research explores the effect of university students’ attitudes toward circular entrepreneurship on their intention to become a circular entrepreneur and the direct and indirect effects of three personality traits – perceived creativity, proactive personality, and risk-taking propensity – on both their circular entrepreneur attitudes and intentions, respectively. A quantitative approach was followed through the partial least squares method applied to a sample of 510 Portuguese university students. The results show that even though respondents reveal only a moderate intention to become circular entrepreneurs, this intention is directly influenced by their attitude toward sustainable entrepreneurship and indirectly (in this order) by their propensity to take risks, having a proactive personality, and creativity. The attitude toward sustainable entrepreneurship is, in turn, positively influenced by respondents’ propensity to take risks and their proactivity without any effect of creativity. The present study demonstrates the importance of younger personality traits on their attitudes regarding sustainability business and their intentions to become circular entrepreneurs. The present study shows that students’ risk-taking and proactive personality and, in particular, their creativity should be stimulated to create a new generation of circular entrepreneurs. With this work, we seek to help develop a new class of entrepreneurs, praising the role of universities, which allows Portugal to be closer to achieving sustainable development. Furthermore, this study will contribute to the yet scarce literature about circular economy and entrepreneurship in general.Publication Open Access The green seed: The influence of pro-sustainable orientation on social entrepreneurship in higher education students2024-11-19 - Lopes, João; Trancoso, Tiago; Gomes, SofiaThis study explores the influence of Portuguese higher education students’ pro-sustainable orientations in promoting social entrepreneurship when mediated by perceived feasibility and desirability. The sample was collected through a questionnaire of 391 Portuguese higher education students, and the Partial Least Square (PLS) method was applied to a proposed research model. The pro-sustainable orientation of Portuguese higher education students positively influences the social entrepreneurial intention and the perceived desirability of starting an entrepreneurial activity. Furthermore, the pro-sustainable orientation of these students positively affects the social entrepreneurial intention when mediated by the perceived desirability of starting an entrepreneurial activity. The study fills the gap by relating sustainable development, the general theory of entrepreneurship, and the paradigms of social entrepreneurship. Considering the pro-sustainable orientation of entrepreneurs, perceived viability does not significantly affect social entrepreneurial intention, challenging the core assumptions of the theory of planned behavior and the entrepreneurial event model.Publication Open Access Green to gold: Consumer circular choices may boost circular business models2023-10-05 - Lopes, João M.; Gomes, Sofia; Pinho, MicaelaConsumers are the true agents of transformation in the circular economy. By making con- scious and sustainable choices, they drive the development of circular business models, challenging the status quo and inspiring change for a more sustainable future. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the role of consumers in the circular economy as drivers of the development of circular business models. In detail, we explore whether Portuguese citizens make circular consumption choices and what factors influence these choices. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 826 Portuguese. The quan- titative analysis was performed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. Overall, we found that: (i) both pro-environmental habits and environmental concerns positively influ- ence their circular consumption choices, (ii) pro-environmental habits positively influence consumers’ greenwashing perception, and (iii) greenwashing perception highlights envi- ronmental concerns. This study demonstrates that by adopting pro-environmental habits, consumers can play a central role in transforming companies’ traditional business models into circular business models. Consequently, a model is proposed where consumers’ moti- vations for adopting circular behaviors are used to convert the companies’ business model from linear to circular. The model emphasizes the active participation of consumers