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This paper explores how Industry 4.0, based on advanced technologies such as artificial
intelligence (AI), cyber-physical systems, and big data, transforms new product
development (NPD) by integrating human and technological factors. The complexity
approach is analyzed as a theoretical framework for understanding nonlinear, adaptive, and
emergent interactions in complex production systems. The research identifies challenges
and opportunities in sustainable value creation, highlighting the importance of human-
technology collaboration. Technological tools are analyzed, and hybrid decision models
are proposed to address uncertainty and enhance innovation. It also highlights how AI
can amplify human creativity by offering predictive capabilities that complement human
judgment. The paper concludes that the synergistic integration of AI and human factors
is essential to address the complexity of modern systems and promote sustainable and
innovative development. Recommendations include fostering adaptive models, designing
hybrid tools, and strengthening multidisciplinary training in complex environments.

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Complexity, Product Innovation, Industry 4.0, Human-
Technology Synergy.

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Purpose: The main objective of this work is to design a statistical multiple regression model that helps to empirically explain the impact of economic incentives, management style, emotional health and research activities on university professors in northern Mexico and their perception of happiness.

Design/methodology/approach: In this research, the authors analysed the correlation between happiness perception and four independent variables divided into two dimensions: 1. individual dimensions: emotional health and research activities and 2. organisational dimensions: economic incentives and management styles. A questionnaire was developed, tested and analysed for this matter. The authors applied this instrument to 384 university professors of both genders among 1301 in the region.

Findings: Using correlational analysis, the authors confirm a strong and statically significant relationship between all variables. It is also no evidence of multicollinearity. Finally, by applying multiple regression analysis, it was accepted that all independent variables have significance in explaining the emergence of personal happiness (R2 = 42%). Finally, the predictive equation presents possible results with values that confirm the effectiveness of the theoretical model. Results indicate that happiness perception is related to independent variables, with economic incentives being the most vital relationship.

Research limitations/implications: This study’s limitations are that the novel perspective of the explanatory variables of economic incentives, emotional health, management style and research activities needs additional confirmatory studies. Therefore, the authors need to perform studies with new explanatory perspectives. Another limitation of the study may be considering a cross-sectional and not a longitudinal model. This study considered it more appropriate to analyse the explanatory variables that influence and are the outcome of happiness perception for the data collected. Finally, it is essential to highlight that this research has been conducted in an underdeveloped country. Thus, it should consider conducting subsequent confirmatory studies in similar settings and other types of economies, such as in a developed country.

Practical implications: This paper explains the relevance of two-dimensional activities in the happiness perception of professors. As other studies mention, productivity is correlated to happiness, and production outcomes could be improved if the schools implement policies to promote this perception. Happiness could be a solid strategy to improve academic outcomes, and the results propose several actions to achieve this goal.

Social implications: This paper addresses an important activity of professors from a perspective of happiness perception. Thus, putting the professor as the leading relevant agent in schools, the authors propose a multivariate analysis of the outcomes of professors’ jobs. Both the schools and the professors have their own goals at their own levels. If policies are created based on persons, in this case, professors, to improve organizational goals, then it might profoundly impact social actions inside the schools.

Originality/value: This paper increases the literature on happiness perception studies and proposes the examination of the relationship between perceived personal happiness and dimensions that influence this perception; these are from two kinds: 1. individual dimensions: emotional health and research activities and 2. organisational dimensions: economic incentives and management styles, which is an original approach and open discussion to further new approaches to this study.

Keywords:

Happiness, Research activities, Academic satisfaction, Emotional health, Economic incentives, Management style.

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Over recent years, there has been significant growth in research on happiness. It is essential to understand the factors that affect people’s well-being to develop effective government policies that aim to improve the quality of life for citizens in Mexico. Unfortunately, this subject has been under-explored, especially in the Mexican context, with limited studies focusing on the topic. This study aims to comprehensively review the current literature on happiness, social networking, psychological factors, and socioeconomic factors to identify the critical variables associated with the happiness of Mexican citizens. Further, based on data from Mexico’s 2021 National Survey of Self-reported Well-being (ENBIARE), we conducted a rigorous examination of this dataset to identify the principal factors that impact the well-being of Mexican citizens, employing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

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Purpose: This study analyses the concept of happiness management based on the empirical validation of the interactions between emotional wage, organisational justice and happiness at work. It complements a holistic view of the management models used in recent corporate governance. This perspective explores the dimension’s emotional wage mediating role and influences on organisational justice and happiness at work. The effect of organisational justice on happiness at work is also analysed.

Design/methodology/approach– A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study is proposed. A sample of 502 workers in the education sector in Costa Rica was selected. A structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was developed to test the proposed theoretical model. The SPSS-AMOS 23 and SmartPLS 4 computer programs are used for this purpose.

Findings– The results show that emotional wage has a positive impact on happiness at work and that it mediates positively between organisational justice and happiness at work. Developing organisational policies to include these variables as necessary resources for corporate governance is recommended.

Research limitations/implications– The first limitation of this study is due to the type of sampling, which was purposive. The kind of population and the time of execution of this study were determining factors when deciding on the mode of application of the instrument. However, an attempt to reduce the bias associated with this element could be made by expanding the sample to as many respondents as possible. The second limitation was that the data were collected within a specific time frame. Longitudinal studies address could. The third limitation stems from the scarcity of literature on happiness management. In this regard, this type of research currently needs to be explored in emerging economies. It makes it difficult to determine whether the empirical results obtained in this paper can be generalised to other territories in the global village. Moreover, the last limitation is that the authors of this research have only explored the moderating role of emotional pay in the relationship between the dimensions of organisational justice and happiness at work. It would be interesting to consider other mediating variables to have a clearer picture of the organisational justice–happiness at work construct from the happiness management approach.

Practical implications– As already indicated throughout this research, emotional wage, organisational justice and happiness at work are constructs that positively drive employee satisfaction, motivation and well-being. Human talent management strategies undertaken by organisations should encourage the adaptation of actions that stimulate employees’ quality of life, corporate social responsibility and ethical management practices to be more competitive in today’s markets. It requires implementing the dynamic management models that provide internal customers with a high sense of belonging, job satisfaction and commitment to their profesional performance. In other words, this will require robust leadership styles and corporate cultures that stimulate employee creativity, loyalty and innovation. For this reason, management of organisations must implement human resources policies to attract and retain creative talent through happy leadership. It requires, among other things that the philosophy of happiness management becomes a critical strategic resource for companies to promote nonfinancial benefits for employees, including emotional wage (Ruiz-Rodrıguez et al., 2023).

Social implications– In the current business environment, there has been a transformation in leadership styles, motivation and the development of a sense of belonging in organisations’ human capital. Based on this trend, the study of happiness management becomes a social strategy to improve the conditions, in which the organisations compete to attract highly demanded human capital. It is why this research contributes elements that have an impact on citizenship by proposing the management models based on happiness at work and quality of life.

Originality/value– This study adds to the happiness management literature by including emotional wage, organisational justice and happiness at work in human resources and strategic management. It also contributes to the academic debate on the need to formulate organisational cultures that empower workers in their professional performance based on happiness and positive emotions.

Keywords:

Emotional wage, Happiness at work, Organisational justice, Human capital

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New Product Development (NPD) requires multidisciplinary collaboration between internal (e.g., designers, engineers, project managers) and increasingly external stakeholders (e.g., customers). These collaborations aim to create new products that meet market needs, deliver value to customers and end-users, and generate revenue for firms. However, the rate of NPD failure is high with traditional NPD often facing significant challenges that can limit productivity and product innovation performance; these include lengthy development cycles and limited market insights. In this context, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a potential collaborator for NPD teams. Much like the emergence of rapid prototyping in the 1980s, which is now widely accepted as a standard NPD tool in most engineering firms, AI promises to revolutionize NPD by improving decision-making, reducing development time, and providing deeper market insights. This paper examines the current state of AI in NPD, reviewing its application across various industries and at different stages of the NPD lifecycle. In addition, the paper outlines some of the key implications of AI adoption for technology and engineering managers, emphasizing the need for AI infrastructure investment, regulatory compliance, strategic planning and cultural change, cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement, and employee development.

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, AI technologies, New Product Development, Digital Transformation.

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Happiness is the perception that individuals develop as part of their sense of well-being as they experience life events. This paper addresses the issue of happiness management of entrepreneurs and recent university graduates, as well as life satisfaction that young entrepreneurs in technological areas achieve by dedicating their time and effort to the formation of a new business or entrepreneurship in general. In this research, a quantitative analysis is used to evaluate the relationship of the phenomenon of happiness to social networks and adequacy of digital skills. To this end, a regression model was applied to entrepreneurs and recent graduates to assess the degree of incidence between these variables. It is concluded that digital skills influence happiness, but social networks have a more discreet role. This confirms reviewed studies in which it has been established that there is a duality between happiness and anguish caused by the unrestricted use of social networks, which makes it necessary to have adequate management of happiness among technological entrepreneurs.

Keywords:

happiness management, subjective well-being, entrepreneurship, social networks, digital skills

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This research has carried out structural equation modelling to empirically examine whether Mexican industrial firms have a green policy to reduce their environmental impact. It will allow them to enjoy sustainable development based on eco-innovation and happiness management principles. This type of innovation can be initiated by the companies’ own will or by external factors, such as market requirements, the demands of customers, consumers, suppliers, and civil society through corporate social responsibility. The findings of this article highlight three main aspects. The first is that the statistically analysed eco-innovation actions undertaken by the companies are essentially motivated by market pressures through customers, the financial sector, and civil society. Secondly, economic incentives in Mexico are crucial for manufacturing companies to implement environmentally friendly production patterns within their organisations since this generates the possibility of developing new businesses. Furthermore, eco-innovation generates competitive advantages when the production of the examined companies minimises environmental pollution. It allows access to new markets. In this way, eco-innovation becomes a cornerstone in the economic and international growth of the corporations in this study.

Keywords:

eco-innovation; environmental impact; sustainable development; externalities

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Positive workplace cultures prioritize employees’ health and well-being, encourage respect and trust among all, and forgive mistakes. They promote employee happiness and retention, improve team performance, and enhance talent while effective leadership enables engineering managers to capture the full potential of employees’ skills and knowledge. Previous research demonstrates that happier employees are more engaged and productive. This article proposes a conceptual model of culture from the perspective of organizational leadership theory. In particular, the model is derived from a longitudinal study of complexity leadership and represents culture at three scales: societal (macro), organizational (meso), and team (micro). At each level, culture is conceived as a set of actively promoted or discouraged behaviors, what might be called active culture. We also propose that employee happiness is largely influenced by the form and interplay of leadership and these layered cultures. Our aim is to provide practical implications for engineering managers wanting to develop business or team culture, leadership, and employee happiness while seeking to promote productivity and engagement.

Keywords:

Active culture, business culture, complexity, employee happiness, leadership, societal culture, team culture

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When the individual exercises a function in society, due to his or her efforts at work, he or she manifests multiple emotions that translate into behaviour. In recent years, the study of organisational behaviour has been a topic of interest in the economic and administrative sciences. Due to the importance of studying the elements that makeup employee behaviour, the objective was to analyse the influence of the dimensions that make up perceived justice, such as distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice, on job satisfaction and turnover intention. The data obtained from five hundred fifty-five workers in Mexico’s food industry were analysed using the structural equation technique by CB-SEM. The results suggest a correlation between all the variables in the study. In this respect, it should be noted that there are positive relationships among distributive, interactional, job satisfaction and distributive justices on turnover intention. The results suggest the importance of considering business practices that enrich the feelings of justice among employees to avoid developing negative feelings towards the company that may result in job abandonment.

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The purpose of this article is to develop a proposal for a critical analysis of social evolution and education from a complexity perspective. For this, it begins with the conceptualization of knowledge as an intrinsic value of individuals and organizations, so its development is conceiving the construction and understanding of what is known as the “Knowledge Society”. A theoretical approach is made to the evolutionary processes that affect society and how these give practices to the use of technology and innovation in this new social order that ultimately impacts education. Likewise, the development of a case study is carried out using agents to evaluate the problem-solving process in the Knowledge Society 5.0 in a higher education institution; this exemplifies the need to consider the study with a complexity approach, entropy elimination, and sustainability agenda. It should be noted that in this case, the agents (teacher and student) use BDI principles and adhere to the Sakellariou library (2008). Finally, it is observed that, under the parameters entered empirically, approximately 15 percent reaches the generation of knowledge, it should be considered that this result may vary if the institutions define policies and actions to take in order to increase motivation and disposition of students towards the process of knowledge creation

Keywords:

Knowledge Society 5.0; Complexity; Agents; BDI

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Today’s generation has undoubtedly witnessed spectacular changes all over the world including the emergence of diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome. Now, we are faced with an unprecedented crisis, brought on by coronavirus disease 2019, a worldwide pandemic that has shaken our economic and social equilibrium, bringing about a new set of parameters in personal as well as in social behavioral patterns, and ceding way to new strategies of political conduct and economic planning. In this article, we hope to stress the idea of innovation as a necessary instrument for economic viability and quite possibly an important factor for reconstruction in the aftermath of the pandemic. We propose that society will have to adopt certain tools and conducts to recover from the consequences of the crisis, making use of innovation as a strategy for the recovery and development of the economy that has been weakened from lockdown and social distancing. With this goal in mind, we hope to prove that a crisis, such as a pandemic, is cause for change and innovation at all levels.

Key words: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), economic viability, innovation, technology, pandemic aftermath

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Keywords: Happiness · Life satisfaction ·Political situation · Economic situation · Sociodemographic characteristics · SEM

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Este trabajo forma parte de un estudio más amplio sobre construcción de la imagen social de la felicidad asociada al ámbito profesional. Pero como punto de partida consideramos importante exponer los resultados de esta prueba piloto para someterlo a crítica y avanzar con las consideraciones oportunas. Prestamos especial interés al imaginario de la felicidad emergente en el ámbito laboral indagando en las plataformas profesionales virtuales. Se trata de una aproximación al estudio de lo que entendemos por felicidad laboral y el bienestar subjetivo en ambientes técnicos

Palabras clave: Felicidad, bienestar subjetivo, linkedin, sociología de la felicidad

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In this paper the relationship that exists between the concepts of «happiness» and «creativity» with «subjective well-being» is analyzed. The importance of these elements is reviewed to confirm the positive relationship that is supposed to exist between them and in this way to propose organizational development strategies. The goals to achieve are to find the correlation between the variables in the local environment. To this end, a questionnaire is applied, and 249 responses are obtained, this instrument includes questions for each of the variables under study and have been obtained from a sample of a population of university students and graduates former students of management degrees in the city of Tijuana, BC, Mexico. Results confirm that the variables «happiness» and «subjective well-being» and the variables «creativity» and «subjective well-being» have a high mutual relationship based on the results in Pearson’s correlation analysis, in the analysis of variance and in the regression equation model. It reaches to the conclusion of the importance of applied strategies for the development of the human element in organizations based on the implementation of actions that promote creativity and increase perception of happiness to influence the development of subjective well-being in individuals and organizations from collaboration networks and organizational tools.

Keywords: Subjective well-being, quality of life, creativity, perception, happiness, society, organizations, people.

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En la actualidad, los estudiantes del nivel universitario enfrentan grandes adversidades durante su carrera. Muchos de ellos trabajan y a la vez estudian, lo que repercute en el estrés y los síntomas de vivir bajo esta condición. El ambiente laboral suele ser fuente de estrés para muchos estudiantes universitarios trabajadores y esto afecta en poca o gran medida su desenvolvimiento en actividades de estudiante. El objetivo de la presente es analizar la influencia de los síntomas del Burnout en los estudiantes de la Facultad de Contaduría y Administración (FCA) campus Tijuana, principalmente aquellos que laboran en empresas de call center. Para lograr dicho objetivo se aplicó una encuesta basada en el Inventario de Burnout de Maslach a 50 estudiantes de la FCA campus Tijuana. En dicha encuesta se consideran factores como el cansancio físico, el cansancio emocional, la despersonalización y la realización personal.

Palabras clave: Burnout, cansancio emocional, despersonalización, realización personal, estudiantes universitarios

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During the first two decades of the 21st century, the scientific research about cognitive happiness within the classrooms of higher education institutions have been intensified, some of them have been used to explore within the framework of the digital society whether the promotion of collaborative learning is a useful didactic strategy to stimulate the happiness level of future graduates. Coherently with this research focus, the present work aims to analyze the link between happiness of university students and their academic performance. For this intention, during the academic year 2018-2019, a sample was taken from students of technology, administration, accounting and international business from the universities of Cádiz (Spain) and the Autonomous of Baja California (Mexico). The results obtained by linear regressions are quite consistent with the scientific literature about the correlation between happiness and a better academic performance, both populations confirm this theory.

Keywords: Happiness, academic performance, university, digital society.

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El principal objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el grado de felicidad en los españoles y especialmente en los millennials. Concretamente, se contrastan las variables demográficas y socioeconómicas influyentes en los niveles de felicidad a través del análisis de los datos ofrecidos por los barómetros del Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) en el 2017, con una muestra de 2 494 individuos. Entre las principales conclusiones destaca que la edad y el nivel de estudios no influyen en la felicidad de los millennials. Por el contrario, sí influye el género y la situación laboral. Las mujeres millennials son más felices que los hombres millennials, así como los millennials que trabajan.

Palabras clave: Felicidad, millennials, barómetro del CIS, variables socioeconómicas, variables demográficas.

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En  este  artículo  se  trata  el  tema  de  Responsabilidad  Social  Universitaria  (RSU)  como  parte  del proceso formativo de estudiantes universitarios y como elemento de competitividad en las empresas, al preparar a  los  estudiantes  durante  el  proceso de interacción  educativa  desde su perspectiva.  Se  llevó  a cabo  un  estudio cuantitativo  aplicando  537  cuestionarios  a  una  población  de  2620  estudiantes  de  licenciatura  en  la  Facultad  de Contaduría y Administración (FCA) de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC). Se realizó el análisis de  confiabilidad  para  validar  el  instrumento  de  medición  y  se  procedió  a  realizar  un  estudio  de  varianza  y  de correlaciones entre las variables de estudio planteadas: Campus Responsable (CR), Gestión y Cuidado del Medio Ambiente  (GMA),  Formación  Profesional  Ciudadana  (FPC)  y  Participación  Social  Responsable  (PSR).  Los resultados  indican  elevados  niveles  de  Alpha  de  Cronbach  (CR=.829,  FPC=.875,  GMA=.825  y  PSR=.877), ANOVA con indicadores significativos y valores en el índice de correlación de .601 a .713 en Pearson y de .666 a .750 en Spearman, ambos significativos. Las variables de estudio se encuentran relacionadas entre sí y covarían. A  partir  de  los  resultados  obtenidos,  se  concluye  que  desde  la  perspectiva  de  los  estudiantes,  es  importante implementar  estrategias  educativas  de  la  RSE  en  los  programas  de  estudio  de  las  Universidades  e  incluir  su enfoque en el desarrollo de profesionales con alto valor agregado que al finalizar sus estudios se integren a las organizaciones y promuevan el desarrollo territorial.

Palabras clave: responsabilidad social, proceso de interacción educativa, educación superio

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The objective of this research is to understand the significance between organizational behavior dimensions from a perspective of cultural values and the perception of job performance in the worker. To achieve this goal, it was used a quantitative analysis for structural equations in a case study with a sample of 194 people working on firms from manufacturing medical products. For this study we defined and stratified the cultural values on three sections: family, religion and spirituality. The main findings indicate that spirituality is significant in the perception of the worker’s own performance.

JEL Classification: D23, J24, L60, M54.

Keywords: Cultural values, Performance, Structural equational modeling.

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In this paper, we study the implications for re-gional development when is implemented the strategy of biotech cluster development. We mention studies on issues such as competiti-veness, regional development, innovation and clusters. The methodology is documentary. In this context, it is established that the intangible value of patents and processes derived from the study of this industrial sector have influence on the creation of important developed regions in a global context that have high income and also high quality of life for residents in coun-tries that have improve public policy for this sector. It is therefore a fundamental part of these study promote the clustering of biotech-nology industry, and by these actions seize the juncture between industry, academia and the public sector, this in order to create a social synergy in regional contexts.

Keywords:

Clustering, biotech, regional development, competitiveness

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This article shows the role of knowledge management and some additional factors as triggers for competitive advantage in companies in the IT sector in the Tijuana – San Diego region, in the border region of Baja California and California. The knowledge management through information technologies tries to generate organizational success. The implementation of knowledge management through the development of processes and systems with these factors creates a competitive advantage. One of the limitations on competitiveness is that companies in the it sector have limited use of knowledge management, this creates disadvantages and causes lack of control of intangible assets in the organization. Project management, quality systems and process control are activities that seek continuous improvement and therefore its implementation is necessary. In this first approach, knowledge management and competitiveness are ­ considered, and it is also proposed to continue the study to corroborate this relevance.

Keywords:

Knowledge Management, Information Technologies, Competitiveness.

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Competitiveness is a subject of study that affects different aspects of the individual and of the organizations. The demand that the modern environment towards the acquisition of skills, abilities and capacities impels diverse studies on the satisfaction that is obtained when trying to fulfill all the requirements in the process of development. In this research, we try to find a relation between competitiveness and the variables of happiness, welfare and education to validate the existence or significant influence among them. For these effects a correlation analysis and quantitative structural equations were used in a case study with a sample of 106 university graduates. The main findings indicate that happiness is a perception that can be presented as independent of competitiveness. In contrast, welfare and education have a more significant relationship among respondents.