Helena Alves
Biographic Data
| ID | 3729778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena Alves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena |
| FAMILY NAME | Alves |
| SIGNATURE | ALVES H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Beira Interior |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5192-2310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mindfulness and consumer behavior
Mindlessness, or lack of awareness, is deeply rooted in society and reinforced by the constant stimuli from marketing practices, leading to unhealthy and unsustainable consequences for individuals, society, and the environment. In consumer behavior, this manifests as impulsive or excessive purchasing, which undermines well-being and happiness rather than enhancing them. Mindfulness has emerged as a potential solution to mindless consumption that,…
Deciphering social media’s role in tourism during crises
This study examines the current research landscape regarding the utilisation of social media within the tourism industry during crises, recognising the sector's susceptibility to external factors. A systematic review of 70 peer-reviewed articles published in English-language journals covered the years until 2022. The findings reveal the increasing relevance of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study (i) presents the transformations i…
Teacher's service-dominant orientation
The literature suggests that the co-creation of higher education value, from the perspective of the service-dominant logic (SDL), begins in the teaching-learning process, and the results of this process shape the entire ecosystem of higher education value for economic and social development. From this perspective, it is important to identify strategic tools that foster the co-creation of services and value during the teaching-learning process. As…
Customer Engagement and Co-Creation/destruction
Customers have become active and engaged with multiple actors outside the hotel, raising new challenges to theory and practice. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the external actors with which customers interact to ascertain which ones foster/hinder customer engagement and value co-creation/destruction. We used qualitative methods (16 in-depth interviews, document analysis, and four participants' observations) gathered from seven regions in …
Co-creation and innovation in higher education institutions
Purpose This systematic literature review aims to identify the main areas of study related to co-creation and innovation in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as well as the main external and internal stakeholders with whom co-creation is made. Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach is based on 258 articles selected from the Web of Science (WoS), Clarivate Analytics and Scopus, Elsevier databases, with analysis of titles, abstracts…
Students’ satisfaction and empowerment of a sustainable university campus
Universities are crucial in empowering a sustainable campus through the adoption of sustainable development practices (SDP), which are expressed in terms of economic, organizational, environmental, and social dimensions. Previous findings point out that students’ satisfaction ensures universities’ sustainability. Both SDP and students’ satisfaction increasingly rule universities positioning. Nevertheless, research addressing the relationship betw…
Sustainable development practices in public higher education
Using a multi‐layer review based on stakeholder, institutional and legitimacy theories, the current study presents and empirically analyses a novel conceptual framework addressing the relationship between sustainable development practices, internationalization and students' satisfaction in public higher education institutions. Based on participants' self‐perception, a questionnaire was distributed to 738 students at seven Portuguese public higher…
Do socially responsible higher education institutions contribute to sustainable regional growth and innovation
Purpose This study aims to analyse the efficiency of public higher education institutions (HEIs) through teaching and learning (T&L), research and technology (R&T) and social responsibility (SR) activities. It also aims to assess the external factors influencing the efficiency of T&L, R&T and SR, and influence of this efficiency on sustainable regional economic growth and innovation intensity. Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach is…
Student roles and behaviors in higher education co-creation – a systematic literature review
Purpose In today’s global and highly competitive climate among universities, educational developers and instructors have focused more on trying to make the student experience more engaging. In this manner, student co-creation activities have recently become a major research priority in marketing and higher education (HE) research. The purpose of this study is to present a systematic review of the literature on student co-creation roles and behavi…
What research tells us about leadership styles, digital transformation and performance in state higher education
Purpose Considering the current importance of leadership, digital transformation and performance in the changes state higher education institutions (HEIs) have been subject to, this study aims to present an analysis of how these three concepts have been related in the literature. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes to study the state-of-the-art of research on leadership styles, digital transformation and performance in a single study,…
In search of intangible connections
Technological Skills in Higher Education—Different Needs and Different Uses
Technological skills development is a central issue for a country’s educational and social policies. Throughout their school career, from primary to secondary education and later in higher education, students have the opportunity to build and develop various skills, including technological. Considering the different needs and different uses that these skills encompass, these will certainly be necessary and useful in students’ academic and profess…
Stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainable development of higher education institutions
Purpose This study aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects associated with different components of intellectual capital (IC) on the sustainable development (SD) practices of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach uses a structural equation model to provide new empirical findings in relation to 738 students and 587 lecturers/researchers at seven Portuguese state HEIs through quant…
A new model for testing green consumer behaviour
A review of scale development practices in nonprofit management and marketing
We describe a set of recommended practices for scale development research in nonprofit management and marketing. General process issues are described followed by recommendations for EFA and CFA components of scaling research. Implications for researchers, journal editors and reviewers are discussed.
Comportamento parental de mães adolescentes
O objectivo é o de construir um modelo teórico sobre o comportamento parental de mães adolescentes. O estudo teve a participação de 21 mulheres que foram mães na sua adolescência, com idades compreendidas entre os 14 e os 18 anos na altura do parto e de uma psicóloga que trabalha com mães adolescentes. Na altura das entrevistas as mães tinham idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 35 anos de idade. Foram analisadas 22 entrevistas das quais 17 pert…
Ecotourism from both hotels and tourists’ perspective
This empirical research about ecotourism was elaborated having in mind two perspectives: the lodging and the consumer. It was possible to conclude that the hotels involved in the research need to improve its performance in terms of market research and of the environmental accreditation, but it is convenient to empathise that the environmental and social concerns are present in its activities. Regarding ecotourists, the findings indicate that they…
Sustainable development practices in public higher education
Using a multi‐layer review based on stakeholder, institutional and legitimacy theories, the current study presents and empirically analyses a novel conceptual framework addressing the relationship between sustainable development practices, internationalization and students' satisfaction in public higher education institutions. Based on participants' self‐perception, a questionnaire was distributed to 738 students at seven Portuguese public higher…
Ecotourism from both hotels and tourists’ perspective
This empirical research about ecotourism was elaborated having in mind two perspectives: the lodging and the consumer. It was possible to conclude that the hotels involved in the research need to improve its performance in terms of market research and of the environmental accreditation, but it is convenient to empathise that the environmental and social concerns are present in its activities. Regarding ecotourists, the findings indicate that they…
A review of scale development practices in nonprofit management and marketing
We describe a set of recommended practices for scale development research in nonprofit management and marketing. General process issues are described followed by recommendations for EFA and CFA components of scaling research. Implications for researchers, journal editors and reviewers are discussed.
Comportamento parental de mães adolescentes
O objectivo é o de construir um modelo teórico sobre o comportamento parental de mães adolescentes. O estudo teve a participação de 21 mulheres que foram mães na sua adolescência, com idades compreendidas entre os 14 e os 18 anos na altura do parto e de uma psicóloga que trabalha com mães adolescentes. Na altura das entrevistas as mães tinham idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 35 anos de idade. Foram analisadas 22 entrevistas das quais 17 pert…
Ecotourism from both hotels and tourists’ perspective
This empirical research about ecotourism was elaborated having in mind two perspectives: the lodging and the consumer. It was possible to conclude that the hotels involved in the research need to improve its performance in terms of market research and of the environmental accreditation, but it is convenient to empathise that the environmental and social concerns are present in its activities. Regarding ecotourists, the findings indicate that they…
A new model for testing green consumer behaviour
Stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainable development of higher education institutions
Purpose This study aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects associated with different components of intellectual capital (IC) on the sustainable development (SD) practices of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach uses a structural equation model to provide new empirical findings in relation to 738 students and 587 lecturers/researchers at seven Portuguese state HEIs through quant…
Technological Skills in Higher Education—Different Needs and Different Uses
Technological skills development is a central issue for a country’s educational and social policies. Throughout their school career, from primary to secondary education and later in higher education, students have the opportunity to build and develop various skills, including technological. Considering the different needs and different uses that these skills encompass, these will certainly be necessary and useful in students’ academic and profess…
Do socially responsible higher education institutions contribute to sustainable regional growth and innovation
Purpose This study aims to analyse the efficiency of public higher education institutions (HEIs) through teaching and learning (T&L), research and technology (R&T) and social responsibility (SR) activities. It also aims to assess the external factors influencing the efficiency of T&L, R&T and SR, and influence of this efficiency on sustainable regional economic growth and innovation intensity. Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach is…
Student roles and behaviors in higher education co-creation – a systematic literature review
Purpose In today’s global and highly competitive climate among universities, educational developers and instructors have focused more on trying to make the student experience more engaging. In this manner, student co-creation activities have recently become a major research priority in marketing and higher education (HE) research. The purpose of this study is to present a systematic review of the literature on student co-creation roles and behavi…
What research tells us about leadership styles, digital transformation and performance in state higher education
Purpose Considering the current importance of leadership, digital transformation and performance in the changes state higher education institutions (HEIs) have been subject to, this study aims to present an analysis of how these three concepts have been related in the literature. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes to study the state-of-the-art of research on leadership styles, digital transformation and performance in a single study,…
In search of intangible connections
Students’ satisfaction and empowerment of a sustainable university campus
Universities are crucial in empowering a sustainable campus through the adoption of sustainable development practices (SDP), which are expressed in terms of economic, organizational, environmental, and social dimensions. Previous findings point out that students’ satisfaction ensures universities’ sustainability. Both SDP and students’ satisfaction increasingly rule universities positioning. Nevertheless, research addressing the relationship betw…
Sustainable development practices in public higher education
Using a multi‐layer review based on stakeholder, institutional and legitimacy theories, the current study presents and empirically analyses a novel conceptual framework addressing the relationship between sustainable development practices, internationalization and students' satisfaction in public higher education institutions. Based on participants' self‐perception, a questionnaire was distributed to 738 students at seven Portuguese public higher…
Customer Engagement and Co-Creation/destruction
Customers have become active and engaged with multiple actors outside the hotel, raising new challenges to theory and practice. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the external actors with which customers interact to ascertain which ones foster/hinder customer engagement and value co-creation/destruction. We used qualitative methods (16 in-depth interviews, document analysis, and four participants' observations) gathered from seven regions in …
Co-creation and innovation in higher education institutions
Purpose This systematic literature review aims to identify the main areas of study related to co-creation and innovation in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as well as the main external and internal stakeholders with whom co-creation is made. Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach is based on 258 articles selected from the Web of Science (WoS), Clarivate Analytics and Scopus, Elsevier databases, with analysis of titles, abstracts…
Mindfulness and consumer behavior
Mindlessness, or lack of awareness, is deeply rooted in society and reinforced by the constant stimuli from marketing practices, leading to unhealthy and unsustainable consequences for individuals, society, and the environment. In consumer behavior, this manifests as impulsive or excessive purchasing, which undermines well-being and happiness rather than enhancing them. Mindfulness has emerged as a potential solution to mindless consumption that,…
Deciphering social media’s role in tourism during crises
This study examines the current research landscape regarding the utilisation of social media within the tourism industry during crises, recognising the sector's susceptibility to external factors. A systematic review of 70 peer-reviewed articles published in English-language journals covered the years until 2022. The findings reveal the increasing relevance of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study (i) presents the transformations i…
Teacher's service-dominant orientation
The literature suggests that the co-creation of higher education value, from the perspective of the service-dominant logic (SDL), begins in the teaching-learning process, and the results of this process shape the entire ecosystem of higher education value for economic and social development. From this perspective, it is important to identify strategic tools that foster the co-creation of services and value during the teaching-learning process. As…
Political science (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Business (9 works) · Higher education (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Originality (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works)