TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Egger, Carolin A1 - Sumilo, Erika T1 - Values - soft issue or valuable capital? JF - Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia N2 - The purpose of this article is to discuss different approaches in the values-based culture literature and identify research challenges and inconsistencies regarding the topic. From this, the authors develop applicable recommendations for scientists and managers. The study is based on an intense literature review on values, their definition, their measurement and management. These aspects are linked to each other in a further step. The authors link different perspectives on definition, measurement, analysis, and the management of values to a comprehensive picture. The measurement of values is seen to be a basis for the ability to be clear in communication, to monitor congruencies between beliefs and practices and to integrate personal values and the ethical framework of the company. The target of managing values is to be seen in a successful implementation into the organisation, as well as the P-O-fit (Person-Organisation fit) thought. In conclusion, the authors recommend to measure and to be aware of both, management values and employee values, in order to optimize the P-O fit and make values contribute to strategic goals. The article shows a way forward to a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of organisational values for business managers and scientists. The authors develop a common threat for a coherent picture on the definition, the method of measurement and the approach to management of values, which contributes to applicable recommendations for scientists and managers. Moreover, the article provides a platform for further research and empirical testing. KW - Individual values KW - Organisational Values KW - Culture KW - Measurement methods KW - Management of values Y1 - 2013 SP - 74 EP - 90 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Egger, Carolin T1 - Trust as an enduring organizational value for advantage in a constantly changing business world: theoretical and empirical findings from two research studies T2 - Conference Proceedings, ISSWOV - International Society for the Study of Work & Organizational Values, 29 June - 02 July, Riga, Latvia N2 - The present study represents a test of a conceptual model predicting how the structure of funding might influence country’s performance developing sector of high technology. Using the framework provided by Triple helix theory and Eurostat suggested methodology, this model assesses whether aspects of the funding structure may have a positive effect on country’s performance developing sector of high technology through their influence on sector’s, business, national and international levels of evaluation: number of patents, number of innovative enterprises, turnover of high technology trade and share of high technology in national export. The result indicates that the theoretical framework can identify specific leverage points that can increase efficiency of funding structure and, therefore, productivity of the sector of high technology. KW - Trust KW - Employee competence utilization KW - Business Excellence (BE) Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-0981-7997-3-5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Egger, Carolin A1 - Sumilo, Erika T1 - Competence Utilization for Innovation Capabilities – a Question of Trust? JF - Expert Journal of Business and Management, Volume 3, Issue 2 N2 - The purpose of this paper is to show how trust as an organizational value contributes to employee competence utilization in the case of innovation capability. Thus, it is the objective of this paper to analyze the positive impacts, but also potential limits of trust in business management. The research paper uses two different quantitative empirical studies drawn from German and Austrian midsized companies to empirically test this interrelation. As a result, the paper determines particular aspects of trust such as accountability, shared norms and the ability to take responsibility to be interrelated with the usage of employee competences and underlines a positive connection between product innovation performance and trust. However, the trust concept needs enriching elements to be balanced towards a feeling of mutual reliance and support creativity instead; inclusions of bridging social capital, elements of distrust and a pioneering spirit are to be mentioned here. KW - Creativity KW - Employee competence utilization KW - Innovation KW - Trust Y1 - 2015 SP - 90 EP - 104 PB - Sprint Investify ER -