TY - CHAP A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Neuert, Josef A1 - Woschank, Manuel T1 - The impact of social capital on employee competence utilization in organizations - Socio-cultural modelling and testing T2 - Contemporary Approaches of international Business Management, Economics and Social Research, Vol. 3 N2 - The consideration of company resources is initially oriented towards the question of whether the actual resources are adequate to achieve the defined goals. But with respect to human resources it is not only essential to choose the right employees but also to realize the potential of existing competencies. Therefore it cannot simply be a monetary goal but also an immaterial cultural target to provide an atmosphere that allows the abilities of its organization to unfold. The assumption is made that a culture of trust is the adequate instrument to support employee competence utilization; an aspect being of special interest for strategic management. Based on a new integrative model on the impact of trust on employee competence utilization a survey was directed to employees of selected medium sized organizations with between 49 and 999 employees. For the empirical study a pragmatic mixed methods approach was applied. The purpose of this paper is to test the basic hypothesis whether trust actually has an impact on employee competence utilization was tested with the use of correlation analysis and SmartPLS v. 3.2.3 in various ways. Therefore findings are based on the modelling and testing of trust relations and competence utilization. As a result it can be summarized, that deliberate and elaborate concepts of social capital approaches, with a particular emphasis on trust, provide fundamental impact on and feedback through improved and increased employee performance. KW - Social capital KW - Trust KW - Employee competence utilization Y1 - 2015 PB - epubli GmbH CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pecqueur, Sébastien A1 - Maltenberger, Anna A1 - Petrukhina, Marina A. A1 - Halik, Marcus A1 - Jaeger, Arndt A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Schmid, Günter T1 - Bismut-haltige p-Dotanden mit großer Bandlücke für optoelektronische Anwendungen JF - Angewandte Chemie N2 - Zehn neue p‐Dotanden für die Leitfähigkeitsdotierung von organischen Halbleitern wurden identifiziert. Der wesentliche Vorteil der elektrophilen Tris(carboxylato)‐Bismut(III)‐Verbindungen ist die niedrige Absorption der damit dotierten Schichten. Diese Eigenschaft zusammen mit ihren niedrigen Herstellungskosten sowie der guten Verdampfbarkeit und Stabilität macht diese Dotanden sehr attraktiv für Anwendungen in der organischen Elektronik. KW - p-Dotanden KW - Organische Halbleiter KW - Bismut Y1 - 2016 IS - 128(35) PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pecqueur, Sébastien A1 - Maltenberger, Anna A1 - Petrukhina, Marina A. A1 - Halik, Marcus A1 - Jaeger, Arndt A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Schmid, Günter T1 - Wide Band-Gap Bismuth-based p-Dopants for Opto-Electronic Applications JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition N2 - Ten new efficient p‐dopants for conductivity doping of organic semiconductors for OLEDs are identified. The key advantage of the electrophilic tris(carboxylato) bismuth(III) compounds is the unique low absorption of the resulting doped layers which promotes the efficiency of OLED devices. The combination of these features with their low fabrication cost, volatility, and stability, make these materials very attractive as dopants in organic electronics. KW - p-Dopants KW - Bismuth KW - OLED Y1 - 2016 IS - 55 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christiansen, Lars A1 - Nielsen, Jens H. A1 - Christensen, Lauge A1 - Shepperson, Benjamin A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Stapelfeldt, Henrik T1 - Laser-induced Coulomb explosion of 1,4–diiodobenzene molecules: Studies of isolated molecules and molecules in helium nanodroplets JF - Physical Review A N2 - Coulomb explosion of 1,4–diiodobenzene molecules, isolated or embedded in helium nanodroplets, is induced by irradiation with an intense femtosecond laser pulse. The recoiling ion fragments are probed by time-of-flight measurements and two-dimensional velocity map imaging. Correlation analysis of the emission directions of I+ ions recoiling from each end of the molecules reveals significant deviation from axial recoil, i.e., where the I+ ions leave strictly along the I-I symmetry axis. For isolated molecules, the relative angular distribution of the I+ ions is centered at 180∘, corresponding to perfect axial recoil, but with a full width at half maximum of 30∘. For molecules inside He droplets, the width of the distribution increases to 45∘. These results provide a direct measure of the accuracy of Coulomb explosion as a probe of the spatial orientation of molecules, which is particularly relevant in connection with laser-induced molecular alignment and orientation. In addition, our studies show how it is possible to identify fragmentation pathways of the Coulomb explosion for the isolated 1,4–diiodobenzene molecules. Finally, for the 1,4–diiodobenzene molecules in He droplets, it is shown that the angular correlation between fragments from the Coulomb explosion is preserved after they have interacted with the He environment. KW - Isolated Molecules KW - Helium nanodroplets KW - Coulomb explosion Y1 - 2016 IS - 93 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christiansen, Lars A1 - Nielsen, Jens H. A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Underwood, Jonathan G. A1 - Stapelfeldt, Henrik T1 - Alignment enhancement of molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets by multiple laser pulses JF - Physical Review A N2 - We show experimentally that field-free one-dimensional (1D) alignment of 1,4-diiodobenzene molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets, induced by a single, linearly polarized 200-fs laser pulse, can be significantly enhanced by using two or four optimally synchronized laser pulses. The strongest degree of 1D alignment is obtained with four pulses and gives ⟨cos2θ⟩>0.60. Besides the immediate implications for molecular frame studies, our results pave the way for more general manipulation of rotational motion of molecules in He droplets. KW - Isolated Molecules KW - Helium nanodroplets Y1 - 2015 IS - 92 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Slenczka, Alkwin T1 - Helium induced fine structure in the electronic spectra of anthracene derivatives doped into superfluid helium nanodroplets JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics N2 - Electronic spectra of organic molecules doped into superfluid helium nanodroplets show characteristic features induced by the helium environment. Besides a solvent induced shift of the electronic transition frequency, in many cases, a spectral fine structure can be resolved for electronic and vibronic transitions which goes beyond the expected feature of a zero phonon line accompanied by a phonon wing as known from matrix isolation spectroscopy. The spectral shape of the zero phonon line and the helium induced phonon wing depends strongly on the dopant species. Phonon wings, for example, are reported ranging from single or multiple sharp transitions to broad (Δν > 100 cm−1) diffuse signals. Despite the large number of example spectra in the literature, a quantitative understanding of the helium induced fine structure of the zero phonon line and the phonon wing is missing. Our approach is a systematic investigation of related molecular compounds, which may help to shed light on this key feature of microsolvation in superfluid helium droplets. This paper is part of a comparative study of the helium induced fine structure observed in electronic spectra of anthracene derivatives with particular emphasis on a spectrally sharp multiplet splitting at the electronic origin. In addition to previously discussed species, 9-cyanoanthracene and 9-chloroanthracene will be presented in this study for the first time. KW - Superfluid helium nanodroplets KW - Anthracene derivates Y1 - 2015 IS - 142 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Premke, Tobias A1 - Wirths, Eva-Maria A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Riechers, Ricarda A1 - Lehnig, Rudolf A1 - Vdovin, Alexander A1 - Slenczka, Alkwin T1 - Microsolvation of molecules in superfluid helium nanodroplets revealed by means of electronic spectroscopy JF - Frontiers in Chemistry N2 - The empirical model explaining microsolvation of molecules in superfluid helium droplets proposes a non-superfluid helium solvation layer enclosing the dopant molecule. This model warrants an empirical explanation of any helium induced substructure resolved for electronic transitions of molecules in helium droplets. Despite a wealth of such experimental data, quantitative modeling of spectra is still in its infancy. The theoretical treatment of such many-particle systems dissolved into a quantum fluid is a challenge. Moreover, the success of theoretical activities relies also on the accuracy and self-critical communication of experimental data. This will be elucidated by a critical resume of our own experimental work done within the last ten years. We come to the conclusion that spectroscopic data and among others in particular the spectral resolution depend strongly on experimental conditions. Moreover, despite the fact that none of the helium induced fine structure speaks against the empirical model for solvation in helium droplets, in many cases an unequivocal assignment of the spectroscopic details is not possible. This ambiguity needs to be considered and a careful and critical communication of experimental results is essential in order to promote success in quantitatively understanding microsolvation in superfluid helium nanodroplets. KW - Microsolvation of molecules KW - Helium nanodroplets KW - Electronic spectroscopy Y1 - 2014 VL - 2014 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hansen, Jonas A1 - Omiste, Juan J. A1 - Nielsen, Jens H. A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Küpper, Jochen A1 - González-Férez, Rosario A1 - Stapelfeldt, Henrik T1 - Mixed-field orientation of molecules without rotational symmetry JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics N2 - The mixed-field orientation of an asymmetric-rotor molecule with its permanent dipole moment nonparallel to the principal axes of polarizability is investigated experimentally and theoretically. We find that for the typical case of a strong, nonresonant laser field and a weak static electric field complete 3D orientation is induced if the laser field is elliptically polarized and if its major and minor polarization axes are not parallel to the static field. For a linearly polarized laser field solely the dipole moment component along the most polarizable axis of the molecule is relevant resulting in 1D orientation even when the laser polarization and the static field are nonparallel. Simulations show that the dipole moment component perpendicular to the most-polarizable axis becomes relevant in a strong dc electric field combined with the laser field. This offers an alternative approach to 3D orientation by combining a linearly polarized laser field and a strong dc electric field arranged at an angle equal to the angle between the most polarizable axis of the molecule and its permanent dipole moment. KW - Asymmetric-rotor molecule KW - Mixed-field orientation Y1 - 2013 IS - 139 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Riechers, Rudolf A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Slenczka, Alkwin T1 - Microsolvation in superfluid helium droplets studied by the electronic spectra of six porphyrin derivatives and one chlorine compound JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics N2 - After almost two decades of high resolution molecular spectroscopy in superfluid helium droplets, the understanding of microsolvation is still the subject of intense experimental and theoretical research. According to the published spectroscopic work including microwave, infrared, and electronic spectroscopy, the latter appears to be particularly promising to study microsolvation because of the appearance of pure molecular transitions and spectrally separated phonon wings. Instead of studying the very details of the influence of the helium environment for one particular dopant molecule as previously done for phthalocyanine, the present study compares electronic spectra of a series of non-polar porphyrin derivatives when doped into helium droplets consisting of 104–105 helium atoms. Thereby, we focus on the helium-induced fine structure, as revealed most clearly at the corresponding electronic origin. The interpretation and the assignment of particular features obtained in the fluorescence excitation spectra are based on additional investigations of dispersed emission spectra and of the saturation behavior. Besides many dopant-specific results, the experimental study provides strong evidence for a particular triple peak feature representing the characteristic signature of helium solvation for all seven related dopant species. KW - Superfluid helium droplets KW - Porphyrin derivatives KW - Chlorine compound Y1 - 2013 IS - 138 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Nielsen, Jens H. A1 - Christiansen, Lars A1 - Slenczka, Alkwin A1 - Stapelfeldt, Henrik T1 - Laser Induced Adiabatic Alignment of Molecules Dissolved in Helium Nanodroplets JF - Physical Review A N2 - A moderately intense, nonresonant, linearly polarized nanosecond laser pulse is used to induce one-dimensional (1D) adiabatic alignment of 1,4 diiodobenzene (C6H4I2), iodobenzene (C6H5I), and methyliodide (CH3I) molecules dissolved in helium nanodroplets. The alignment sharpens as the laser intensity is increased, similar to the behavior in gas phase. For diiodobenzene the highest degree of alignment, ⟨cos2θ2D⟩=0.90, is essentially identical to the value obtained for isolated molecules in a supersonic beam, whereas the highest degrees of alignment for iodobenzene and for methyliodide in helium droplets fall below the values obtained for isolated molecules. We believe this is due to the deviation from axial recoil in the Coulomb explosion process that probes the alignment of the molecules in the He droplets. KW - Helium nanodroplets KW - Linearly polarized nanosecond laser pulse Y1 - 2013 IS - 87 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta ED - Ribiere, Vincent ED - Worasinchai, Lugkana T1 - A new integrative model on trust in organizations – a quantitative approach for application in strategic management T2 - The proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning N2 - Being of a particular character "trust" eludes a purely strategic approach as it has to be balanced with the special needs of a fragile human resource. Still trust is a resource of strategic relevance since it establishes security, reduces complexity and opens potentials being bigger than simply the reduction of "cost of control". These characteristics are of special interest for management, as competent action is always bound to problem-solving-abilities under circumstances of insecurity. Further to this there are numerous situations where control is not applicable and where we simply don’t have full knowledge. Also trust is particular as it bypasses financial efforts and grows through usage; an investment of high amortization though that deserves closer attention of management especially valid in times of skilled worker shortage and with respect to organizational learning as a valuable competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to develop direct and indirect measurable on the impact of trust on employee competence utilization and its subsequent realization in a strategic scorecard approach. This is based on a new integrative model in the organizational context applicable for strategicmanagement. With this the objective of the paper is to answer the question if culture of trust is an adequate instrument for strategic management. The empirical evaluation of the model is based on a survey directed to employees of selected companies in a pragmatic mixed methods application. The selected view considers the trust level of employees with regard to management as another individual and the organization itself; personal and institutional trust mechanisms are affected.Thus the employee evaluates its management. As a result, the empirical study suggests that it is possible to specify frameworks for the establishment of trust, and that its impact on competence utilization is moreover significant. However the concept of trust creates challenging requirements on managers. Based on the assumption that employees basically think and act in the sense of the company, benevolence and goodwill must be involved to avoid an opportunistic approach. Further to this accountability, shared norms and freedom to take responsibility need to be proven by behavior. The allowance of constructive seriously taken criticism, problem solving attitude, the acceptance of decisions are further key points for trust supporting frameworks that have to be accepted and shown through behavior. KW - Strategic Management KW - Trust KW - Employee competence utilization KW - Organizational learning Y1 - 2015 PB - ACPIL 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 - TY - CHAP A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Sumilo, Erika T1 - Trust and employee competence utilization – empirical testing of a model T2 - Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Knowledge Management 4-5 September 2014, Santarem, Portugal N2 - In today’s business practice, but also in academic research the aspect of trust has gained remarkable importance. The usage of resources is still often pictured on a short perspective. Especially the usage of human resources must be sustainable, based on long term balance of interests and supported by procedures and systems that anchor the anabolic balance of interest between company and employee (Moldaschl,2008). Within the management of competencies, culture and values, the "social capital" in terms of an "asset of mutual trust" plays and important role. If the "homo reciprocans" feels to be treated fair his own willingness to cooperate increases (Falk, 2002). Furthermore "Trust in human relations is a binding framework under insecurity and allows decisions and actions that would not be possible based on pure rational information and consideration" (Strasser/ Voswinkel, 1997). The question behind the research paper at hand is: "Is a culture of trust leading to higher employee competence utilization?" This is of relevance as "it is human capability and commitment that distinguishes successful organizations from the rest" (Storay, J. 2007), which is explicitly valid in times of skilled worker shortage. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a research approach to test the correlation between Trust and Employee Competence Utilization (ECU) ‐ embedded in a Business Excellence (BE) setting. Based on a short insight in the theoretical foundation of the basic model behind the empirical study and the subsequent operationalization of the variables the basic empirical methodology is described. With this the paper shows the process of focussing and bounding from the general theoretical relation of Trust and ECU to a specific research question and it’s correlating stepwise empirical approach. The paper at hand gives detailed insights in the logic of planning of the empirical test methods as well as the development of the derived interview lines and questionnaires. The findings of this paper broaden the research focus towards the complexity of the two variables, trust and ECU, but simultaneously introduce and suggest an empirical approach to lighten the possibilities of measuring both variables. First empirical results underline the concrete tangible approach towards a focussed structural equation model. As a next step the empirical results will be analyzed in detail and finally pictured in a validated Structural Equation Model. KW - Trust KW - Employee competence utilization KW - Business Excellence (BE) Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-910309-34-6 SP - 127 EP - 137 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 - CHAP A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta A1 - Sumilo, Erika T1 - Trust and employee competence utilization in a business excellence environment – operationalization of a model T2 - Conference Proceedings, ICARET, April 18-19, Chennai, India KW - Trust KW - Employee competence utilization Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-81-908980-6-5 SP - 67 EP - 71 ER - 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 - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta ED - Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia, T1 - Company competencies and individual competencies in the prism of social capital JF - Proceedings of the International Conference NEW CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – 2013, Riga, University of Latvia, May 2013. N2 - In today’s business practice, but also in academic research the aspect of competencies has gained remarkable importance. Competencies are not only a central part of the strategy process of a company. Corporate Strategy literature states that that human asset in particular can fulfil the criterion ’of a sustainable competitive advantage’ (Storey, 2007). The utilization of competencies is a key target of companies, as it is important in realizing a full return on investment. The paper analyses the state-of-the-art of competence theories with a specific recognition to the aspect of social capital. The author argues that the management of company competencies is a contributor to the utilization of competencies and links these aspects to social capital. In order to achieve the main goal of the underlying work the paper is structured as follows: first, the presentation of the state of the art in the area of competencies and social capital based on literature review; afterwards, the discussion is made in order to prove the main hypothesis. As a result the author concludes with a model showing the key bond between company competencies, individual competencies and social capital. With this, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of competencies for business managers and scientist. The findings are valuable to contribute to the utilization of individual competencies especially in the prism of social capital which will pay off for industrial companies and employees in long term. This is especially valid in an environment of skilled worker shortage. KW - organizational and individual competencies KW - social capital KW - utilization of competencies KW - competence management KW - commitment and retention Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-9984-45-715-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta T1 - The world market for technical textiles JF - Technical Textiles KW - Technical textiles Y1 - 2008 VL - 2008 IS - März 2008 SP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta T1 - A splendid yarn. Polyamide High Performance (PHP) is a world-class manufacturer of high-tenacity polyamide yarns and polymers JF - Venture KW - PHP KW - Polyamid yarns and polymers Y1 - 2005 IS - January 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolzern-Konrad, Britta T1 - Airbag-Markt - Quo vadis? JF - Technische Textilien KW - Airbags KW - Technische Textilien Y1 - 2004 IS - 47 (3) SP - E88 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pentlehner, Dominik A1 - Nielsen, Jens H. A1 - Slenczka, Alkwin A1 - Mølmer, Klaus A1 - Stapelfeldt, Henrik T1 - Impulsive Laser Induced Alignment of Molecules Dissolved in Helium Nanodroplets JF - Physical Review Letters N2 - We show that a 450 fs nonresonant, moderately intense, linearly polarized laser pulse can induce field-free molecular axis alignment of methyliodide (CH3I) molecules dissolved in a helium nanodroplet. Time-resolved measurements reveal rotational dynamics much slower than that of isolated molecules and absence of the sharp transient alignment recurrences characteristic of gas phase molecules. Our results presage a range of new opportunities for exploring both molecular dynamics in a dissipative environment and the properties of He nanodroplets. KW - Helium nanodroplets KW - mpulsive Laser Induced Alignment Y1 - 2013 IS - 110 ER -