{"title":"The impact of depression on work performance in teleworkers in Serbia","authors":"S. Taboroši, Dorontinë Berishaj","doi":"10.5937/jemc2201065t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2201065t","url":null,"abstract":"Teleworking, as a new method of work, implies working out of a designated office space using informational technologies. As a modern work practice, it became popular in recent years but abruptly developed in the last two years with the COVID 19 pandemic when a large number of companies were forced to perform remotely resulting in challenges. This research aims to examine how mental health can affect work performance in teleworking employees. The sample holds 134 respondents conventionally and remotely employed in Serbia who were interviewed using the CES-D self-assessment scale, with 20 questions measuring depressive symptomatology. This study demonstrates the connection between the methods of work and the mental state and their influence on work results. Teleworkers in Serbia show higher values of depression than conventional employees which can negatively affect their work performance. This research contributes to the improvement of remote employee management in Serbia and gives recommendations on how to notice depression in teleworkers, prevent it and reduce its effects.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79280662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mihalj Bakator, Dejan Đorđević, M. Terziovski, D. Ćoćkalo, Cariša Bešić
{"title":"Development of a youth entrepreneurship model for sustainable business growth","authors":"Mihalj Bakator, Dejan Đorđević, M. Terziovski, D. Ćoćkalo, Cariša Bešić","doi":"10.5937/jemc2201003b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2201003b","url":null,"abstract":"The challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes in the globalized market significantly affect the way business is conducted. The modern business environment is characterized by the fourth industrial revolution - Industry 4.0. The role of technology is increasing, and the pandemic accelerated the application of information-communication technologies and the need for sustainable development and sustainable business. These changes and the global economic challenges point towards entrepreneurship as an important driver of technology development, innovation, and overall economic growth. Entrepreneurship and youth entrepreneurship can positively affect economic development. It reduces unemployment rates, increases the standard of living, and supports economic growth. In this paper, a youth entrepreneurship model for sustainable business growth is developed. The goal was to identify influencing factors on youth entrepreneurship development and sustainable business. The research approach included a thorough analysis of available data and analysis of the existing body of literature in the domain of entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship, sustainable development, Industry, and Industry 5.0. The findings indicate that youth entrepreneurship is influenced by a wide array of factors, most notably age, close social environment, attitudes, and awareness of incentive means. Furthermore, the developed model provides a significant insight into what major factors and sub-factors can affect youth entrepreneurship and sustainable business. It can be concluded that entrepreneurial education, a stimulating environment, and an entrepreneurial economy can significantly influence youth entrepreneurship and sustainable business growth. These findings are important for government policies and strategies when it comes to youth entrepreneurship and sustainable business growth.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90966860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors influencing insurance for young people","authors":"B. Završnik","doi":"10.5937/jemc2101042z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2101042z","url":null,"abstract":"Present times are changing rapidly, people are becoming increasingly active, and we often find ourselves in a situation over which we have no control. Nowadays we know many types of insurance with which we can take care of our financial security. It is important for individuals to choose the most appropriate type of insurance according to their needs and life span. It is extremely important for young people to start saving for their future as soon as possible in the type of life insurance. The main objective of this paper is what proportion of young people already have insurance or are already thinking about it and why not. We were also interested in what the decisive factors are that make young people decide to buy insurance and why not. Research has shown that young people are aware of the importance of insurance, but most of them do not have adequate financial resources and are insufficiently informed about the types of insurance.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77846017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mihalj Bakator, Dejan Đorđević, D. Ćoćkalo, Milenko Ćeha, Srđan Bogetić
{"title":"CRM and customer data: Challenges of conducting business in digital economy","authors":"Mihalj Bakator, Dejan Đorđević, D. Ćoćkalo, Milenko Ćeha, Srđan Bogetić","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102085b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102085b","url":null,"abstract":"Enterprises are facing difficulties in achieving and maintaining competitive ability amidst globalized markets. In the modern business environment, an effective CRM is an imperative for retaining customers. As CRM systems rely on customer data, it is important to secure data integrity. This paper thoroughly analyses the challenges of enterprises, CRM and customer data. The main goal of this paper is to provide an overview of existing literature and business practice in the domain of CRM. In addition, a model for improvement of CRM is developed. The model is based on the results of conducted review, and as such, it presents an approach towards enhancing CRM systems while taking into consideration the integrity of customer data.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79842142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kreiner, Dragana Sajfert, Svetlana Anđelić, Nikola Jančev, Milorad Živković
{"title":"Influence of entrepreneurs on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees","authors":"J. Kreiner, Dragana Sajfert, Svetlana Anđelić, Nikola Jančev, Milorad Živković","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102096k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102096k","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we analyze reliability, correlations, regression of employee obligations, compare employee regression, job satisfaction regression, and hierarchical regression analysis. As techniques for comparison of entrepreneurs and employees are significant for analysis of positive correlations between the determinants, we used 36 independent samples and 210 individuals. The findings reveal that: (1) The results of the research confirmed the existence of a statistically significant positive correlation between the determinants of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on one hand, and the work of entrepreneurs, on the other; (2) The results of the survey compare the relationship between entrepreneurs and employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment, adding a significant increase in the importance of the construct; (3) Entrepreneurship has a relative correlation in relation to job satisfaction, and organizational commitment, and thus increases the scope of tasks and efficiency of entrepreneurs; (4) Entrepreneurs show dominance over employee satisfaction and organizational commitment, when they predict the success of a group or organization and organizational civic behavior. We recommend that future researches examine the relationship among entrepreneurs and their relationship with employees, as well as job satisfaction and organizational commitment, in order to potentially compare them.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86408927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bibliometric analysis for performance measurement in business, management and accounting subject area","authors":"Violeta Cvetkoska, Ljupčo Eftimov","doi":"10.5937/jemc2101051c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2101051c","url":null,"abstract":"Based on our search in the Scopus data base with the phrases: \"bibliometric analysis\" and \"performance measurement\" and \"business, management and accounting\" in title - abstract - keywords we have not found any study considering this topic. Taking into account the importance of performance measurement in business, management and accounting we have conducted a bibliometric analysis in this area in the Scopus database. Our analysis covers the first 1,000 journal published articles with most citations and the period is 42 years (1978-2019). We provide analysis and visualization on distribution of articles per year, top journals, most cited articles, top authors, country-co-authorship as well as in depth keywords co-occurrence analysis by mining the abstracts. This study will serve as a starting point for researchers and practitioners interested in measurement of performance in business, management and accounting.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"4 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75791262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpreting relationships between pollutants and carbon dioxide emitted into air from industries in Serbia","authors":"B. Tutmez","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102115t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102115t","url":null,"abstract":"The focus was on the pollution problem in Serbia and the relationships between CO2 emitted into air from industries and air quality indicators such as particulate matters (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen and sulfur oxides (NOx, SOx), and volatile organic compounds were analyzed. To identify the dependencies, both parametric and nonparametric statistical learning-based evaluation algorithms were taken into consideration. Both the model structures produced satisfactory estimations with high accuracy levels. As a result of the model interpretation, PM2.5 has been recorded as the main indicator to explore the variability in CO2 concentrations. The implementations exhibited that interpretable machine learning can provide meta-data and sufficient information for making blackbox air quality system more explainable. Thus, the practiced modelling tools, the provided interrelationships as well as the new information could be considered by the national authorities within a computational environmental management strategy.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77209561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of methods for migrating software systems to microservices architecture","authors":"Aleksandra Stojkov, Ž. Stojanov","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102152s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102152s","url":null,"abstract":"Majority of software systems in business use, known as legacy systems, have monolithic structure hard to maintain and upgrade with new features. The most common option to overcome this situation is reengineering of existing software systems, which can be perform in different ways and with different outcomes. One of the recent most popular approaches is migration to microservices architectures, which makes distribution of software functionalities in small and independent units possible. Each unit, called microservice is self-contained and independent, which makes system manipulation and modification easier. Several methods for migration to microservice architecture have recently been proposed. This article presents a review of methods for migrating existing systems towards microservices. In addition, this article presents software artifacts affected by migration methods and used algorithms. Implications and benefits of the presented study, as well as validity issues are discussed, followed with concluding remarks and future research directions.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83584684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of product quality with decibels","authors":"Branko Z. Popović","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102106p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102106p","url":null,"abstract":"In modern Quality Engineering, the quality of process results, the quality of measuring instruments, and the quality of completed processes are considered according to their quality characteristics. However, in traditional engineering, only the quality of measuring instruments and the quality of completed processes (precision or accuracy indices PCI, PPI) can be successfully defined, while the quality of process results (semi-finished product, product, software, service) can only be described (has or does not have the required quality), good or bad quality, better or worse quality). In the modern consideration of quality, the quality of process results is now defined by the number of decibels [dB], according to the discovery of the genius Japanese scientist Genichi Taguchi (1924-2012), with the methods of Robust Technology Development and Standard Ratio (S/N). This paper discusses definition of the quality of process results with one input variable and continuous characteristics with three illustrative examples.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89428135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern technologies influence on project success factors in IT sector of Serbia","authors":"T. Zorić, Vesna Makitan, E. Brtka, Simo Mrđen","doi":"10.5937/jemc2102124z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5937/jemc2102124z","url":null,"abstract":"Given the technological advances and the recognized importance of the application of technologies in project management, the question arises whether the technologies of Industry 4.0 can solve the problem of failure of information technologies (IT) projects. This question is the main motivator for writing this paper and conducting research on this topic. This paper describes a research that was conducted with the intention of examining the extent to which modern technologies can contribute to the success of IT projects. The research shows the extent to which modern technologies are applied in project management in the IT sector of Serbia, as well as the extent to which experts believe that these technologies have a positive impact on project success, analyzing the issue through their impact on success factors. This research provides insights that can contribute to a better understanding of modern technologies and their application in practice.","PeriodicalId":31704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82518413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}