Publication detail

Factor Analysis: An Instrument for Selection of Social Performance Factors

HORNUNGOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Factor Analysis: An Instrument for Selection of Social Performance Factors

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article is focused on the identification of social performance factors. For this purpose was used multidimensional statistical method – factor analysis. The basic set for the selection of indicators, was the concept (and the social tool) of Corporate Social Responsibility, subsequently, was constructed the questionnaire. Empirical research was attended by 32 companies, from the area Information and Communication Activities (CZ-NACE, section J), with the number of employees over 250. The aim of the factor analysis was selection of significant indicators and performance factors for selected area from the input database. On the basis of the paper, there were evaluated three social factors from the area of working environment and two social factors from the area of local community. The understanding of their application into the internal management shall be necessary prior to company's decision regarding the measures of key performance indicators.

Keywords

Business Management, Performance, Indicators, Factor Analysis

Authors

HORNUNGOVÁ, J.

RIV year

2014

Released

6. 6. 2014

Publisher

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

ISBN

1886-516X

Periodical

Revista de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia y la Empresa

Year of study

17

Number

6

State

Kingdom of Spain

Pages from

121

Pages to

136

Pages count

16

URL

https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/RevMetCuant/article/view/2197

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/188042

BibTex

@article{BUT107828,
  author="Jana {Hornungová}",
  title="Factor Analysis: An Instrument for Selection of Social Performance Factors",
  journal="Revista de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia y la Empresa",
  year="2014",
  volume="17",
  number="6",
  pages="121--136",
  issn="1886-516X",
  url="https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/RevMetCuant/article/view/2197"
}