New Articles – Business Administration and Management

Gamification in management: Positive and negative aspects

Tomas Kačerauskas, Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė, Jolita Šliogerienė

The phenomenon of gamification is analysed, identifying positive aspects of gamification, risks and problems. The paper adopts a method of systematic critical literature analysis in English, German, and Russian. We provide the most relevant gamification definitions classified into two main groups, fundamental and practical. The confusion of these groups or ignorance of one causes particular problems in understanding gamification. We face two levels of gamification in different areas of business…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-4-006 more

The CEO characteristics and Romanian banks performance

Mariana Bunea, Liliana Ionescu Feleaga, Bogdan Stefan Ionescu

The main objective of this research is to identify to what extent the characteristics of the CEO (chief executive officer) influence the financial performance of banks within the Romanian banking system. The sample under investigation includes all 21 Romanian banks, and the analyzed period included the financial years related to the last 5 financial years (2018–2022). Regarding these characteristics, aspects such as age, gender diversity, education, nationality, and duality were included in the…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-4-007 more