VOICE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND HUMAN CAPABILITY IN CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT

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https://doi.org/10.61282/mir.v4i1.78

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Finantial Literacy, Contemporary Management

Abstract

Contemporary management research is increasingly concerned with the capabilities that enable individuals, communities, and organisations to respond effectively to uncertainty, institutional complexity, and rapid socio-economic change, with three interconnected themes standing out: employee voice, financial literacy, and adaptive human capability. Although they emerge from different scholarly traditions, these themes converge around a common concern — creating conditions that allow people to make informed decisions, act responsibly, and contribute to organisational and social resilience — showing that prohibitive voice is crucial in identifying harmful practices yet depends on leadership, moral attentiveness, and psychologically safe climates (Mesdaghinia et al., 2022; Nguyen & Nguyen, 2024), and that financial literacy is a multidimensional capability linked to social inclusion, economic resilience, and well-being, especially among young people and vulnerable populations (Lusardi & Mitchell, 2014). These capabilities are strongly shaped by context: adaptive performance depends not only on formal role requirements but also on psychological conditions such as safety and engagement, while financial literacy outcomes are conditioned by institutional support, pedagogical design, and the accessibility of learning opportunities, with programmes proving most effective when they combine knowledge acquisition with behavioural and contextual dimensions. Accordingly, the contributions in this issue reflect this reorientation of the field — examining how employees speak up to prevent organisational harm, how young people develop financial capability in uneven socio-economic contexts, how psychological safety and engagement strengthen adaptive performance in healthcare, and how community-based financial education can empower women at the household level (Albrecht et al., 2023) — underscoring a central idea: sustainable management in contemporary societies depends on the cultivation of informed judgment, inclusive learning, and supportive environments in which individuals are able not only to participate, but also to adapt and act with confidence.

Author Biographies

Carlos Miguel Oliveira, ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology | CEOS.PP, Polytechnic of Porto/ISCAP, Portugal

Carlos Miguel Fernandes de Oliveira completed his PhD in Management in 2014. He is a Coordinating Professor at the ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology. At ISLA, he is the Head of the School of Management. Researcher at CEOS- Centre for Organisational and Social Studies - Polytechnic Institute of Porto. He has published several articles in specialised journals, books and book chapters. Co-supervised 2 doctoral thesis(es) and several master's thesis(es). Participates as Coordinator or Investigator in several project(s). He works in the area(s) of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Economics and Management. His areas of study and intervention include business strategy, human resources management, and entrepreneurship. He is an expert assessor for ANQEP - National Agency for Qualification and Professional Education and IGEC - General Inspection of Education and Science.

Marco Lamas, ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology | CEOS.PP, Polytechnic of Porto/ISCAP, Portugal

Post-Doc in Education (Entrepreneurship) from Porto University, PhD in Education (Entrepreneurship) from Santiago de Compostela University and a Degree in International Relations and Cooperation from Fernando Pessoa University. He is a Senior Professor at ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia (ISLA-IPGT), where he leads the Business and Innovation LAB (BIL) and is the Director of the Master's Degree in Management, and the Director of the Postgraduate course in Entrepreneurship: Tech Startups, and Visiting Senior Professor at ISCAP -P.Porto (Instituto Politécnico do Porto), where he is the coordinator of the Postgraduate course in Business Creation and Development. As a researcher, he is a member of the Centre for Intercultural Studies (CEI) and the Centre for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto (CEOS.PP), both of which are part of ISCAP of Porto, as well as the Research Centre of ISLA-IPGT, being the Management Unit Coordinator. He is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal MiR - Management in Review (https://managementinreview.org/). He regularly participates in international scientific conferences, presents papers, and is a member of scientific committees. He has supervised Master's degree work and served on juries for Master's and PhD exams. He is an editor and reviewer for scientific journals. He is a founding member of the international project SHINE - Scaling Higher Education Innovation for Europe (https://shine-project.eu/) and Advisor of the Board of AI for Africa (https://aifat.org/). He is recognized as an EntreComp Practitioner by EntreCompEurope, a project co-funded by the COSME program of the European Union and Early Warning Europe Mentor. He is certified as a Senior Marketer specialist by APPM - The Portuguese Association of Marketing Professionals. He is a certified business coach by the European Coaching Association (ECA), mentor, management consultant and certified trainer (IEFP and CCPFC) in Entrepreneurship and Management. He is a certified trainer of trainers and teachers (Entrepreneurship). He participates regularly as a speaker in seminars and conferences and as a jury member in idea competitions.

He is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal MiR—Management in Review (https://managementinreview.org/). He regularly participates in international scientific conferences, presents papers, and serves on scientific committees. He has supervised Master's theses and served on juries for master's and doctoral exams. He is also an editor and reviewer for scientific journals. He is a founding member of the international project SHINE—Scaling Higher Education Innovation for Europe.

Jorge Remondes, CEOS.PP, Polytechnic of Porto/ISCAP, Portugal

Jorge Remondes de Sousa. He completed his PhD in Communication at the University of Vigo in 2009. He is a Professor at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto/Instituto Politécnico do Porto and an Integrated Researcher at CEOS/PP - Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais do Politécnico do Porto. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Marketing, Communication and New Media and the Web of Science Journal. He has published articles in scientific journals indexed by SCOPUS and Web of Science, papers in the proceedings of international scientific conferences, and chapters in technical and scientific books. He has more than two hundred technical production items. Participated in the ERASMUS+ program for teachers. He has supervised master's theses in Economics, Management, and Communication Sciences. He has received 2 awards and/or honours. Works in the areas of Management and Marketing. He has interacted with collaborators in co-authoring scientific papers in his professional activities. The most frequent terms in his curriculum contextualising her scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural output are Marketing, Communication, Management, and Technology.

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2026-07-24

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Oliveira, C. M., Lamas, M., & Remondes, J. (2026). VOICE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND HUMAN CAPABILITY IN CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT . Management in Review, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.61282/mir.v4i1.78

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): VOICE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND HUMAN CAPABILITY IN CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT

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