Search for dissertations about: "Executive process"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Executive process.

2. 1. Executive expectation in the internationalization process of banks : The study of two Swedish banks foreign activities

   Author : Annoch Isa Hadjikhani; Peter Thilenius; Anna Bengtson; Peter Ekman; Christina Öberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; expectation; executive; internationalization; banks; knowledge; commitment; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Since the late 1980s, deregulation of the banking sector has opened new avenues for the internationalization of banks. There are, however, few studies on the internationalization of banks – particularly Swedish banks. READ MORE

4. 2. Cognition in interned adolescents : aspects of executive functions and training

   Author : Olov Nordvall; Bert Jonsson; Anna Stigsdotter Neely; Anne H. Berman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interned youth; adolescence; antisocial behavior; executive functions; cognitive training; transfer; performance-based measures; self-assessment; impulsivity; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines adolescents with a history of antisocial behavior with a focus on investigating executive functioning, impulsivity and experiences of everyday executive problems. The thesis further investigates the associations between self-reported and performance-based measures. READ MORE

5. 3. Playing the Matching Game : An Institutional Analysis of Executive Recruitment and Selection in Software Start-ups: Silicon Valley and Stockholm

   Author : Tiziana Sardiello; Christofer Edling; Mary Brinton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job-matching; executive recruitment; executive selection; entrepreneurship; start-up; software; institutionalism; institutional logics; Silicon Valley; Stockholm; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Software start-ups make media headlines daily, suggesting that it may take only a garage and two engineering students to begin such companies, and that these same people will constitute the core of the executive team until these organizations become multinational giants. Despite these spontaneous starts, newly formed entrepreneurial ventures have many obstacles to overcome in their resource and cultural environments when establishing their practices. READ MORE

6. 4. Infants in Control : Prospective Motor Control and Executive Functions in Action Development

   Author : Janna Gottwald; Gustaf Gredebäck; Claes von Hofsten; Daniela Corbetta; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : infant development; action development; prospective motor control; executive functions; action planning; motor development; motion tracking; embodied cognition; developmental psychology; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis assesses the link between action and cognition early in development. Thus the notion of an embodied cognition is investigated by tying together two levels of action control in the context of reaching in infancy: prospective motor control and executive functions. READ MORE

7. 5. Life is doing. Facilitators and hindrances for occupational performance in adults with cerebral palsy - including methods of intervention

   Author : Lena Bergqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; occupational performance; cerebral palsy; person-centred intervention; self-assessment; activity of daily living; social participation; mental fatigue; metacognition; executive functions; selfefficacy; validity;

   Abstract : Introduction: Occupational performance is a complex process which poses difficulties to persons with CP even where they have relatively good motor function. Aim: To explore and describe the perception of occupational performance in everyday life in adults with cerebral palsy, to examine whether a certain intervention has the potential to improve opportunities for occupational performance, and to test an instrument that can be used to detect occupational imbalance in this target group. READ MORE