Search for dissertations about: "employer creation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words employer creation.

  2. 1. Building Employer Brands: The Employee Perspective

    Author : Anna Näppä; Maria Ek Styvén; Tim Foster; Tom Baum; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employer Branding; Co-creation; Employment Value Proposition; Tourism and Hospitality; Employer Attractiveness; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : Employer branding, or the creation and communication of an identifiable identity as an employer, has become a buzzword that interests both practitioners and researchers. Employer branding is considered a key tool for attracting, developing, and retaining the best employees and is believed to be the answer to the so-called “war for talent”. READ MORE

  4. 2. The uniqueness of knowledge management in small companies : Managing knowledge as an employer strategy for lifelong learning

    Author : Ernesto Villalba; Ingemar Fägerlind; Robert Höghielm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge management; lifelong learning; European Social Fund; SME; adult education; training; knowledge; Sweden; International education; Internationell pedagogik;

    Abstract : The present study explores the relationship between the ‘knowledge-enabling environment’ and the demand for training using a sample of 18 small private companies providing educational and consultancy services in Sweden. In this way, the dissertation is an exploration of the ways Swedish knowledge-intensive companies manage their knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 3. When Employees Leap to Self-Employment

    Author : Frederik Witte; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-employment entry; occupational choice; idea creation; occupation; laboratory experiment; panel data; survival analysis; data mining; model; entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : The dissertation studies the determinants of self-employment entry through an economics of entrepreneurship lens, and examines two sources of data: 7 years of employer--employee matched panel data and a laboratory experiment. The results suggest that employees are more likely to take the leap to self-employment when they have their own business idea, and are employed in occupations with high wage variance. READ MORE

  6. 4. Going Above and Beyond : An Assessment of Paying it Forward Behaviour in the B2B Marketing Context

    Author : Maria Theresa Eriksson; Tim Foster; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Julie Tinson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paying it Forward; Ecosystem Citizenship Behaviour; Employer Branding; Generalised Social Exchange; Ecosystems; Paying it Forward Mindset; B2B Marketing; Kindness; Helping Behaviours; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : Helping behavior and other acts of kindness are important in the business context as they lead to numerous positive outcomes for organizations and individuals and they can help form the foundation needed for meeting organizational goals. Acts of kindness can have a multiplying effect which can be achieved by kindness being paid back to the individual who conducted the act of kindness or paid forward to others. READ MORE

  7. 5. Learning Mechatronics : In Collaborative, Experimental and International settings

    Author : Martin Grimheden; KTH; []
    Keywords : Mechatronics; engineering education; collaborative-; experimental-; distributed- and opportunity learning; prototype design; Mechanical engineering; Maskinteknik;

    Abstract : The academic subject of mechatronics has been definedpreviously in numerous publications. This study aims atanalyzing mechatronics by using categories developed within theeducational science of Didactics. READ MORE