Search for dissertations about: "leadership style"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words leadership style.

2. 1. Promoting safety in organizations : The role of leadership and managerial practices

   Author : Malin Mattson; Johnny Hellgren; Ingemar Torbiörn; Magnus Sverke; Gudela Grote; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transformational leadership; transactional leadership; safety-specific leadership; workplace safety; injuries; accidents; safety compliance; safety initiative; organizational citizenship behavior; communication; incident reporting; patient safety; incentive program; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Workplace accidents and injuries are a growing problem for organizations in Sweden as well as in many other countries. As a consequence, improving workplace safety has become an area of increasing concern for employers and politicians as well as researchers. READ MORE

4. 2. The management and leadership of nurse managers in top positions within health care

   Author : Maud Lindholm; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; power; support; demand; professional network; management development; management education; management direction; management role; Nurse manager; leadership style; Hospital science and management; Sjukhusforskning; sjukhusförvaltning;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to illuminate the management and leadership of nurse managers within Swedish health care organizations and to recognize influencing factors of importance for the nurse managers in exercising and developing their management. The interviewees were all active in their positions at the time of the interviews. READ MORE

5. 3. Organizational creativity and psychological well-being : Contextual aspects on organizational creativity and psychological well-being from an open systems perspective

   Author : Farida Rasulzada; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; work resources and workload; organizational culture; Industrial psychology; leadership; climate; stress; organizational creativity and innovation; psychological well-being; Arbetspsykologi; industripsykologi;

   Abstract : Organizational creativity and psychological well-being. Present day organizations in a globalized society are experiencing external challenges and changes more than ever before and in order to adapt and react to these changes creativity and innovation are seen as some of the most important means. READ MORE

6. 4. Senior Management Lean Practice : A Team-Based Approach to Facilitate Learning

   Author : Jonas Renström; Lars Bengtsson; Camilla Niss; Jörgen Eklund; Anders Fundin; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lean; leadership; management; cross-functional teams; senior managers; Lean implementation; Lean; ledarskap; management; tvärfunktionella grupper; senior ledning; Lean implementation; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

   Abstract : In order to improve organizational performance, organizations within both production and servicesectors keep turning to the Lean concept with hopes of finding a productive approach to theirchallenges. This tendency appears to remain in spite of reports indicating that the Lean concept isfar from easy to develop, implement and sustain. READ MORE

7. 5. Generative learning management : A dual-role model for creativity in organizations

   Author : Peter Österberg; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Generative learning management; leadership style; goal-setting; decentralization; creativity;

   Abstract : A main purpose of this thesis was to develop a model of leadership style named Generative Learning Management (GLM), thought to influence goal-oriented interpersonal creativity in organizations, and to test this model. Creativity is a complex consisting of both novelty and usefulness and it is a general mental ability that is determined by the interplay between different regions in a normally functioning human brain. READ MORE