Search for dissertations about: "motivation and employee performance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words motivation and employee performance.
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1. Organizational death and employee motivation : Investigating a plant closure in a multi-plant organization
Abstract : Major organizational changes are often connected with a variety of negative outcomes for both employees and the organization alike. As a contrast to this, organizational deaths have instead been associated with increased productivity and motivation to perform, despite certainty of job loss. READ MORE
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2. Collaboration and competition in firm-internal ideation management : Two alternatives – and a third way out
Abstract : The passive reliance on ideas to spontaneously emerge within companies is today replaced with more active and continuous ideation management that embraces employees from different functions and knowledge-domains within the company to create and develop ideas. A frequently observed feature in the active management of ideation is the reliance on collaboration and competition mechanisms. READ MORE
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3. Psychological perspectives on performance-based compensation : Implications for work-related and health-related outcomes
Abstract : In the past decades, the contributions of individuals have come into greater focus on all levels of employment in many types of organizations. For example, this is manifested through an increased use of individual performance-based pay setting, where individual evaluations of employees’ contributions lead to diversified pay raises among peers. READ MORE
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4. Perspectives on Manufacturing Development - Discontinuous Change and Continuous Improvement
Abstract : The dissertation deals with the management of planned change and development efforts in manufacturing environments. Two models for improving and sustaining operational performance (technical, economic and social) are presented: the discontinuous change model and the continuous improvement model. READ MORE
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5. Work-related stress among municipal employees in rural northern Sweden
Abstract : Background: Many rural municipalities in Sweden are facing challenges like depopulation, decreased economy, and difficulties in recruiting staff. Living and working in rural areas may involve adverse working conditions and higher risks of ill-health. READ MORE