Search for dissertations about: "management style"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words management style.

  2. 11. The meaning of gender in management : Investigating factors influencing women's and men's entry into management from social-psychological perspective

    Author : Sophia Marongiu Ivarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Women managers; person-manager fit; gender; managerial advancement; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis presents four studies examining some common explanations to the gender gap in managerial positions. Study I compared managerial aspirants with non-managerial aspirants and showed that regardless of sex, the major predictor of managerial aspirations was an internal factor consisting of instrumental ("masculine")qualities. READ MORE

  4. 12. Chinese Culture and Chinese Business Negotiating Style

    Author : Tony Fang; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The People's Republic of China (PRC) is the world's largest emerging market. It has attracted huge interest from Western business communities since 1978. However, the PRC is also a demanding market and the Chinese are probably the world's toughest negotiators. READ MORE

  5. 13. Management regimes for lawns and hedges in historic gardens

    Author : Joakim Seiler; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Management regimes; historical gardening; craft; eighteenth-century gardens; lawns; hedges;

    Abstract : Management regimes for lawns and hedges in historic gardens This research investigates and compares eighteenth-century and contemporary garden management methods with a focus on the structural elements of lawns and hedges at Gunnebo House, which is used as a craft laboratory. The concept of management regime is utilized for a discourse analysis of the garden through the norms embedded in the management. READ MORE

  6. 14. Styles of success : On impression management as collaborative action in job interviews

    Author : Viveka Adelswärd; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dialogue; Discourse analysis; Job interview; Argumentation; Impression management; Self presentation; Topic structure; Interactive climate; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The research reported in this study takes both a general descriptive approach - investigating the characteristics of 48 job interviews - and a comparative one - analyzing ways in which those who got a job offer differed from those who did not. Data used in this study are tape recordings of job interviews with applicants for trainee-positions with a large Swedish business corporation. READ MORE

  7. 15. Managers' identity work : experiences from introspective management training

    Author : Thomas Andersson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : Civics; Samhällsvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in the complex relation between “being yourself” and being manager, i.e. the struggle between what one ought to do as a representative of an organizations and what one want to do as a person. Introspective management training constitutes one extreme of focusing on the person in this matter, i. READ MORE