Search for dissertations about: "organizational trust"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words organizational trust.

  2. 1. Organizational Trust : Discourse Analytical and Experimental Perspectives

    Author : Matteo Fuoli; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; organizational trust; corporate discourse; trust repair; evaluation; appraisal theory; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; experimentation; multi-method approaches; reliability; triangulation;

    Abstract : This thesis employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of linguistic analysis to investigate how business organizations use discourse as a strategic tool to build and repair stakeholders’ trust. In addition, the thesis makes a methodological contribution by developing a novel corpus annotation method that offers solutions to some of the most significant challenges involved in reliably identifying and quantifying evaluation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Getting involved in change: Enabling distributed change agency through organizational control and trust

    Author : Rita Berggren; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Change management; Trust; Employee involvement; Organizational control; Distributed change agency; Organizational change;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis focuses on distributed change agency for managing change in organizations. Distributed change agency enables organizational members to make the choice to engage in change and act to realize it. READ MORE

  5. 3. Organizational approaches to greening : technocentrism and beyond

    Author : Johan Sandström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational greening; organizational approach; technocentrism; ecocentrism; anthropocentrism; reflexivity; postmodernism; environmental management; sustainable development; symbolic agora satisfiers;

    Abstract : How and why do organizations approach greening? How can we conceptualize approaches and how can we encourage reflexive dialogues on them? These are the main questions addressed in this qualitative study on organizational greening. The study sets off by discussing matters of research philosophy, arguing that our trust in science ought to be revised and that a more postmodern and constructionist philosophy might be a way to go. READ MORE

  6. 4. Chains of Trust : Networks of Persistent Resistance in Digital Activism

    Author : Philip K. Creswell; Hannah Bradby; Tora Holmberg; Cristina Flesher Fominaya; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective action; connective action; digital activism; hacktivism; social movements; social movement theory; high-risk activism; Anonymous; digital scenes; network theory; tie-strength; solidarity; micromobilization; commitment; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : Digital manifestations and their networks are seen as agile, but fragile, with the Internet facilitating fast, low-cost activism by bridging actors, distributing information, and circumventing gatekeepers. From this perspective, mediated collective action and digital activism are theorized through the understanding of the Internet as a medium which affords lowered costs and risks for activists. READ MORE

  7. 5. Trust in Different Types of Organizational Relationships : A Social Capital Perspective

    Author : Sedigheh Sarah Ebadzadeh Semnani; Staffan Brege; Hossein Dadfar; Amjad Hadjikhani; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to expand the understanding about the concepts of trust and social capital, and to explore their role in achieving desired organizational outcomes. The research followed a multiple case study approach, focusing on Iranian service providers. READ MORE