Browsing BI Open by Subject "leadership"
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Striking the Balance: Unueiling Interpersonal Consequences of Leader Ouerconfidence and the Potential Moderating Effect of Gender
(Master thesis, 2023)Scholars hold contrasting views regarding the interpersonal consequences of overconfidence – some claim that overconfidence yields social advantages, whereas others contend that it results in adverse social outcomes. We ... -
A study of Adaptive Performance: Facilitating for adaptive behavior through Transformational Leadership and Psychological Safety during Covid-19
(Master thesis, 2021)In order to better understand the promotion of adaptive behavior during Covid-19, the following research investigates the relationship between transformational leadership and subscales of adaptive performance, as well ... -
A Study on Employee Well-Being: Investigating the effects of implementing Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management practices.
(Master thesis, 2020)The following study investigates the growing digitalization in a contemporary society and, particularly, how it is influencing the human resource management field. With burgeoning technology, we look to new solutions on ... -
A study on opt-out choices and how it is framing gender differences in the decision to compete for promotion
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis aims to investigate how an opt-out choice may frame genders. By making a vignette with four scenarios I will research how the society, more specifically, how the respondents view men and women when they ... -
The Arousing Effect in Decision Making: A Distinction Between Valence and Arousal in the Measurement of Emotional Awareness and Cognitive Processing
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis examines the effects of emotional awareness on cognitive processing in a subsequent decision making case. We assert that emotional awareness has valuable implications for mental health and well being, but ... -
The big five factors and faking behaviors in employment interviews
(Master thesis, 2017)Research shows how it is not unusual for job applicants to fake during employment interviews. Faking can deteriorate the quality of the interview result, and lead to wrong hiring decisions. According to the model of ... -
The Effect of Nudging on Source Separation Behaviour
(Master thesis, 2019)This research aimed to study whether nudges through general visuals prompt and social norms through framing would increase the amount of source separated waste in kilos. Also, we included the element of time to see ... -
The effect of problem solving approaches on creativity, fixation, and enacted task complexity.
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate the effect of problem solving approaches on the creative process and the creative outcome. Particularly, we explored the effect of action-oriented problem ... -
The effects of emoticons on perceived competence and intention to act
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)The current study explores the effects of emoticon use in organizational communication in a socio-psychological context. More specifically, we examined the effect emoticons have on a) targets` perception of an agent`s ... -
The effects of political institutions on economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The elements of interactive agency in rapid, continuous change: a qualitative study of leader actions and employee outcomes and responses of agency in a large, hierarchical organization
(Master thesis, 2018)There is a lack of attention on how to facilitate agency in the existing change management literature. This thesis aims to be a response to that deficit. Our intention was to look further into the employees’ role in ... -
The facilitation of knowledge sharing and innovative behavior in a demanding organizational context
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis investigated the relationship between perceived training intensity and innovative behavior through the mediating role of knowledge sharing as well as the moderating roles of self-efficacy and coworker ... -
The function of managers’ job crafting in their subordinates’ role overload and role ambiguity.
(Master thesis, 2019)This study builds on the literature from the research area of job crafting and job demands-resources perspective. It advances the current knowledge of the topic of job crafting with its possible disadvantages by taking ... -
The importance of followers' emotions in effective leadership
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Within the framework of Affective Events Theory (AET) this study examines emotional experiences as a potential mediator between followers’ perceptions of supportive leadership and their experiences of job engagement and ... -
The influence of emotions on cognitive processing, and the importance of retrospective evaluations
(Master thesis, 2017)The present thesis examines how emotions influence cognitive processing in decision-making, and how people evaluate their emotions and cognitive processing retrospectively. Emotions may determine whether intuitive ... -
The Influence of Gender Biased Job-Advertisements - Does Gender and Personality Traits Matter?
(Master thesis, 2018)Previous research have established that men and women react differently to jobadvertisements that are masculinely and femininely formulated, and biased wording have proven to affect feeling of belongingness, and ultimately ... -
The link between service climate, its antecedents and consequences : collective felt trust as a mediator
(Master thesis, 2017)Based on previous literature, it is evident that organizational resources and leadership behavior influence employees’ positive perception of a service climate, which subsequently leads to improved unit performance. ... -
The Moderating role of Electronic Dependence on the SelfOther Agreement, when influencing Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior
(Master thesis, 2019)In this study, we investigate through a quantitative approach, whether electronic dependence had a significant influence on the relationship between self-rated and other-rated leadership. The impact on the relationship ... -
The moderating role of perceived supervisor and colleague support in face culture and creativity relationship
(Master thesis, 2017)Creativity is admitted being the lifeblood of the majority of the most successful organizations, and highlighted as the key ingredient for long-term organizational sustainable development. The latest research in the field ... -
The motivational paradise: How extreme contextual differences fail to emerge in extreme motivational differences
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis investigates the accuracy and precision of survey-based instruments. We will present previous research by highlighting the limitations of survey-based research with a five-point Likert scale and the ...