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Transforming challenges into opportunities: Exploring the influence of authentic leadership dimensions on employee resilience within Norwegian innovative firms
(Master thesis, 2023)In today’s constantly changing and unpredictable business environment, organizations and employees are required to show resilient behaviors. While there is emerging research on leadership styles and employee resilience, ... -
Transforming Disablers into Enablers: Unleashing the Potential of Sustainability Engagement
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis explores the critical role of leadership in driving sustainable engagement within a conservative industry organization. Specifically, it identifies the organizations disablers and enablers, and investigates ... -
Transparency and Impression Management Strategies in Sustainability- and Annual Reports
(Master thesis, 2021)This study applies methods to detect impression management strategies from the studies of Hahn and Lülfs (2013), Sandberg and Holmlund (2014) and Talbot and Boiral (2015) in order to critically assess transparency, and ... -
Tummelplatz : exploring playgrounds for creative collaborations : a qalitative study of generative dynamics within temporary work contexts
(Master thesis, 2014-02-17)This paper presents the idea that temporary, creative collaborations within knowledge-intense industries can be understood through the tummelplatz –metaphor. ‘Tummelplatz’ was first introduced by Sigmund Freud (1856 -1959) ... -
An uncertain end: The impact of CEO dismissals on stock prices pre and post departure
(Master thesis, 2023)Chief Executive (CEO) Dismissals has received much attention in research literature due to its increasing occurrence. However, there has been little attention to how CEO dismissals affect stock market reactions, specifically ... -
Unconscious bias against introverts in the recruitment and selection process
(Master thesis, 2017)The current study is an attempt to expand upon the limited research area of unconscious bias against certain personality types that may emerge during the employment interview. We proposed that an extraverted personality ... -
Using enterprise social media for knowledge sharing in bureaucratic settings : a case study on how power and political activities influence sensemaking processes
(Master thesis, 2015-08-07)In response to the call for more research on intra-organizational usage of enterprise social media, and the insufficient addressing of how power effect knowledge sharing in organizational life, this thesis adopts a ... -
Using Traffic Lights to Manage Projects: Stop or Go?
(Master thesis, 2019)Organisations are heavily relying on project-based structures in order to stay competitive in a fast-changing environment. Nevertheless, project-based structures have some potential challenges and threats that can lead ... -
The Value of Management Education - Fostering Sustainability Engagement Among Students
(Master thesis, 2023)The following thesis examines how sustainable management education can empower individuals to foster sustainability engagement. While sustainability has been a topic of discussion for several years and has been incorporated ... -
VIOLATIONS OF THE SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE -How can management regain the social license?
(Master thesis, 2023)The social license is a critical aspect of a company's reputation and success, as it reflects the ongoing support and acceptance of its stakeholders and society at large. To maintain and protect the social license, ... -
The way you make me feel” Exploring the relationship between LMX and Job Insecurity
(Master thesis, 2021)Previous research has identified different antecedents that lead to job insecurity, such as organizational climate, type of employment, locus of control (Keim et al., 2014), self-esteem and role ambiguity (Shoss, ... -
What Are Norwegian Leaders Doing To Prevent Sexual Harassment In Their Organization?
(Master thesis, 2019)Experiencing sexual harassment (SH) can affect the victim in both human and organizational terms. In Norway, leaders are obligated to prevent SH from taking place at their workplace. Despite this, the prevalence of SH ... -
What are the characteristics of repatriation knowledge sharing practices? : Exploring the barriers and opportunities for sharing knowledge
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis explores the characteristics of repatriation knowledge sharing, focusing on identifying the barriers and opportunities for sharing knowledge in a repatriation context. The findings presented is based on ... -
What makes a helpful and improvement-oriented colleague? : the role of perceived supervisor-organization value congruence in the relationship between leader-member exchange and organizational citizenship behaviour
(Master thesis, 2014-02-11)This study investigated whether perceived supervisor-organization value congruence (PVC) may serve as a moderator in the relationship between leadermember exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). ... -
What strengthens and weakens psychological safety in sales teams under Covid-19 and sudden virtuality?
(Master thesis, 2021)March 2020, the world was surprised by Covid-19, a fast-spreading pandemic, which forced organizations, such as Tech-Org, to suddenly overnight work virtually. Our research setting is Tech-Org, an international organization ... -
When Context Matters: The Effects of Power Stability and Climate on Supervisors' Willingness to Implement Employee Voice
(Master thesis, 2018)Implementing employee voice can have substantial organizational benefits. Yet, supervisors frequently fail to implement subordinates’ improvement-oriented suggestions. To help explain this tendency, this thesis examines ... -
When support is important: A study of leaders with a fixed digital mindset and their employees' active usage or avoidance towards new technology – the mediating effect of perceived developmental supervisor support
(Master thesis, 2019)First and foremost, we would like to thank our eminent supervisor Elizabeth Solberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at BI Norwegian Business School. We could not have done ... -
Where are you when I need you? The effect of leaders' avoidance behaviors on organizational commitment in times of conflict
(Master thesis, 2023)Interpersonal workplace conflict is an eminent part of organizational life and affects employees at all organizational levels. Previous research on the topic supports the notion that leaders play a particularly important ... -
White-collar crime in cyber time: the role of opportunity in committing financial crime online
(Master thesis, 2018)The advent and expansion of Internet-enabled technology made likely the accomplishment of remarkable improvements in research, expertise, and communication. Unfortunately, computers and the Internet have furthermore supplied ... -
Who resorts to sarcasm at work : A study on power, gender and personality
(Master thesis, 2017)The current study investigates if power enhances the inclination to use sarcastic irony in a hypothetical work setting. In addition to gender, trait dominance is included as a potential moderator. Results suggest that ...