Browsing Master of Science by Subject "ledelse organisasjonspsykologi leadership organizational psychology"
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Integrated operations : change management within the Norwegian oil and gas industry
(Master thesis, 2012-05-09)Purpose: The purpose of our study is to investigate the factors that have been prominent in driving or restraining the implementation of Integrated Operations within the Norwegian oil industry. Design/methodology/approach: ... -
Knowledge sharing in virtual teams : investigating the impact of social interaction ties on the quality of knowledge
(Master thesis, 2013-02-14)Key Words: Virtual/Distributed Teams, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Quality, Social Network Theory, Social Interaction Ties Context of the Study: One unique aspect of virtual teams is that they can be comprised of expert ... -
Leader-member exchange and affective supervisor commitment : how does supervisor's organizational embodiment influence the relationship?
(Master thesis, 2013-02-14)The purpose of our study was to investigate the relationships between Leader-MemberExchange (LMX), more specifically its social (SLMX) and economic ELMX) dimensions, and Affective Supervisor Commitment (ASC)as well as the ... -
Leaders´ experiences of working from home and its´ influence on their personal well-being: A qualitative study of leaders´ well-being
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to examine what characterizes leaders’ experiences regarding working from home, and how they experienced it was influencing their well-being. To examine this, a qualitative approach was applied ... -
Line managers’ role in HR on employees’ affective commitment to the organization
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees' perception of their line manager’s enactment of HR practices and their leadership behavior on one side, considering the employees’ ... -
The mediating role of motivational climates: Performance management systems and (un)intended employee behaviors
(Master thesis, 2022)This is a quantitative study investigating whether perceiving goals as invariable relates to taking charge behavior and turnover intention and whether the proposed relationship is mediated by employees' perceived motivational ... -
Perceived organizational support and attitudes toward organizational change : the moderating role of perceived supervisor support
(Master thesis, 2013-02-07)Research on organizational change has identified the crucial role of the employees in whether or not a change initiative is successful. Due to the calling for more research on antecedents to change attitudes, the purpose ... -
Preparing for the crises of tomorrow: The role of balance between cognitive styles : A quantitative study of the explanatory power of balance between cognitive styles on task performance in a simulated crisis management setting
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis we sought to explore the extent to which balance between cognitive styles explains variation in task performance in a simulated crisis management setting. We conducted a quantitative study with a sample ... -
Reflective practices as a way of learning in organizations
(Master thesis, 2013-02-12)The aim of this study is to investigate how reflective practices can affect learning in the organization. In the theoretical background two views on knowledge are presented – “knowledge as possession” and “knowledge as ... -
The relationship between Extraversion and Affective Well-Being in light of Telecommuting and Open Plan Offices - A Facet Perspective
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between extraversion and affective well-being for employees working both in an open plan office setting and telecommuting (working from home). Existing research ... -
The Relationship Between New Ways of Working and Motivational Climate: The Moderating Role of Digital Mindset
(Master thesis, 2022)Many organizations now operate in more digitalized arenas using technology to facilitate a more flexible way of organizing work that better caters to the modern workforce. Referred to as ‘New Ways of Working (NWW)’, ... -
The relationship between the leader-member exchange relationship and counterproductive work behavior, and the moderating roles of ambiguity and role conflict
(Master thesis, 2022)The aim of this study is to investigate if role ambiguity and role conflict contribute to counterproductive work behavior in a high-quality exchange relationship. To obtain an even deeper understanding of this context, ... -
Robust meaningmaking – paving the way towards a system understanding
(Master thesis, 2022)Given the context of a multi-actor innovation project, this case study aims to study the experience of the representative actors involved to answer our research question. The aim of the thesis was to identify how a ... -
Self-Other agreement in Perspective Taking and Employee Affective Commitment: The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange
(Master thesis, 2022)This study seeks to establish and test the integrative theory of Leader- Member Exchange (LMX) that extends our understanding of self-other agreement in perspective taking and affective commitment. We predicted that ... -
Should I stay, or should I go? An exploratory analysis of why some people decide to leave their organization after completing a leadership development program
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study is to shed light on potential unintended consequences of leadership development, more specifically why some participants choose to leave their organization after attending a leadership development ... -
Social Transmission of Overconfidence and Team Performance
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the relation between social transmission of overconfidence and team performance. We explored the moderating effect of analytical and intuitive cognitive styles and situational ... -
Task characteristics as a mediator of the LMX-OCB relationship
(Master thesis, 2013-02-06)The current study investigated the extent to which certain characteristics with job tasks mediate the relationship between leader-member-exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Data were collected ... -
The dark side of engagement : a study of the curvilinear relationship between work engagement and burnout, and the moderating impact of the motivational climate
(Master thesis, 2013-02-12)This study explores the curvilinear relationship between work engagement and burnout. In addition the study examines whether the perceived psychological motivational climate has an impact on this relationship. The results ... -
The dynamic interplay between goal orientations and perceived motivational climate as antecedents to burnout
(Master thesis, 2013-02-18)The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between goal orientations and motivational climates on one hand, and burnout on the other hand. The former two can be seen as what constitutes the achievement goal ... -
The impact of moods and cognitive processing on framing effects
(Master thesis, 2013-02-18)This study examined the effects of mood and cognitive processing on risky choice framing. A mixed between- and within-subject lab experimental design was conducted to investigate our hypotheses. As predicted, the results ...