Blar i Master of Science på emneord "organisasjonspsykologi"
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A cross-sectional study on the interplay between motivational climate and employee mindset in a work context : Why the Focus on Effort might be Beneficial for v
(Master thesis, 2016)Many organizations have a large focus on talent as being the cause for organizational success. The current study aims to show that the focus on learning, effort and development may be a greater cause for success. Drawing ... -
Affective Empathy and Emotional Contagion - A look into theory and critique of measurement scales
(Master thesis, 2018)Positive, negative and neutral emotional expressions transfer information about feelings, and attitudes towards other people. In organizations with high interaction among humans, emotion research is becoming increasingly ... -
An Investigation of Enhancing Moderators for the CSR-AC Relationship
(Master thesis, 2019)A substantial amount of research indicates that there is a positive relationship between employees’ perception of their workplace’s degree of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and affective commitment (AC). Yet, ... -
An Investigation of Job Embeddedness in a Male-Dominated Industry: What Makes Female Employees Stay?
(Master thesis, 2019)This study aimed to investigate employee retention within the construction industry, with a focus on how the male-dominated industry can retain its female employees. Job embeddedness, a theory of employee retention, looks ... -
Applicant Faking in Personality Measurements ; The faking-resistance of ipsative and normative measurements in a selection process
(Master thesis, 2016)Personality measurements are popular in selection processes; meaning applicant faking has arisen as a potential problem. There are two classifications for personality measurements: ipsative and normative. The latter ... -
Authentic leadership and employee agility in the context of a digital transformation: the roles of employees’ fixed digital mindset and affective commitment to change
(Master thesis, 2020)There is growing attention to the importance employees have in supporting change initiatives. However, few models of commitment to change have focused on both antecedents and outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of the present ... -
Availability Exceptions and Technology Use After-Hours and the Role of Boundary Control for Work-Life Outcomes
(Master thesis, 2018)Advancements in communication technology have led to a more boundaryless relationship between work and non-work life for contemporary workers. Technology use after-hours proposes a flexibility-paradox, where workers ... -
Balance in Social and Economic LMX Relationships and its Relation to Work Performance - Relational Schemas as Moderator
(Master thesis, 2020)The aim of this study is to examine the link between social leader-member exchange (SLMX) balance, economic leader-member exchange (ELMX balance), and work performance. It also examines whether followers’ expressive and ... -
Balancing Profitability and CSR: Industry Perspectives on Digitalization of Financial Advisory
(Master thesis, 2023)The study explores how digitalization of financial advisory affects the financial institutions' ability to perform CSR activities in savings and investment. The qualitative study applies a cross-sectional design by ... -
The Best Position To Be In – A Study on the Impact of Club Quality, League Quality, and Playing Position on a Soccer Player’s Post-Transfer Performance
(Master thesis, 2021)Today, more and more companies are struggling to develop internal talent at the same speed that the world changes. Therefore, it has become a common practice to search for high-performing talents on the external market. ... -
Beyond the Bumps: The role of Lifespan Perspectiue on Subjectiue Career Success in the Face of Negatiue Career Shocks
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis aims to investigate the influence of negatively-valenced career shocks (NCS) on subjective career success (SCS), drawing upon the theoretical frameworks of the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and Social ... -
Bouncing back: The road to role mastery is paved with agency
(Master thesis, 2018)Given the context of a Norwegian professional service firm, this case study design aimed to study the lived experience of organizational actors following a deliberate organizational change. The aim of the thesis was to ... -
Breaking Barriers and Rising to the Top: An Exploration of the Factors and Strategies that Shape the Emergence of Female Leaders in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)Norway is recognized as one of the leading countries in achieving gender parity. Still, women continue to be underrepresented in top leadership positions compared to male peers. Although several theories have been proposed ... -
Can project managers signature strengths enhance project team resilience, and if so, how?
(Master thesis, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between signature strengths and the development and strengthening of resilience in teams within a project setting. More specifically, this thesis ... -
Code of ethics and moral awareness ; A study about the relationship between code of ethics and moral awareness and the moderating impact of locus of control
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of code of ethics on moral sensitivity of individuals and evaluate whether individual differences such as locus of control have any effect on this relationship. ... -
Communicating for success: A quantitative analysis of the mediating effect of enacted complexity on the relationship between communication and team performance
(Master thesis, 2018)Building on recent theoretical and methodological developments in organizational studies focusing on organizational routines (Hærem, Pentland and Miller, 2015; Hansson, 2018), this thesis aim to explore how three aspects ... -
Comprehending envy and its impact on employees and the organization
(Master thesis, 2016)Considerable theoretical and empirical work has identified the impact of envy on the organization and its employees. The mechanisms underlying this emotion, however, are not well understood. To enhance the understanding ... -
Conceptual and empirical differences in how choice architecture can influence choice and decision making
(Master thesis, 2016)Research shows that people may not always make decisions rationally but may rely on intuitive judgement and associative memories (Morewedge & Kahneman, 2010, p. 435). From this perspective, biases and heuristics can emerge, ... -
A Contribution to the Validation of TOP: Measuring the Dark Triad of Personality at Work
(Master thesis, 2023)This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of The Dark Triad of Personality at Work (TOP) and its associations with the Big Five, and relations to counterproductive academic behavior ... -
Coping with changing environments: the development of competent leadership
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of the present study is to explore how leaders learn and develop competent leadership through a qualitative examination of middle managers in a large Norwegian financial institution. This study investigates ...