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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Digital Mindsets, Job Satisfaction and the Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Conditional Approach
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between digital mindset and job satisfaction. The study further propose a model that explores the potential mediating influence intolerance of uncertainty, as ... -
Do we have a problem: The effects of individual- and team level problem construction on team creativity
(Master thesis, 2018)In this experimental study, we examined the effects of problem construction – one of the creative problem-solving processes held to influence creativity – in teams and the resulting creativity of team output. Fifty-six ... -
Does observation of employees affect the quality of Leader Member Exchange (LMX)-relationships?
(Master thesis, 2021)This study seeks to explore the relationship between observation of employees and leader-member exchange theory (LMX). Hence, exploring whether observation of employees affects the quality of relation shared between an ... -
Does Your Organization Need Climate Change? Motivational Climate, Diversity Promise Fulfillment, Affective Commitment & Turnover Intention
(Master thesis, 2021)This study investigates the potential of the motivational climate to influence diversity promise fulfillment and employee outcomes. Diversity promise fulfillment is the achievement of a unique psychological contract ... -
Embracing the Hybrid Workplace: A Qualitative Study of Key Factors Influencing Employee Satisfaction in a Hybrid Work Arrangement
(Master thesis, 2023)The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed how many organizations operate, leading to the widespread adoption of a hybrid workplace model. This study seeks to examine the key factors that contribute to employee ... -
Emotions, Risk, and Information Processing: A Matter of Distance?
(Master thesis, 2021)Emotions play an important role in shaping judgements and decisions involving risk. More recently, researchers have paid more attention to different ways in which people can manage their emotions, and how this in turn ... -
Employees' identification with a newly formed organization: a case study of a planned change process
(Master thesis, 2023)In today’s high-paced and rapidly changing society, organizational change and the constant development of organizations are necessary for their survival. Globalization and technology are advancing every day. Hence, it is ... -
Employees' motiuation for tailing on leadership positions: A quantitatiue study on how Leader-Member relationships (LMX) and job satisfaction influence employees' motiuation for upward career transitions into leadership positions
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis looks at employees’ motivation for taking on leadership positions. We argue that this is important for leadership recruitment and to ensure effective leadership which again will influence the performance ...