Essays about: "Eric Olsson"

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1. 6. Exclusion and inclusion of women by corporate cultural processes : A case study in the IT and finance industries

   University essay from KTH/Organisation och ledning

   Author : ERIC MUGISHA; FREDRIKA OLSSON; [2015]
   Keywords : Gender; cultural constituents; cultural exclusion; cultural inclusion; female manager; finance industry; IT- industry; career advancement.;

   Abstract : This Master thesis investigates how cultural processes exclude, or might include, women from the corporate culture as well as how the cultural processes could impact the women’s abilities to career advancement within an organization that operates in the financial and IT industries. Previous studies have provided knowledge about culture and gender relations within the financial (Rutherford, 2001; Renemark, 2007) and IT-sectors (Davies and Mathieu, 2005: 12-22) respectively, but there is a lack of studies of financial service organizations in Sweden that operates in both these industries. READ MORE

3. 7. An Experimental Test of Overconfidence as a Cause of Over- and Underinvestment in Conflict

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Patrik Olsson; Eric Skoog; [2012]
   Keywords : Conflict; Overconfidence; Experiment; Imperfect Information;

   Abstract : Overconfidence has been proposed as a cause of conflicts. However, there is little empirical support for this claim. We test overconfidence as a cause of over- and underinvestment in conflicts in a computerized experiment. First, we derive a model where overconfidence explains over- and underinvestment in conflict. READ MORE