Essays about: "Knowledge intensive workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Knowledge intensive workers.

  1. 1. Empowering Choice: Exploring Workplace Motivation in the Era of Hybrid Work Environments

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Sandra Vainkovaite; Malou Andersson; [2024]
    Keywords : Hybrid work; motivation; intrinsic; flexible work; SDT; psychological needs;

    Abstract : Research question: How does hybrid work, regulated and unregulated, influence the intrinsic motivation of employees within knowledge-intensive organizations in Sweden? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employees experiences and perceptions of intrinsic workplace motivation with implemented hybrid work arrangements. Additionally, it seeks to compare two groups of workers: with mandatory work regulations and without. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leading Without Leading - The Impact of Reluctant Leadership on Knowledge Workers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anne Sophie Rahbek Rasmussen; Julia Järvinen; [2023]
    Keywords : Reluctant leadership; Followership; Knowledge workers; Knowledge-intensive Firms; Remote work; Organizational behavior; Business and Economics;

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  4. 3. Navigating the Seas of Change: A Grounded Theory Analysis of the First Adopters of Wind Propulsion Technology in the Shipping Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Sofia Laaksonen; Shazbah Shafi; [2023]
    Keywords : grounded theory; wind propulsion technology; shipping industry; sustainability; paradigm model; conditional consequential matrix; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Study purpose: The maritime shipping industry, particularly the commercial sector, is a significant contributor to carbon emissions and environmental pollution. Various solutions are being proposed to enhance the sector's sustainability, including the adoption of wind propulsion technologies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Managing without managers: An interpretative case study of distributed leadership and employee motivation within a management consultancy firm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Line Dedering; Kajsa Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Distributed leadership; employee motivation; non-managerial structure; power dynamics; autonomy; responsibility; motivation triangle; interactive motivation; knowledge intensive organization; KIF; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore how distributed leadership is practiced and perceived by the knowledge workers in a management consultancy firm. Furthermore, we investigated the possible connection between the distributed leadership approach and employee motivation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Unequal opportunities in the knowledge economy : A social network analysis of formal and informalnetworks

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : John Eklund; [2019]
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    Abstract : A new capitalistic era known as the knowledge economy has emerged since the middle of the 20thcentury, identified by ‘knowledge-based work’ and ‘immaterial labor’ generating innovation inleading-edge sectors, and recognized as a driver for economic change and future growth. As aspatial consequence, the importance of regions as economic entities has increased. READ MORE