Essays about: "New Home Economics"

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1. 6. How production offshoring impacts process innovation in the home country

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Alessandro Maffei; [2022]
   Keywords : offshoring - process innovation - GKN - Embraco; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how offshoring influences process innovation in the home country. This topic, although stimulating, has been understudied in the past by academia. READ MORE

3. 7. Challenges Faced by Mandatory-Working From-Home Start-up Teams

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jasper Wilmes; Sofie van den Berg; [2021]
   Keywords : Virtual Teamwork; Covid-19; Start-up; Mandatory-Working-From-Home; Challenges; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created a novel and unique situation forcing start-up teams to mandatory-work-from-home (MWFH). With everyday life coming to a halt, start-up teams suddenly adjust their ways of working and transform to virtual means of teamwork performed from home environments. READ MORE

4. 8. Newly Screen-ed: The Interference of the Digital Work Environment on New Young Professionals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Annika Taheri; Maja Grälls; [2021]
   Keywords : Young professionals; organizational socialization; interaction frequency; networking; digital work environment; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to provide insight into the effects an entirely digital work environment may have on organizational socialization of young professionals, and the interactions they are able to have as well as the networks they are able to form. The thesis draws on the theoretical framework of organizational socialization by Bauer and Erdogan (2011) and combines it with the topics of interaction frequency and socialization rate (Reichers, 1987). READ MORE

5. 9. The role of working from home within the context of family-friendly work policies and its relationship to firm performance: Implications for managers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Thunberg; Malin Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Working from home; Family-friendly work policies; Firm performance; Management practices; Identity; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of working from home within family friendly work policies (FFWPs) and its relationship to firm performance, and whether this is affected by the choice of management practices within an organization. Methodology: A cross-sectional dataset from 2004, including data from 732 firms and four countries, accessed through World Management Survey was used in this explorative study. READ MORE

6. 10. The trials and tribulations of engaging the powerful employee - a flexible working day at home or chit-chat with the colleagues by the coffee machine at the office? -A study of subordinates and HR-managers experiences of employee engagement while working from home during the pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Borgström; Olivia Campbell Lindén; [2021]
   Keywords : Employee engagement; working from home; HR-managers; subordinates; social exchange theory; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis process started with us wondering what happens with employee engagement in an organisation where the employees have been forced to conduct their work from home. We were also interested in the view of subordinates as well as HR-managers, their experiences and perceptions of employee engagement and how this was managed while working from home. READ MORE