Essays about: "employee relations"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words employee relations.

  1. 21. Retaining Knowledge Workers : A ranking of the most valuable Rewards

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Lars-Olof Strand; [2016]
    Keywords : Rewards; knowledge worker; motivation;

    Abstract : With the past decades of a growing trend in the western-world where knowledge workers are replacing traditional workers the importance of finding ways to attract, retain and engage the former is becoming even more challenging as the preferences of this kind of workers is totally different than for other workers. Non-monetary rewards such as achievement, autonomy and feedback have for a long time been highlighted by researchers to be of importance, yet the human relations departments (HR) still seem not to have realized the importance of such rewards and while HR strategies often are focusing on total rewards as a summary of monetary and non-monetary rewards there is a lack of an uniform ranking of the importance in between them. READ MORE

  2. 22. Green is the New Black - The Value of Sustainability in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Hanna Grahn; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainabiity; Sweden; interviews; non-financial; event study;

    Abstract : Being green and sustainable has never been trendier. Both financial markets and governments are currently placing increased focus on non-financial aspects. Swedish regulators, firms and investors have been at the forefront of this development and are often regarded as role models by other countries and institutions. READ MORE

  3. 23. Managers' perceptions of intentional employee silence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Milda Celiesiute; [2014]
    Keywords : employee silence; manager; self-censorship at work; organizational communication; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This master thesis aims to gain an understanding about how managers and members in an organization perceive observed employee silence (intentional withholding ideas at work) and attribute meanings to it. In addition, it aims to reveal, in what situations observers are not able to identify the intentional silence. READ MORE

  4. 24. An investigation into the relationship between the commitment of employees and their performance. A study within the Information and Communications Technology industry

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Jose Fernando Lopez Santos; Lusine Abrahamyan; Tsovinar Mirzoyan; [2014]
    Keywords : employee; commitment; performance; competitive advantage; customer; turnover; absenteeism; service; product; relationship; Information and Communications Technology.;

    Abstract : Employee commitment has been in the center of growing interests and studies for several decades. During this time different approaches and theories have been developed regarding this concept. READ MORE

  5. 25. Reshaped Employee Relations from Work Flexibility: A Study of Staffing Planning at a Swedish Pharmacy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Martina Blomquist; [2013-07-05]
    Keywords : Work flexibility; professional hierarchies; institutional logics; staffing planning; employee relations;

    Abstract : The aim of this article is to provide an in-depth account of how the organising of work has been reshaped at a Swedish pharmacy in order to meet new demands of work flexibility set by a reconstructed and recently privatised industry. In its aftermaths, a paradox has surfaced, as different groups of employees at the site become increasingly dependent upon each other to perform their work tasks while the altered working conditions simultaneously make the workers less inclined to do so. READ MORE