Essays about: "female leaders"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 91 essays containing the words female leaders.

  1. 21. Female Leaders During Crisis : A study about the impact of female board directors on firms’ financial performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Willhans; Linnea Kossmann Lindström; [2022]
    Keywords : Leadership; Gender Diversity; Women; Board of Directors; Crisis Management; Crisis; COVID-19; Critical Mass Theory; Financial Performance;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the proportion of female leaders on corporate boards affects firm financial performance during crises. The study investigates Swedish mid-cap and large- cap companies during COVID-19. READ MORE

  3. 22. Politicians’ Instagram personas in relation to Swedish politics : A discourse analysis of personas from a gender point of view of Swedish political party leaders’ Instagram accounts

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013)

    Author : Emelie Bröms; [2022]
    Keywords : gender performativity; persona; rhetoric; social media; Instagram; politics; party leaders; political communication; Sweden; persona; retorik; sociala medier; Instagram; partiledare; politik; politisk kommunikation; Sverige; persona; performativitet;

    Abstract : This essay aims to investigate how the leaders for the Swedish parliamentary parties appear on their official Instagram accounts. By conducting a discourse analysis, looking at both text, visual images, and the combination of the two in the Instagram posts, the intention is to analyse how gender is being performed through the rhetorical concept of persona. READ MORE

  4. 23. Does gender actually matter?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Sahba Sadeghi; Olivia Halling; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; Transformational leadership; Transactional leadership; High School; COVID-19;

    Abstract : This qualitative study thesis examines the significance of gender for school leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical material consists of semi-structured interviews from a sample of 14 mixed-gender principals of Swedish high schools. READ MORE

  5. 24. Leading through a Pandemic: A study on Female Leadership & Covid-19 Outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Flising; [2022]
    Keywords : Female leadership; Executive leadership; Covid-19; Pandemic.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine if female-led countries fared the Covid-19 pandemic differently from male-led countries. To do so, I rely on a pooled OLS regression model, using data from 189 countries between January 2020 to March 2022. READ MORE

  6. 25. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. READ MORE