Essays about: "Appraisal framework"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 47 essays containing the words Appraisal framework.

1. 26. The Effects of Performance Appraisal on Employee Motivation and Organizational Commitment

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

   Author : Julia Siklander; Emmie Sjöström; [2016]
   Keywords : performance appraisal system; qualitative and quantitative feedback; ratee reactions; motivation; organizational commitment;

   Abstract : In the past couple of years there has been a shift in the business world since a number of corporations have decided to scrap their rating systems and current, quantitatively focused, forms of performance reviews and instead adopt qualitative feedback systems. This shift has opened up for investigating potential differences between different types of performance appraisal systems and their subsequent effects on employees and the organization. READ MORE

3. 27. Financial Analysis of Energy-Efficiency Measures in Commercial Real Estate : Quantifying the value adding characteristics of energy-efficiency measures in commercial real estate through asset value increase and yield on investment

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Markus Mittler; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to establish and quantify the improved real estate appraisal value that’s a result of enhancing the energy performance of commercial real estate in Sweden. The study has been carried out in co-operation with the real estate investment company Sveafastigheter, which is a prominent real estate investment company in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 28. Perspectives on the Occupy Central Demonstrations in Hong Kong : A Critical Discourse Analysis on English-language Press in Hong Kong S.A.R, Taiwan and China

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Natalie Choi; [2016]
   Keywords : critical discourse analysis; appraisal theory; media analysis; English-language newspaper; hegemony; sovereignty; democracy; Occupy Central; politics; multilingualism;

   Abstract : This paper is concerned with media perceptions and how these manifest as hegemonic practices. Exploring the theme ‘language and politics’, against the backdrop of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) demonstrations in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), this paper sheds light on the discursive constructions of media representations in three ‘Chinese’[1] regions as well as on how such representations constitute vested interests. READ MORE

5. 29. Appraisal in Political Speech: A Comparative Discursive Study of Winston Churchill and Tony Blair

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Richard Helander; [2014]
   Keywords : Appraisal theory; Appraisal framework; Political speech; Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; Us and them; Positive self- and negative other presentation; Legitimisation; Winston Churchill; Tony Blair; Speaker alignment; Judgement; Heteroglossic engagement; Rhetoric; Politicial language; Speaker-addressee context creation; War rhetoric; Intervention rhetoric; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigated alignments in speeches held by two historically prominent politicians: Sir Winston Churchill and Tony Blair. The speeches that comprised the data of this study were a speech from 3 September, 1939, for the former, and a speech held on 18 March, 2003, for the latter. READ MORE

6. 30. Accepting or avoiding fear : A study of how elite freestyle snowboarders experience and cope with snowboard-related fear from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy perspective

   University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap

   Author : Alette Vestly; [2014]
   Keywords : ACT; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Elite athletes; Fear; High-risk; Snowboarding; Sport;

   Abstract : Elite freestyle snowboarders often expose themselves to large risks while performing their sport. A natural response to risk is fear, and it is the aim of this study to explore how elite freestyle snowboarders experience and cope with emotions of fear in conjunction with performing their sport. READ MORE