Essays about: "Athleticism"

Found 5 essays containing the word Athleticism.

  1. 1. Work it Out - A Typology of Managerial Athleticism in Professional Service Firms

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

    Author : Ellen Dahlfors; Lea Koerner; [2023]
    Keywords : Managerial athleticism; Leadership; Professional service firms; Ideal type analysis; Typology;

    Abstract : In the past years, the interest in sports and fitness among executives has increased, coining the term managerial athleticism. This qualitative study explores the phenomenon of managerial athleticism and how it expresses itself in professional service firms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Athletic and mindful leaders : A signaling perspective on self-improvement amongst Swedish executives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jesper Kollberg Dahlström; Axel Lindstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : Athleticism; Mindfulness; Endurance training; Meditation; Executives; Leadership; Signaling theory; Charismatic leadership theory;

    Abstract : Swedish executives are in the pursuit of self-improvement. During the last two decades, extreme athleticism, practices like meditation and visiting retreats have been an increasingly common context within this pursuit, despite being costly in terms of time or simply being perceived as extreme. READ MORE

  4. 3. Being Fit to Lead : Travel of Ideas within the Leadership Context

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Robert Rtveliashvili; Oscar Swinden; [2020]
    Keywords : Travel of ideas; Scandinavian institutionalism; organisation theory; adopting actor; proliferation; leadership; extreme athleticism;

    Abstract : Nowadays actors within the business context are presented with a vast menu of different ideas which they can potentially adopt. This begs the question why actors choose to adopt a specific idea out of all the other available options. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Every Body Has A Story” : A Multimodal Analysis on the Discursive Construction of the Athletic Form

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Simon Johansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Athletic form; gender; sports media; objectification; hyper sexualisation; discourse;

    Abstract : This study sought to examine how the prototypical male athletic form and the prototypical female athletic form are discursively constructed when a sports magazine has full control of what material to produce and publish. What makes up the ‘athletic form’ involves all the various traits and characteristics that are attached to the notion of what it means to be an athlete and what it means to have an athletic figure. READ MORE

  6. 5. A sporting difference? : A comparative analysis of the media portrayal of male and female athletes during the Olympic Games 2016

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Simone Schwarz; [2017]
    Keywords : Gender; equality; media representation; sport; Olympic Games; content analysis; feminist critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The underrepresentation of sportswomen in all forms of news coverage has been widely acknowledged by feminist media scholars. However, some researchers claim that there is a shift towards greater gender equality of sports media coverage, especially during the Olympic Games. READ MORE