Essays about: "Gender Diversity"
Showing result 41 - 45 of 291 essays containing the words Gender Diversity.
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41. “If we don’t, then who will?” : A qualitative study about Black Afro-Swedish women’s embodied identity experiences in working life
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Sweden has been celebrated in public discourse for being a major proponent of social justice and anti-racist policies, but the country’s ambiguous history with racism has been replaced by colour-evasive discourses permeating contemporary organisations today. Management and organisation studies have focused on the individual identity work of employees, without further attention to the intersecting social positionings of Black Afro-Swedish women. READ MORE
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42. Heritage cereals : tasty and sustainable? : acceptance and important qualities of heritage cereals
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Heritage cereals, a group of cereals that have not been subjected to modern crop breeding, have been getting attention due to their generally high genetic diversity, traits like high drought and disease tolerance as well as high nutritional values. Knowledge about how consumers relate to heritage cereals in Sweden is limited, and therefore this thesis aims to, firstly, explore acceptance, awareness and preferences among a specific consumer group; students in the agriculture program at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and, secondly, quality perception in relation to heritage cereals among consumers, bakers and retailers, in a Swedish context. READ MORE
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43. Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: The Role of Innovation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This quantitative study investigates the inter-relationship between board gender diversity, innovation, and subsequent firm financial performance. We use two multivariate OLS regression models on an unbalanced panel dataset with firm-year observations for listed companies headquartered in the U.S. between 2012-2019. READ MORE
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44. Call for Diversity in Web 3.0 : Case Study of NFT Art Projects World of Women (WoW) and Women Rise
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital assets that exist in the blockchain with a unique signature that has been gaining significant attention starting from the early 2021. While NFTs can be anything stored digitally from text to music, since these digital tokens enable artists to democratize their works, there has been a particular rise in using them to promote digital art which has long been undervalued. READ MORE
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45. Are women really more risk averse? A study on gender differences in corporate financial policy decisions
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Despite the recent progression of gender diversity in managerial positions, men still outnumber women at the top. The stereotype of women as being less prone to risk is sometimes referred to as an explanation of why women do not break the glass ceiling. Our study contributes to the existing literature on gender differences in risk propensity. READ MORE
