Essays about: "Role Extension"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 158 essays containing the words Role Extension.

1. 21. Balancing the books and the planet: A single-case study investigating the relation between sustainability involvement and the occupational identity of management accountants

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Hedda Jonasson Blank; Jakob Söderblom; [2023]
   Keywords : Occupational identity; Sustainability reporting; Management accountant practices; Aspirational identities; Role enlargement;

   Abstract : Through practice of a single-case study, this paper aims to shed new light on the interdisciplinary area of management accountants' approach to, and involvement in, sustainability-related activities. Through the application of identity theory, with particular influence from Hughes' (1951) findings of a moral division of labour and Thornborrow and Brown's (2009) concept of aspirational identities, we show the existence of an interdependent relationship between the occupational identity of management accountants, and their engagement towards sustainability reporting and adjacent activities. READ MORE

3. 22. How Do Unexpected Changes in Interest Rates Explain the Variation of Excess Return: Testing an Extended Fama–French Five-Factor Model on the Swedish Stock Market

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Telo Johar; [2023]
   Keywords : Fama-French five-factor model; excess return; Swedish stock market; Fama-French five-factor model; överavkastning; svenska aktiemarknaden;

   Abstract : In the realm of asset pricing models, the Fama-French five-factor model has become a foundational framework for explaining the variation of excess stock returns. However, as financial markets continue to evolve, there arises a need to explore potential extensions to capture additional sources of risk and return. READ MORE

4. 23. Implementing corporate sustainability strategy : A multiple case study of Swedish pharmacy chains, focusing on the sustainability initiative Välvald

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Johan Hägg; [2023]
   Keywords : Corporate sustainability strategy; Greenhushing; Organisational communication; motivation; sustainability initiative;

   Abstract : The study addresses the existing literature gap regarding the role of and the relationship between organisational communication and motivation when implementing a corporate sustainability strategy within the specific context of the sustainability initiative Välvald. The findings of the study are based on the experiences of the Swedish Pharmacy Association, Apoteksgruppen, Apoteket AB and Apotek Hjärtat, all engaged in the Välvald initiative. READ MORE

5. 24. Sápmi, Sweden's Smörgåsbord? On Human Rights, Rights of Nature and Extractivism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Stella Terjung; [2022]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature – Extractivism – Human Rights – Decolonisation – Ontologies – Self-determination; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In North Sweden, Sámi activists are resisting the proposed Gállok mine, disapproving of their land being treated as a 'smörgåsbord' and countering the assumption of modernity that dichotomises the human and the nonhuman. Against this backdrop, this thesis looks at some of the unprecedented challenges the rapid extension of globalisation poses to the human and nonhuman world. READ MORE

6. 25. Integration of eye tracking device and 3D motion capture for simultaneous gaze and body movement analysis

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Deepa Narasappa; [2022]
   Keywords : Eye tracker; Motion capture system; Vicon; coordinate transformation; gaze; upper limb movement.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this project was to analyze the coordination between gaze and the upper limb movement while performing a predefined task. We implemented a method to simultaneously compute and visualize recorded gaze data from a head mounted eye tracker and motion data from a motion capture system in the same coordinate system. READ MORE