Essays about: "The job characteristics model"

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1. 16. The Pursuit of Happiness - Satisfaction from Employment and Entrepreneurship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karl Roos; Hampus Tarras-Wahlberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Procedural Utility; Job Characteristics Model; Entrepreneurs; Satisfaction; Happiness; Autonomy.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : On average, entrepreneurs have lower incomes than employed individuals, work longer hour, and endure more stress. In spite of the grim reality, research has consistently shown entrepreneurs are more satisfied with their lives than employees. READ MORE

3. 17. Teaching assistant role in a school in Sweden. An ethnographic case study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Efthimia Iatridou; [2016-07-06]
   Keywords : teaching assistant role; professional development; employment;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the role of the teaching assistants in a school in Sweden by highlighting their deployment, employment and the needs of this role. This aim stems from the limited research on teaching assistants, the paucity in research that could not support decision making of the policy-makers and the belief that teaching assistants are under-used resource. READ MORE

4. 18. Cut your hair and get a job : A study of how Swedish employers see business graduates from an ambidexterity perspective

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle

   Author : Rebecca Albin; Gustav Eriksson; [2016]
   Keywords : Employability; organisational ambidexterity; medium-sized businesses; Business graduates; business administration; employer; Sweden;

   Abstract : Employability is a field of research and a concept that has developed considerably over the past century. Today, employability contributes to discussions in higher education, psychology and even labour market politics. What influences employability is thus of great importance to a number of stakeholders. READ MORE

5. 19. A Coordination Framework for Deploying Hadoop MapReduce Jobs on Hadoop Cluster

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

   Author : Anitha Raja; [2016]
   Keywords : Hadoop; Workload Characterization; Parametric Modeling; Coordination framework; OpenStack; Workload deployment; Hadoop; Arbetsbelastning Karakterisering; Parametrisk Utformning; Koordinations system; OpenStack; Arbetsbelastnings Utplacering;

   Abstract : Apache Hadoop is an open source framework that delivers reliable, scalable, and distributed computing. Hadoop services are provided for distributed data storage, data processing, data access, and security. MapReduce is the heart of the Hadoop framework and was designed to process vast amounts of data distributed over a large number of nodes. READ MORE

6. 20. Idealized Paradise? : Leadership in international volunteer organizations in the sustainable development process

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Alina Husung; [2016]
   Keywords : International volunteer organization; situational leadership style; sustainable development; intercultural communication competence; diversity; organizational commitment; creative tension;

   Abstract : In the sustainable development process, international volunteer organizations are rapidly increasing in developing countries but have become criticized for having over promising benefits and neocolonialism impacts on the local population. In the combination with a discussed inefficient leadership in these organizations, this study aims to understand how international volunteer organizations, with the focus on Mauritius, through leadership more efficiently can maintain their vision to contribute to long-term socio, environmental and economic sustainable development by managing volunteer participants in ways that lead to productive and satisfied volunteers and in its turn result in an improvement of project outcomes. READ MORE