Essays about: "career choice"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words career choice.

1. 21. Women in Male-Dominated Industry :The Construction Industry : A Study of Women's Disinterest, Professional & Social Barriers, Walkout from Construction Industry.

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Kaniz Roksana; [2018]
   Keywords : Women; Construction industry; Disinterest; Barriers; Job satisfaction; Work-family conflict and Career change;

   Abstract : Problem: Many women experience problems when trying to enter the construction industry and perceive several barriers in professional practice. As a result, day by day women are losing their interest in building their career within this male-dominated industry and diverting towards other professions. READ MORE

3. 22. Beslutsgrund : en studie av utbildningsval bland kvinnliga elever på gymnasieskolans Naturvetenskaps- och Teknikprogram

   University essay from KTH/Lärande

   Author : Louise Björlin Svozil; [2018]
   Keywords : choice of education; women; high school; interest; grounded theory; science education; technology education; studieval; kvinnor; gymnasieskolan; intresse; grundad teori; Naturvetenskaps-programmet; Teknikprogrammet;

   Abstract : Ingenjörsutbildningar i Sverige har på ungefär hundra år gått från att enbart ta in män till en andel av 36 procent kvinnliga studenter. Även om en jämställd könsfördelning går framåt är andelen kvinnor på vissa program så låg som 16 procent. READ MORE

4. 23. Does having previous working experiences in finance affect corporate hedging decisions made by the CEO? - a study on U.S. oil and gas producers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Peera Sakdanupong; Jeremy Seow; [2018]
   Keywords : Hedging; Hedge ratio; Chief executive officers; CEO characteristics; CEO risk preferences; Finance career; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if a CEO with finance and accounting working experiences would affect corporate hedging decisions, in terms of the decision to hedge, the extent of hedging, and the type of hedging tools used. This thesis uses panel data regressions where the hedge ratio, binary hedging decisions and hedging types are dependent variables, controlled by independent variables such as a dummy variable for CEOs with finance working experience, various CEO characteristics, and firm-level variables. READ MORE

5. 24. Exploring the link between social media and graduate entrepreneurship : A study on social media’s influence on last-year undergraduate students’ self-efficacy with regards to their entrepreneurial intentions

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Krasimira Stoyanova; [2017]
   Keywords : social media; graduate entrepreneurship; self-efficacy; entrepreneurial intentions;

   Abstract : This paper’s objective is to examine the social media influence on students’ self-efficacy with regards to their entrepreneurial intentions. This thesis explores a topic which has received little to no attention at all, and the investigation sheds light on social media in an aspect different from marketing. READ MORE

6. 25. I AM YOUR FATHER - A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FATHERHOOD AS A POTENTIAL TURNING POINT

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Nikolina Pitkäaho; [2017]
   Keywords : desistance; fatherhood; life-course criminology; offending; semi- structured interviews; turning point;

   Abstract : Research in life-course criminology has been studying turning points away from criminality. There is although a limited amount of research that has been focusing on parenthood and especially on fatherhood as a potential turning point. READ MORE