Essays about: "family company"

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1. 1. THE SHIFTING DYNAMICS BETWEEN WORK AND LIFE IN REMOTE WORKING

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

   Author : Bo An; [2023-10-10]
   Keywords : Work-life balance; work-family border theory; flexibility; remote working; new work practices; boundaries;

   Abstract : Purpose: Aiming to investigate how knowledge workers organise their work through boundary practice in remote working, this study has partnered with one online consulting company who provides professional accounting services to third party customers. This study tries to explore 1) how accountants organize their work through managing and shaping their physical and temporal boundaries to establish flexibility in remote working; 2) how are technologies harnessed to manage work-life boundaries in the context of remote working. READ MORE

3. 2. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

   Abstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE

4. 3. NAVIGATING WORKPLACE CONFLICT A case study of local and foreign employees at an international company in Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Suzana Aroko; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : Intercultural conflict; workplace conflict; culture; conflict management styles; Tanzania; Kenya; Germany; United States of America;

   Abstract : In the era of global trade and professional ties across borders, understanding how individuals from diverse contexts frame and respond to workplace conflict is critically important. Researchers have found various variables with some correlation to preferred conflict management style. READ MORE

5. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sustainability Reports of Volvo Cars

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Sara Battistella; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : automotive; critical discourse analysis; environment; organisational communication; sustainability; sustainability reporting; swedishness; Volvo Cars;

   Abstract : Companies communicate the impact of their corporate activities through sustainability reports, disclosing their environmental engagement. Critical studies on sustainability reporting have highlighted that environmental reporting practices participate in the construction of the definition of environmental responsibility. READ MORE

6. 5. How do Family Firms Cope with Crises : A study on the current inflation and energy crisis

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Falk Hundertmark; Martin Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : family firms; economic resilience; energy crisis; inflation;

   Abstract : Background: The current energy and inflation crisis presents a challenge for businesses in Europe. One of the countries that is especially affected by the crisis is Germany. Family firms are an important factor for the German and European economies, as they account for 65 to 80 percent of all European companies. READ MORE