Essays about: "female manager"
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16. Which small firm manager will opt out of having a voluntary audit in Sweden?
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The business world and its perceived complex accounting structure has made a path for audit to acquire a key role in terms of delivering independent opinions considering the management assertions of the financial statements, as well as in assurance and advisory services. Both opinions and services are equally important for managers, owners and stakeholders of companies that are obliged to issue an audit report and for companies that operate in a context where audits are voluntary. READ MORE
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17. Talent Development in Female Football : What characterizes a successful environment?
University essay from Umeå universitet/Pedagogiska institutionenAbstract : Research on talent development has developed to highlight the central role of the environment and have found that good and supportive environments can ease prospective elite athletes’ transition from junior to senior elite level in sport. The aim of this study was to examine a successful athletic talent development environment in female football through a holistic ecological approach, in order to provide a holistic description of the environment. READ MORE
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18. Exclusion and inclusion of women by corporate cultural processes : A case study in the IT and finance industries
University essay from KTH/Organisation och ledningAbstract : This Master thesis investigates how cultural processes exclude, or might include, women from the corporate culture as well as how the cultural processes could impact the women’s abilities to career advancement within an organization that operates in the financial and IT industries. Previous studies have provided knowledge about culture and gender relations within the financial (Rutherford, 2001; Renemark, 2007) and IT-sectors (Davies and Mathieu, 2005: 12-22) respectively, but there is a lack of studies of financial service organizations in Sweden that operates in both these industries. READ MORE
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19. Does Manager Gender Matter? : The Association between Female Manager and Wages of Male and Female Employees
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Women in the Swedish labor market have lower wage than men on average. There are multiple reasons for this gender wage differential. Among other things, processes at the organizational level have been stressed. Some researchers argue that the gender of the manager has an effect on wages and that this effect might differ for men and women. READ MORE
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20. How do management, in general, perceive female managers, and how do these perceptions influence organizational practices? : An exploratory study of several manufacturing companies in the Umeå Region
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background: Previous researchers have identified perceptions and practices as key barriers to women's advancement opportunities. Moreover, the region of Umeå in Sweden has been experiencing a low representation of female managers, and the manufacturing industry is male-dominated throughout the country. READ MORE
