Essays about: "thesis on human resource practice"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 essays containing the words thesis on human resource practice.

  1. 11. HPWP's Role on Product Innovation in Family Firms : A Study of Swedish Family Firms

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sander van Leuven; Oscar Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : HPWP; product innovation; family firms; familiness; interplay;

    Abstract : Innovation is of central concern for all businesses. The concern for innovation is particularly sensitive for family firms as they often face the challenge of being less entrepreneurial and innovative than nonfamily firms du e to their, sometimes contradictory goals, between economic efficiency and family interest. READ MORE

  3. 12. Internationalization of Chinese MNCs in the Swedish Market : An Empirical Study on the Role of Institutional Structure and Socio-cultural Factors in the Process of Internationalization

    University essay from

    Author : Yao Li; [2017]
    Keywords : MNCs’ Internationalization; Cross-cultural practice; Cultural dimensions; Uppsala Internationalization Process Model; The Network Model of Internationalization; Adaptive process;

    Abstract : China and Sweden are two key players that are highly involved with and significantly benefited from globalization. Sino-Foreign direct investment (FDI) and Multinational Corporations’(MNC) internationalization are major topics in the academic community of international business and management. READ MORE

  4. 13. The safety manager as a boundary spanner between communities of practice : The employment of a safety manager in a Swedish construction company

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Martin Desmond; Henrik Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Safety management; safety manager; boundary spanning; communities of practice; human resource management;

    Abstract : Safety is an important concern within the construction industry.  Many different management strategies exist in the literature, but despite ambitious efforts to improve the safety and prevent accidents, the accident incidence is still unacceptably high. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Performance Management Process : Influences of the Perceived Accuracy and Fairness on Employees’ Engagement in Austrian Consulting Companies

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

    Author : Stephan Pessl; [2016]
    Keywords : Performance Management; Performance Management Process; Employee Engagement; Accuracy; Fairness;

    Abstract : The demographic shifts, the increased workforce mobility, and the shortage of skilled workers have led to a new thinking within the human resource management. Organizations are becoming aware that their employees are a key asset for success. READ MORE

  6. 15. The virtuous Human Resource-practitioner : Can virtue ethics support the emerging role for the HR-profession in a changing labour market?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Jason Martin; [2014]
    Keywords : virtue ethics; HR; work-life; practice; profession; culture; trust.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the possibilities of applying virtue ethics in the HR-profession by presenting the foundation for virtue ethics and addressing how it could be transformed into virtue ethical principles for HR-practitioners in Swedish work-life. I address the questions how virtue ethics could support HR-practitioners in doing ”the right thing” and how a HR-practitioner should be. READ MORE