Essays about: "women s organization"

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1. 16. Female Leadership; Navigating the Organizational Context

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Therese Axelsson; Aqvelina Jacobsson; Nike Lagerlöf; [2022]
   Keywords : Female leadership; Transformational leadership; Leaky pipeline; Leadership labrinth; Navigation strategies.;

   Abstract : Background: Today, women and men do not share leadership positions equally within the organizational context. In turn, leadership, particularly transformational leadership, which is mainly used by female leaders, is essential for organizations. READ MORE

3. 17. Women’s Careers: Challenges and Opportunities in the Swedish Energy Industry

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Elsa Francke; Hanna Kakavandy; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender Equality; Women’s Careers; Challenge; Opportunity; Discrimination; Social Sustainability; Energy Industry; Sweden.; Jämställdhet; Kvinnors karriärer; Utmaning; Möjlighet; Diskriminering; Social hållbarhet; Energibranschen; Sverige;

   Abstract : Practices to promote gender equality and equal opportunities for men and women have become an important part of many organizations' agenda. However, women are still experiencing challenges in career advancement to a larger extent than men. This is due to structural, cultural and societal factors and other types of discrimination against women. READ MORE

4. 18. A Gender Perspective on Corporate Entrepreneurship - Closing the gender gap(s) in Corporate Innovation: Understanding Intrapreneurship as Position-taking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Isabelle Edenborg; [2022]
   Keywords : corporate entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; innovation; gender; Bourdieu;

   Abstract : Increasing women's representation in innovation, as the foremost source of economic growth and technological development, has been on the agenda amongst policy-makers and corporations for years. Despite this, research on corporate entrepreneurship, as an increasingly applied strategy for innovation and business renewal, and the interrelated intrapreneurship concept, are signified by gender blindness. READ MORE

5. 19. The Meaning of Gender Issues as Narrated and Negotiated by Activists in Mozambique

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Karina Squiassi; [2022]
   Keywords : Civil society in Mozambique; Civil society in Africa; post-colonial feminism; feminist participatory democracy; gender relations; women’s human rights; rights communication.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Feminist activism in Mozambique has suffered dramatic changes throughout the many socio-political processes the country has encountered. Consequently, the activists in civil society still struggle to fight against patriarchal oppression, political repression, and socio-cultural norms that hinder women's full realization of their rights. READ MORE

6. 20. The Female Retailer, a Woman Amongst Men : An Interview Study about Women’s Advancement within ICA

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Britta Elsert Gynning; [2022]
   Keywords : Gendered organizations; Gendered structures; ICA; Leadership construction; Entrepreneurship.;

   Abstract : This study explores attitudes and constructions regarding the low number of female entre- preneurs within the Swedish grocery retailer company ICA. Through interviews and a focus group with women within ICA as well as a thematic analysis, this study confirms previous re- search; of women meeting hinders on the labor market, not due to inadequate leadership-skills but on gender-barriers impeding women to become leader, chiefs, and entrepreneurs. READ MORE