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The Valuation of Work - A study of individual salary setting practices for white collar workers
(2015-01-12)
With pay-for-performance system becoming a common reward strategy, the salary setting criteria are based on a valuation of the employee‟s work. This indicates that it is not merely the market that sets the price, as suggested ...
A Swedish MNC’s journey towards “one company”
(2015-11-16)
This article seeks to add to our understanding of how practice transfers are implemented across national borders. Abandoning the use of the often used diffusion approach within practice transfer studies, this article is ...
How do HR Business Partners work strategically? - A case study of HR transformation and strategic HR work in Göteborgs Stad Master Thesis
(2015-01-14)
Over the last decades, the focus on strategic work within HRM theorists and practices has been
increasing. Largely because of the global trend to transform HR organizations in larger
companies where also divisional HR ...
Obtaining Local Universality Making Social Skills Training Fit Swedish Social Psychiatry
(2015-09-17)
This article aims at analyzing the implementation of the Swedish version of the evidence-based Social & Independent Living Skills Program (Ett Självständigt Liv) in Swedish social psychiatry. Using ethnography and actor-network ...
The Riots Explained - Research and Media Explanations of the Riots in Paris 2005, London 2011 and Stockholm 2013
(2015-11-27)
The riots of Paris 2005, London 2011 and Stockholm 2013 all share a number of similarities. They
started from similar triggering points, in poor areas and spread to the rest of the capitals and
then to other cities of ...
Investerare, missbrukare och utsatta - Unga vuxnas förhållningssätt till krediter
(2015-11-06)
The aim of this artical is to explain and understand young adults common sensemaking and
practices regarding credits and credit financing in relation to consumption. The study is based
on three focus group interviews, ...
Inter-cultural Working Relationships between Expatriates and Local Employees in MNCs Cases from the Automotive Industry in China
(2015-01-13)
One fact multinational companies must face is working with employees who come from different cultures and countries. Due different working principle and approaches, problems related to cultural differences occur. One of ...
WORK ‘‘WITHOUT BORDERS’’- FLEXIBLE WORK AND ITS CONSEQUENCES A case study of a NGO in Greece during the economic recession
(2015-11-30)
The aim of this study was twofold. On the one hand, the purpose was to provide a better understanding on how work is organised in a non-profit organisation through the spectrum of flexibility and what its consequences are ...
EMPLOYER BRANDING CONTEXTUALISED - A qualitative study in Greece during the financial crisis Maria
(2015-11-30)
Problem Employer branding as a strategy to attract and retain employees (Backhaus & Tikoo, 2004) is continuously gaining more popularity among practitioners and academics. However, the conceptualisation and implementation ...
Resistance to Organizational Change and the Value of Communication: the case of Volvo Cars Human Resources Department
(2015-01-12)
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the consequences of Human Resource (HR) transformation from an individual perspective. With the theory brought up by Ulrich, HR transformation is a process and means for ...