Fifty employees at a local industrial company answered a questionnaire about coping strategies and personality traits. One purpose of the study was to investigate if officials and public employees used different coping strategies in stressful work situations. Another purpose of the study was to investigate if there was a relationship between the personality traits of the officials and the public employees and their chosen coping strategies. Ten Item Personality Inventory and Brief COPE were used to examine personality traits and coping strategies respectively. The results showed a difference in exhibited personality traits where conscientiousness was higher among the official employees than the public employees.

 Problematisering: Vikten av arbetsgivarvarumärket har växt i betydelse tack vare den brist på välutbildad arbetskraft som råder. För att företagen ska kunna locka till sig och attrahera anställda till företaget blir rekryteringsannonser och företagshemsidan viktiga medium. På hemsidan och i rekryteringsannonserna har nämligen företaget möjlighet att väcka nyfikenhet och visa upp företagets identitet och kultur. Det som kommuniceras i annonserna och på företagshemsidan anses även ha stor betydelse för hur företagets image uppfattas av de potentiellt anställda. Därför blir det viktigt att de svårgripbara delarna av ett arbetsgivarvarumärke ger både existerande och potentiellt anställda de rätta associationerna, samt att dessa associationer kan byggas upp genom samverkande aktiviteter mellan marknadsförings- och HR-avdelningen.

Följande studie är ett bidrag till forskningen inom strategisk kommunikation och varumäkeskommunikation. Huvudsyftet med studien är att klargöra och finna svar på huruvida varumärkena Audi, BMW och Mercedes-Benz lyckas vara särpräglade i sin kommunikation. Studien ämnar även klargöra var de särpräglade dragen gör sig synliga. Genom att studera varumärkenas homogenitet, och inkongruenta inslag, inom de två dimensionerna; retorik och grafik avser resultatet ge svar på varumärkenas koncept och således tydliggöra de särpräglade dragen i kommunikationen.Önskan med studien är att ge mottagaren en vidare inblick och förståelse för varumärkesskapande och varumärkeskommunikation i en snäv konkurrenssituation. Målet är att besvara de två frågeställningar som studien vilar pa?, följaktligen: 1) Hur skiljer sig Audi, BMW och Mercedes-Benz varumärkeskommunikation åt utifra?n inkongruens och homogenitet? 2)    Lyckas    varumärkena    vara    särpräglade    trots    den    påtagliga    konkurrensen? Studien utgår huvudsakligen från tre teoretiska ramverk; 1) Teorier kring inkongruent varumärkeskommunikation,    2)    teorier    om    det    traditionella    perspektivet    inom varumärkeskommunikation, 3) teorier om de tre dimensionerna inom studerandet av varumärken.

Literature describes what it is like to be a leader in the healthcare and what is looked upon as the most characteristic quality for female leadership. Women often use a leadership technique that motivates the employee and they allow themselves to develop a humanitarian leadership. The aim of this study was to describe female head nurses? experience of their leadership in healthcare. The collection of data has been carried out from interviews.

This study focuses on how the idea of sustainability is dealt with by companies, how the idea changes when moving through a company structure and how the different individuals interpret the idea. To date, many different studies have been written on the subject of sustainability, but few share the perspective addressed in this particular study. This case study was formed at a paper mill in the central part of Sweden. Semi-structured interviews with employees working on different hierarchical levels, within the same company, were chosen in order to get an insight into how the idea of sustainability is implemented throughout an entire company. The interviews have been transcribed to help identify contrasting patterns.This study has shown that the idea of sustainability, and its context within society, differs from how the idea is perceived in the organization.

This study is an institutional analysis of the firm both as it is theoretically conceptualized and how it takes shape and changes. The role of power relations between manage¬ment and employees is especially examined with the aim of evaluating pos¬sible connections between the firm as an institution and power relations within it. Based on a comparison of two cases (two selected periods of the same organization) it asks ?How closely does each case match the conceptual characteristics of the firm??; ?What are the power relations between management and employees in each case??; and finally ?What factors account for the resulting differences??. It is found that there is a negative correlation between employee power and proximity to the firm as a concept.

The purpose of this thesis is to understand the reasons to why management consultants choose to leave their positions at large and established management consultant companies. The empirical data are made up of eleven interviews with men and women, both management consultants that have left their previous positions as well as a consultant who has chosen to stay with her first company and a representative from one of the large companies active within the management consultant industry. We have used the Job Embeddedness Theory combined with theories about identity, legitimacy, institutional norms and gender in order to understand the thoughts and reasoning behind the management consultants´ resignation. We have found that issues with the work itself and characteristics of the industry prevent the management consultants from being embedded within the management consultant company. Rather, some of the characteristics of the industry such as ?up or out? and the need to constantly perform work as a ?pushing-out mechanism?.

Background: Following an increased awareness concerning social and environmental aspectsin society, more enterprises establish sustainability reports in order to inform theirstakeholders about the company?s sustainability duties. A previous study indicates that themetal sector is enjoying relatively limited increases in business opportunities and/or financialvalue of corporate responsibility. Another study suggests that there is a gap in expectationsbetween producers and users of sustainability reports due to an uncertainty regarding whatinformation such reports should contain and what audience such reports should target. Thequestion is whether or not a gap in expectations concerning sustainability reporting is acontributing factor to the limited increases in financial value in the metal sector?Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine how a sustainability report should becarried out by a company in the steel industry given what information the company and thestakeholders consider as essential in a sustainability report.Methodology: To accomplish the purpose of the study, a deductive approach was used due tothe availability of suitable theories.

Literature describes what it is like to be a leader in the healthcare and what is looked upon as the most characteristic quality for female leadership. Women often use a leadership technique that motivates the employee and they allow themselves to develop a humanitarian leadership. The aim of this study was to describe female head nurses? experience of their leadership in healthcare. The collection of data has been carried out from interviews.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar när ekonomstudenter väljer sin första arbetsgivare.Uppsatsens teoridel bygger på tre delar. I den första delen beskriver vi hur individen påverkas av sin omgivning när han/hon väljer sin första arbetsplats. Andra delen tar upp arbete och motivation och kopplingen mellan motivationsfaktorer och val av arbete. Sista delen handlar om hur individer kan påverkas av företag vid val av arbetsplats.Den empiriska delen innefattar en enkätundersökning och två intervjuer som har utförts på ekonomikum vid Uppsala Universitet.Vi har i vår studie kommit fram till att det finns flera olika faktorer som påverkar ekonomstudenternas val av arbete. Påverkan kan ske dels från omgivningen och dels från företagen, men även faktorer kring arbete och miljö spelar in..

The main purpose of a logotype is to harmonize with a company?s business concept and culture. This study is based on the receiver?s attitudes about three different logotypes - Volvo, Telia and Mcdonald's. It informs the reader about the importance of a logotype as a mean of communication and if the perceptions of the logotype harmonize with the profile of the company.

The purpose of our study has been to examine the methods of validation and reminiscences from an employee point of view. To answer our aim a qualitative disquisition with four assistant nurses and one pedagogue in craft was conducted. The result was divided into three different themes: the view on people with dementia, merits and demerits with the methods and to work with people with dementia. The analysis of the result was made from selected parts of the system theory and symbolic interaction theory.The result of our disquisition can be summarized in that all our interviewed persons above all only can see advantages with the methods and several express that they are good tools to use in their work with people with dementia. The majority of our interviewed persons make use of the methods in everyday, spontaneous, meetings with the elderly.

The business cycle of the wood flooring branch is currently high however that situation may not be sustainable. In a possible future weaker business climate, the importance of marketing becomes accentuated for firms that aim to maintain their sales levels. We can see trends that competition among the Swedish and foreign manufactures is already stepping up. The intent of this study is to establish marketing guidelines for floor- and molding manufacturers, so they can establish a clearer brand image in DIY retail outlets. By comparing the approach of sports- and DIY stores to brand and product placement, this study aims to bring new knowledge to the DIY branch for improved consumer and product handling.

Syfte: Det förutspås en framtida brist på ingenjörer i Sverige och därmed kan en ökadkonkurrens om denna målgrupp förväntas. Syftet med denna studie var att identifieravad svenska ingenjörsstudenter anser viktigt i sitt val av framtida arbetsgivare, attundersöka om skillnader finns mellan män och kvinnor samt skillnader beroende påstudenternas skattning av sin akademiska prestationsnivå. Genom att tillföra kunskapkring vad ingenjörsstudenter söker hos en framtida arbetsgivare kan företag överträffasina konkurrenter i att attrahera, utveckla och behålla personer med önskvärda talanger.Ytterligare kunskaper kring skillnader mellan de olika grupperna kan möjliggörastrategier utformade utifrån vad den specifika målgruppen söker.Teori/Tidigare forskning: Utgångspunkt har tagits i teori kring EmployerAttractiveness, en arbetsgivares attraktionskraft, och vad som anses viktigt valet avarbetsgivare. Detta begrepp ställs vanligen i förhållande till Employer of Choice, enönskvärd arbetsgivare, och Employer Branding som innefattar aktiviteterna som företagtillämpar för att öka sin attraktionskraft. Tidigare studier har genomförts i olika ländermed syftet att undersöka vad studenter anser vara en attraktiv arbetsgivare, därexempelvis karriärmöjligheter, utmanande arbetsuppgifter, hög lön och godaarbetsrelationer visats vara viktiga faktorer.

The need to attract and retain individuals who add value to the organization constitutes an increasing challenge facing human resource professionals. In this context it is essential to establish stronger links between the individuals and the organization they work for. The aim of this study is to explore and discuss the role of ethical core values such as trust, respect, fairness, and honesty as a critical antecedent to employee commitment. From the perspective of employees, a comparative case study is conducted in two organizations with two different reasons to exist - a profit organization and a non-profit organization. The study concludes that organizations should have a high focus on people's core values when they recruit new employees as well as for educating and training their existing employees and managers.