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Perceived flexibility: The impact of flexible work and work-home interaction on life satisfactionA quantitative study of the relationships between pe…
2020
Master´s thesis in Business Administration (BE 501) The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of perceived flexibility and work-home interaction on life satisfaction. The lack of previous research, on the direct connections between the variables, perceived flexibility, and life satisfaction, resulted in the purpose of this study. Work-home interaction has indications of connection to both perceived flexibility and life satisfaction (Hill et al., 2001: Clark, 2000: Vodanovich et al., 2006), and was of that reason presented as a possible mediator. Based on this, hypotheses regarding the relationship between the variables were created.In order to test the seven hypotheses, the method …
Does optimized portfolios outperform the naive diversification: Implications from joint tests Can optimized trading strategies significa ntly outperf…
2020
Master´s thesis in Business Administration (BE501) This thesis expands upon the debate surrounding the paper of DeMiguel, Garlappi &Uppal (2009). We investigate the performance of optimized strategies compared to the naive 1/N rule while controlling for data-snooping. Using the Sharpe ratio and theFFC4 alpha as performance measures, we investigate 10 basic portfolio strategies with datasets from the US and Norwegian markets. We attempt to answer two weaknesses of previous studies on the topic by accounting for data-snooping using White’s RealityCheck (WRC) and the Superior Predictive Ability (SPA) test. In addition, we include the alpha measure in order to account for the established factor…
The EU-U.S. Open Skies Agreement: An Empirical Analysis of the Effects on Competition
2020
Master\´s thesis in Business Administration (BE501)
The “dark side” of projectification : The impact of project work on the employees’ emotions. What are the negative aspects of project work and its ef…
2018
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2018 In this thesis, we explore the “dark side” of projectification. Working on projects have become an increasing trend and preferred way of working in most types of businesses and industries. This transition is described as being among the most significant changes in modern organisations. Critical studies, focused on the subject have emphasised some noteworthy, but perhaps blocked existential consequences for individuals involved in project work. This thesis, therefore, aims to add to this field of research and uncover the negative aspects of project work and its effects on the individual project worker’s emotions in a pr…
Is the superior performance of optimized strategies caused by data mining bias?
2020
Master thesis in Business Administration (BE501)
”To be or not to be” successful in a merger between performing arts organizations : a case study of Kilden Performing Arts Centre
2016
Master thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2016 Thousands of organizations are merging every year, even though the consensus among scholars is that most, or at least a large part of them fail. And after decades of research into mergers there is no clear consensus as to what it would take to have a successful merger, all though many agree on a handful of success factors being important. Even though there is a vast amount of research on mergers in general, I have found almost nothing about mergers in the performing arts industry. My thesis is looking into this industry, and what it takes to merge successfully here compared to other industries. I try to give an answer to…
The effects of social processes on project performance in international projects A quantitative study on how social processes affect project performa…
2020
Organizations face increasingly dynamic, uncertain and complex business environments.Projects have emerged as a reaction to these environmental challenges.This thesis aim is to obtain a better understating on how social processes affect project performance in international projects.We expand the existing research on international projects by considering project complexity and national-culture diversity as having moderating effects on project performance. Media is posited to have a mediating effect on the relationship between social processes and project performance.In this thesis, a hierarchical component model was applied with reflective lower-order constructs and formative higher-order co…
Im plementering av GDPR i norske SMB’er - Hvor forberedt er norske SMB’er på innføringen av personvernfordningen og hva kjennetegner bedriftene som h…
2018
Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon BE501 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Denne studien forsøker å forklare sammenhengen mellom karakteristika ved daglig leder og implementeringen av GDPR i norske SMB’er. I tillegg undersøkes det om bedriftens størrelse og bransjetilhørighet har påvirkning på implementeringen. Med utgangspunkt i Upper Echelons Theory og Contingency Theory ble det formulert åtte forventninger for å undersøke sammenhengen med implementeringen av GDPR. Den empiriske analysen er basert på en spørreundersøkelse med svar fra 114 norske SMB’er, og resultatene er analysert ved bruk av logistisk regresjon. Hovedfunnene fra studien viser at over 40 prosent av de norske SMB’ene ikke …
Sykefravær i Norge Hvilke faktorer bidrar til høyt sykefravær i Norge?
2020
Master`s thesis in Business Administration (BE501) Sickness absence is a major expense for the Norwegian welfare state. This master’s thesis will discuss various factors that affect Norwegian sickness absence. OECD issued a report in 2018, which showed that Norway had the highest rate of sickness absence among the member countries. Among these countries, Norway also has the most generous welfare system. Therefore, several Norwegian leaders have pointed out that today’s sick pay scheme is not sustainable if the high absenteeism and unemployment rate continues.The theory section will describe the characteristics of the welfare state, and the socio-economic consequences of the sick pay scheme.…
Change Readiness Factors influencing employees’ readiness for change within an organisation : A systematic review
2017
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2017 External and internal factors are constantly forcing organisations to change; in order for organisations to survive and change successfully it is crucial to respond quickly. Readiness for change and actions undertaken in the implementation of change serve as key constructs for the success of a change effort. Readiness for change is well known as a tool for decreasing resistance to change, but exactly what factors will create this condition and in what order the steps must occur has been studied less extensively. The term readiness for change goes all the way back to Kurt Lewin’s (1951) three-step model, in which the fi…