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Regional leadership: a systemic view
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: Systemic Practice and Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11213-012-9268-2 New innovation and industrial policies contribute to the development of an informal economy and have increased collaborative processes across sectors and social spheres within regions. This paper addresses the role of regional leadership in the informal economy. By themselves, network processes increase complexity and create a series of uncertainties that differ from processes that are steered through the hierarchical procedures of public bureaucracy or regulated through the judicial and competitive mechanisms of the market.…
Culture matters : the leader-follower relationship in the Chinese organizational context
2016
In this dissertation, the dynamics between leader and follower is the focus. This dissertation contributes to knowledge and understanding of the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory in Chinese organizational settings. The research has three aims. The first aim is to increase knowledge of the LMX theory by contextualizing the theory in the Chinese setting. Drawing upon discussion of the role of guanxi, Chinese social values is elaborated in LMX. The second aim is to analyze the connections between LMX, ethical culture of an organization and employee work engagement. Finally, the third aim is to examine the construct validity of the measurement of the ethical culture of an organization, namely…
Leadership – A Key Factor to a Succesful Organization – Part II
2013
Abstract Leadership is the well-known and often discussed process nowadays of influence exerted by one person, accepted and followed by all, over the other factors (human resource) that he works with, in order to reach the organizational goals. This research is the second part of a long cycle aimed to determine the knowledge and application of the leadership concept in the Romanian organizations considering the influences imposed by the external environment, often characterized by frequent changes. These changes may have positive or negative effects on organizations, and that is why organizations have to react fast in order to take advantage of opportunities and to protect from threats. We …
The quality and development of the leader-follower relationship and psychological capital : a longitudinal case study in a higher education context
2014
Strategically Balanced Change: A Key Factor in Modern Management
2006
Organizational change is a much discussed topic in the management literature. It is an important issue because proper change management significantly increases the survival of an organization in today’s hypercompetitive global business environment. Yet, all too often transformational change programs fail due to a variety of reasons. The purpose of this paper is to describe change from different angles (e.g., themes and types of change, importance of change, resistance to change, and change lessons) and to utilize the literature information to identify key components of organizational change in order to develop a “Model of Strategically Balanced Change”. I argue that transformational change …
A learning experience like no other : The significance of student exchange for language students at the University of Jyväskylä
2010
Tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää, mikä merkitys opiskelijavaihdolla on Jyväskylän yliopiston kielten opiskelijoille. Aikaisemmat tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että vaihto-opiskelun aikana saadut oppimiskokemukset ovat opiskelijoille hyvin monipuolisia, ja niillä on niin henkilökohtaisia kuin ammatillisiakin vaikutuksia. Aikaisemmat tutkimukset ovat keskittyneet yleisesti yliopisto- tai korkeakouluopiskelijoihin, mutta tarkkaa katsausta opiskelijavaihdon hyödyistä kielten opiskelijoille ei ole tehty. Tämän tutkielman tarkoituksena oli kartoittaa Jyväskylän yliopiston kielten opiskelijoiden näkemyksiä vaihto-opiskelusta ja kansainvälistymisestä, odotuksista ennen vaihtoa ja vaihdossa s…
Mācīšanās un zināšanu apmaiņas prakses starp programmētājiem
2021
Maģistra darba mērķis ir pētīt programmētāju mācīšanās prakses un savstarpējo attiecību nozīmi tajās. Balstoties uz ilgtermiņa programmētāju kopienas etnogrāfisku izpēti, maģistra darbā pētu programmēšanu un programmēšanas mācīšanos kā prakses, kā šīs prakses iederas formālajā un neformālajā izglītības ietvarā un kādas ir kopienas attiecības šo prakšu ietvaros. Pamata datu ievākšanas metodes ir padziļinātas, daļēji strukturētas intervijas, līdzdalīgie novērojumi, kā arī auto etnogrāfisko pierakstu analīze. Šīs prakses tiek kontekstualizētas, izmantojot prakses un reciprocitātes teorētisko perspektīvu. Galvenās novērotās prakses starp programmētājiem ir pašmācība un mācīšanās kopienas ietvar…
Dictamen profesional sobre la fusión y escisión como extrategias alternativas en un grupo de sociedades
2021
This work is a professional, legal opinion which sets out two alternative strategies (merger by absorption and partial demerger) in order to bring together the different areas of activity of the various companies in a group of companies. The aim is to provide solutions to the questions raised by customers and, therefore, to set out clearly and simply the procedure to be followed in each of the strategies, weighing up the advantages and disadvantages from each of them
The challenges of Language: re-shaping legislative discourse(s) and text(s)
2015
Since the 1990s the discourse on the relationship between the EU and member states in the field of labour law has changed significantly and it has been increasingly supplemented by framework agreements between the EU and the actors involved in the labour law dialogue. From this point of view, the Green Paper on Modernising labour law invites member states, the social partners and other interested parties to participate in a consultation process and an open debate, in order to look at how labour law can help promote flexibility in conjunction with security, regardless of the type of employment contract. The aim of this paper is to explore how the labour law interactants re-shape their discou…
”Juhannuksena sää saattaa olla lämmin” : Mitä sanomalehtien sääkirjoitukset kertovat suomalaisten suhteesta säähän ja ilmastoon?
2020
Ilmasto konkretisoituu ihmisten arkeen sään kautta; ilmaston merkitys välittyy sään kokemisessa ja säälle annetuissa paikallisissa merkityksissä. Näin sään ja sille annettujen kulttuuristen merkitysten tutkiminen tuo arvokkaan lisän ilmastonmuutoksen arkisten seurausten hahmottamisessa ja voi auttaa ymmärtämään erilaisia ilmastonmuutosnäkemyksiä ja näistä juontuvia ilmastopolitiikan konflikteja. Tämän vuoksi kiinnostus arkisten sääkokemusten tutkimukseen on kasvanut viime vuosina. Artikkeli tarjoaa katsauksen tähän kansainvälisesti kehittyvään kulttuurisen ilmastotutkimuksen kenttään, sekä tarkastelee empiirisesti sään kulttuurisia merkityksiä Suomessa sanomalehtiaineiston avulla. Empiirine…