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Fletta eftir efnisorði "Stjórnun"

Fletta eftir efnisorði "Stjórnun"

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  • Saviolidis, Nína María (University of Iceland, School of Social Science, Faculty of Business Administration, 2021-06)
    The necessity of a sustainability transition i.e. large scale transformation to solve grand societal challenges at all levels is not debated. How to go about achieving these necessary transitions is the question. The role and contribution of economic ...
  • Einarsdottir, Sigrun Lilja; Svansson, Einar (2022-10-19)
    Previous research haas demonstrated that the corporate ladder is more slippery for women than men. Furthermore, women are more likely than men to shoulder responsibilities in their personal life (the third shift), even if they earn more than their ...
  • Minelgaite, Inga; Littrell, Romie Frederick (Faculty of Economics, University of Split, 2018-06-30)
    In a study of employed adult business people, comparisons of preferred leader behaviour prototypes (as defined by the Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire XII) were carried out between Iceland, a culturally homogeneous nation, and Lithuania a ...
  • Urboniene, Lolita; Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.; Minelgaite, Inga; Littrell, Romie F. (SAGE Publications, 2018-04)
    This article presents a study of desired leadership behavior in the educational sector in Iceland. This sector has been undergoing major challenges during recent years, including restructuring and mergers of schools, strikes of teachers’ professional ...
  • Sigursteinsdóttir, Hjördís (2013)
    Markmið þessarar rannsóknar er að skoða einelti og líðan á vinnustað meðal starfsfólks sveitarfélaga í kjölfar efnahagshrunsins hér á landi 2008. Rafrænn spurningalisti var í þrígang lagður fyrir starfsfólk 20 sveitarfélaga með þekkt netfang, fyrst í ...
  • Rafnsdóttir, Gudbjörg Linda; Sigursteinsdóttir, Hjördís (Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands, 2019-11-18)
    Líðan leikskólakennara og leiðbeinenda, svo og aðbúnaður á vinnustað, er meðal þess sem getur haft áhrif á leikskólabörn og þroskaferil þeirra. Því er brýnt að rannsaka líðan þessara starfshópa og hvaða þættir í vinnuumhverfinu styðja við eða draga úr ...
  • Larsen, Nils Magne; Sigurdsson, Valdimar; Breivik, Jørgen; Fagerstrøm, Asle; Foxall, Gordon (Wiley, 2019-07-24)
    Efficiency has emerged as an important consumer value and thus has increased the importance of the in-store search as one facet of consumer transaction costs. This paper contributes to the development of a marketing theory of the firm by analyzing the ...
  • Guðjónsson, Sigurður (Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands, 2017-06-30)
    This critical literature review begins by giving a short introduction to the microfinance industry. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are explained and an account is given of their dual performance goals of financial performance (‘financial sustainability’) ...
  • Nedelciu, Claudiu; Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala; Stjernquist, Ingrid; Schellens, Marie Katharine (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-09-04)
    Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient in agriculture; however, lack of reporting makes its supply chain a black box. By using literature synthesis on the P challenge, we identify four areas where the reporting process is problematic: P reserves ...
  • Minelgaite, Inga; Littrell, Romie F.; Škudienė, Vida (Vilnius University Press, 2018-12-28)
    Leadership roles in sustaining effective management have recently become paramount due to the need to keep up with the fast technical and societal developments. Moreover, business sectors in the postcommunist transformation settings are facing distinct ...
  • Dýrfjörð, Kristín; Hreiðarsdóttir, Anna Elísa (2022-02-17)
    In mid-March 2020, leaders of Icelandic preschools faced a new reality: the task of leading and keeping their preschools open during the early stages of a pandemic. Suddenly, everything changed, and dystopia became the “new normal”. The proximal closeness ...
  • Jonasson, Haukur Ingi; Ingason, Helgi (University of Technology, Sydney, 2018-06-08)
    Project management is essentially about solving problems and getting things done. The ability to imagine is a crucial ability when it comes to finding solutions and actualizing them. This paper looks at how creativity can, on an individual, team and ...
  • McKelvey, Maureen; Saemundsson, Rognvaldur; Zaring, Olof (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-01-19)
    This article focuses upon issues that public policy makers need to address, when trying to stimulate world-leading research into new areas, which are potentially also valuable to solving societal challenges. Our analysis helps contribute to the theoretical ...
  • Olafsdottir, Gudrun; Bogason, Sigurdur; Aubert, Pierre-Marie; Thakur, Maitri; Đurić, Ivan; Nicolau, Mariana; McGarraghy, Sean; Sigurdardottir, Hildigunnur; samoggia, antonella; Holden, Nicholas M.; Cechura, Lukas; Jaghdani, Tinoush; Svanidze, Miranda; Esposito, Gianandrea; Monticoni, Fransesca; Fedato, Cristina; Xhelili, A.; Huber, Elise; Hargaden, Vincent; Saviolidis, Nína María; Gorton, Matthew; Hubbard, Carmen; Kahiluoto, Helena; Hoang, Viet (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science, 2021-09-15)
    The functioning of food value chains entails a complex organisation from farm to fork which is characterised by various governance forms and externalities which have shaped the overall food system. VALUMICS food value chain case studies: wheat to bread, ...
  • Þórlindsson, Þórólfur (Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands., 2008)
    In this paper I argue that the academic culture, politics and the organization of the University of Iceland has been characterized by three cultures that I label as the literary, the civic, and the Humboldtian traditions. These traditions have mixed ...
  • Steinþórsson, Runólfur Smári; Þórarinsdóttir, Anna Marín; Svansson, Einar (Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands, 2018-06-25)
    Viðfangsefni greinarinnar er þróun á skipulagi fyrirtækja á Íslandi fyrir og eftir fjármálahrunið árið 2008. Byggt er á rannsóknum í verkefninu Innform á Íslandi, annars vegar frá 2004 til 2007 og hins vegar frá 2010 til 2014. Einnig er gerður ...
  • Minelgaite, Inga; Edvardsson, Ingi Runar; Littrell, Romie F. (SAGE Publications, 2017-04)
    This article contributes to cross-cultural management literature, by providing empirical data from two underresearched countries, to serve in the future as benchmark cultural shift research. Furthermore, it illustrates not only the insufficiency of ...
  • Óskarsdóttir, Helga Guðrún; Oddsson, Gudmundur V. (MDPI AG, 2017-08-01)
    Low knowledge worker productivity is an important problem that needs to be addressed. Current research addressing this problem is fragmented and deals with different isolated elements of the problem. There is a need for a holistic approach to knowledge ...
  • Guðmundsdóttir, Árelía Eydís; Blöndal, Elín (Stofnun stjórnsýslufræða og stjórnmála við Háskóla Íslands, 2017-12-14)
    Þessi grein fjallar um birtingarmyndir valds í samskiptum stjórnenda og þekkingarstarfsmanna og áskoranir sem stjórnendur standa frammi fyrir á þeim grundvelli. Við öflun gagna var stuðst við eigindlega aðferðafræði og tekin hálfopin viðtöl við níu ...
  • Foxall, Gordon (Wiley, 2019-07-05)
    The theory of the marketing firm locates the rationale of the modern business enterprise that lies in its responding profitably to the imperatives of marketing orientation. Economic theories of the firm generally fail to recognize these imperatives, ...