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Title: The auditors’ choice of negotiation tactics with the client. Has a transformative leadership and self-efficacy any impact on the choice?Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Patrick Fransson, Sara Eskilsson Supervisor: Jan Svanberg Date: 2015 - 05   Aim: Previous studies indicate different results regarding which tactic the auditor usually use in negotiations with the client. Therefore, this study describes factors that may affect the auditors choice of tactics, that not previously been explored in relation to the tactics that are examined in this study. More specifically, how the auditor’s self-efficacy is influenced by the transformational leadership in the auditing firm, and if there is a relation in the auditor’s degree of self-efficacy and their choice of negotiation tactics. Method: The essay is based on a quantitative survey, where previously tested questionnaire constitutes the basis. Swedish auditors have participated in the survey and respondents’ answers were compiled and analyzed using statistical methods. Result & Conclusions: The study shows a positive and significant relationship between a transformational leadership within the audit firm and the auditor's self-efficacy. An integrative negotiating tactic showed a positive relationship with self-efficacy, the problem-solving approach. This is related to previous studies that argue that the auditor use integrative strategies to achieve the trust of the client, giving rise to a mutual and long term relationship between the parties, which in turn benefits accountants and its management. Suggestions for future research: It would be interesting to explore how other forms of leadership affect the auditor's choice of negotiating tactics. Contribution of the thesis: The study is interesting for auditors, as it gives them indications on how their perceived self-efficacy can be influenced by the transformational leadership and which of the negotiating tactics that they typically uses at a certain quantity of self-efficacy. / Titel: Revisorns val av förhandlingstaktik med klienten. Har ett transformativt ledarskap och självförtroende inverkan på valet? Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Patrick Fransson, Sara Eskilsson Handledare: Jan Svanberg Datum: 2015- 05   Syfte: Tidigare studier påvisar blandade resultat angående vilken taktik som revisorn vanligen använder sig av vid förhandlingen med sin klient. Därför beskriver den här uppsatsen ett par faktorer, vars påverkan på revisorns taktiska val tidigare inte har utforskats i relation till de fem taktiker som undersöks i studien. Mer specifikt, hur revisorns self-efficacy påverkas av ett transformativt ledarskap inom revisionsfirman samt om det finns ett samband mellan revisorns grad av self-efficacy och val av förhandlingstaktik. Metod: Uppsatsen grundas på en kvantitativ enkätundersökning, där tidigare beprövade frågeformulär utgör grunden. Svenska revisorer har deltagit i undersökningen och respondenternas svar har sammanställts samt analyserats med hjälp av ett antal statistiska metoder. Resultat & slutsats: Studien visar att det finns ett positivt samt signifikant samband mellan ett transformativt ledarskap inom revisionsföretaget och revisorns self-efficacy. Bland de taktiker som undersöktes, var det en integrativ förhandlingstaktik som uppvisade ett positivt samband med self-efficacy, den problemlösande taktiken. Detta sätts i relation till tidigare studier som menar att revisorn använder integrativa strategier för att nå ett förtroende hos klienten, vilket ger upphov till en ömsesidig och långsiktig relation mellan parterna, som i sin tur gynnar revisorn samt dess ledning. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: I framtida forskning vore det intressant att undersöka hur andra former av ledarskap påverkar revisorns val av förhandlingstaktik. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studien är intressant för revisorer, eftersom det ger dem indikationer på hur deras upplevda self-efficacy kan påverkas av ett transformativt ledarskap och vilka förhandlingstaktiker som de vanligen använder sig av vid en viss kvantitet self-efficacy.

Denna undersöknings syfte var att beskriva gymnasieelevers upplevelse av tvålärarsystem i matematikundervisningen samt utreda om det fanns något samband mellan elevernas upplevelse av tvålärarsystemet och deras attityd till ämnet. Studien är en mikroetnografi i sluten miljö med öppen forskarroll. De forskningsfrågor som ställs handlar om att identifiera elevernas nuvarande och förutvarande attityd i matematik, beskriva deras upplevelser av tvålärarsystemet de undervisas i och slutligen att försöka dra paralleller mellan eventuella attitydförändringar och tvålärarsystemet. Empiri samlades in genom klassrumsobservationer och intervjuer med åtta elever. Intervjuerna analyserades dels induktivt med hjälp av grundad teori men också deduktivt med utgångspunkt i det teoretiska ramverket. Eleverna beskriver att de tycker att tvålärarsystemet är bra. Det som framhålls som mest positivt av eleverna är att de kan få hjälp snabbare och att de kan få kursinnehållet förklarat på olika sätt. Av de intervjuade eleverna hade två undervisats enligt tvålärarsystem även i grundskolan. Deras attityd hade inte förändrats. Av de sex elever som inte undervisats enligt tvålärarsystemet tidigare hade fem förbättrat sin attityd. Ingen av eleverna hade försämrat sin attityd till matematik sedan de började gymnasiet och ingen av de intervjuade eleverna är negativt inställd till tvålärarsystemet. Att dra slutsatser om eventuella samband mellan tvålärarsystemet och elevernas attityd är dock svårt då flera av dem beskriver att det viktiga är att man har bra lärare snarare än flera lärare.

abstract: Specific cultural variables have been found to protect against the onset of alcohol, tobacco and drug use among Latino adolescents. It has been suggested that targeting similar cultural components during the treatment of drug dependence and abuse for Latino adults may also enhance the effectiveness of the intervention, although few studies have explored this hypothesis. The current study attempted to remedy this disparity by exploring the potentially protective influence of two cultural variables, ethnic pride and family traditionalism, on self-efficacy to avoid drug use following residential substance abuse treatment among 99 Hispanic and 85 non-Hispanic White males. Results of the study indicate that higher levels of ethnic pride predict greater confidence to remain abstinent from drugs following substance abuse treatment, and that this relationship is stronger among Hispanic participants than non-Hispanic White participants. Family traditionalism was not a significant predictor of drug avoidance self-efficacy for either group, suggesting that some specific cultural variables may be better targets for substance abuse treatment than others. Study limitations and future directions for research and clinical practice are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Psychology 2011

abstract: When people pick up the phone to call a telephone quitline, they are taking an important step towards changing their smoking behavior. The current study investigated the role of a critical cognition in the cessation process--self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is thought to be influential in behavior change processes including those involved in the challenging process of stopping tobacco use. By applying basic principles of self-efficacy theory to smokers utilizing a telephone quitline, this study advanced our understanding of the nature of self-efficacy in a "real-world" cessation setting. Participants received between one and four intervention calls aimed at supporting them through their quit attempt. Concurrent with the initiation of this study, three items (confidence, stress, and urges) were added to the standard telephone protocol and assessed at each call. Two principal sets of hypotheses were tested using a combination of ANCOVAs and multiple regression analyses. The first set of hypotheses explored how self-efficacy and changes in self-efficacy within individuals were associated with cessation outcomes. Most research has found a positive linear relation between self-efficacy and quit outcomes, but this study tested the possibility that excessively high self-efficacy may actually reflect an overconfidence bias, and in some cases be negatively related to cessation outcomes. The second set of hypotheses addressed several smoking-related factors expected to affect self-efficacy. As predicted, higher baseline self-efficacy and increases in self-efficacy were associated with higher rates of quitting. However, contrary to predictions, there was no evidence that overconfidence led to diminished cessation success. Finally, as predicted, shorter duration of quit attempts, shorter time to relapse, and stronger urges all were associated with lower self-efficacy. In conclusion, understanding how self-efficacy and changes in self-efficacy affect and are affected by cessation outcomes is useful for informing both future research and current quitline intervention procedures. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Psychology 2011