Denna studies syfte är att undersöka vilka aspekter av ett företags arbetsgivarvarumärke som värderas högst av arbetssökande och därför är viktigast för företag att kommunicera till målgruppen genom employer branding-arbete. Uppsatsen bygger på fyra frågeställningar: Vilka av aspekterna i ett arbetsgivarvarumärke är viktigast att kommunicera till arbetssökande för att bli en arbetsgivare som arbetssökande dras till? Vidare: Vilka aspekter av ett arbetsgivarvarumärke värderar studenter högst när de väljer arbetsgivare? Finns det en skillnad mellan män och kvinnor i vad man värderar högst respektive lägst? Finns det en skillnad mellan vad man värderar högst respektive lägst beroende på studietid? Undersökningen baseras på en kvantitativ studie och genomfördes med hjälp av en enkätstudie. Enkätstudien baseras på en modell för corporate social performance som kommer från ett offentligt index av Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co. (KLD). Samtliga respondenter var studenter vid samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Uppsala universitet. Undersökningens huvudsakliga resultat visade på att ingen stor skillnad föreligger i hur de olika dimensionerna värderas, men att alla dimensionerna verkar vara ganska viktiga för arbetssökande när de värderar ett företag i syfte att söka jobb där. Vidare kan vi konstatera att det verkar extra viktigt att fokusera på att skapa en arbetsplats som har ett öppet klimat för olika sexuella läggningar, och att sedan kommunicera ut det till arbetssökande, då detta var den aspekt som värderades allra högst, högre än någon annan jämställdhetsaspekt. Eftersom värderingarna av de olika dimensionerna var ganska lika bör man som rekryterare ha detta i åtanke när man kommunicerar ut till arbetssökande. Man bör som företag fundera över om man behöver justera eller anpassa sitt employer branding- arbete efter detta, så att det verkligen återspeglar vad arbetssökande verkligen tycker är viktigt och man som företag är bra på av dessa aspekter. / Title: Corporate social performance - How to become a employer of choice? Author: Siri Westerberg & Björn Viktor Ängerfors Tutor: Josef Pallas Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to study which aspects of an Employer brand that job seekers value the highest, and are therefore the most important to communicate to this group. Key questions to be answered are Which aspects of an employer brand are rated highest by students when it comes to choosing an employer? Is there a difference between men and women in what they value highest and lowest? Is there a difference in how job seekers rate the highest and lowest rated dimensions depending on how long they have studied? Method/Material: The material used in this article consists of a survey filled out by 49 respondents who were all students at Uppsala University, Sweden. The survey was based on a model of corporate social performance (CSP), taken from the Kinder, Lydenberg and Domini company profiles index. Main results: The main results demonstrate that the aspect that was rated highest by respondents was that the company has an accepting attitude toward its gay and lesbian employees. There was however no great difference between the four CSP dimensions. The main results further show that the companys’ treatment of its employees is something jobseekers value when considering seeking employment at a company. The survey did not find that there was any notable difference between male and female respondents. The survey found that for three of four CSP dimensions, respondents tended to rate lower the further along in their educations they were. Number of pages: 70 Course: Media and Communication studies C University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University Period: Fall 2012

Cette recherche vise à analyser les liens entre la performance financière (PF) et le niveau de développement durable (NDD) dans le contexte canadien et adapté à la conjoncture actuelle. Le premier objectif est de déterminer si les mesures de PF peuvent être expliquées par les mesures du NDD, tout en contrôlant pour la taille, le risque et l’industrie des entreprises. Le deuxième objectif est de vérifier s’il existe un lien entre les mesures de risque d’une entreprise et les mesures du NDD, tout en contrôlant pour la taille et l’industrie des entreprises. Le troisième objectif est de déterminer si les mesures du NDD peuvent être expliquées par les mesures de PF, tout en contrôlant pour la taille et le risque.

This thesis examines how three nineteenth-century British novels purvey and critique contemporary standards regarding social performance and reticence and the strains such standards place on those whose dispositions disincline them to conform to the regulations for decorum articulated in conduct books of the time. Utilizing the psychological lens of introversion and extroversion alongside the cognitive narrative theories of Alan Palmer and Lisa Zunshine, this thesis investigates the construction of individual character identities through the reading of interactions among multiple fictional minds in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853), Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), and George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss (1860).

L’objet de ce travail de recherche est de contribuer à l’étude du concept de Performance Sociétale de l’Entreprise (PSE), dont les problématisations jusqu’à présent fournies demeurent largement controversées. En effet, l’examen du corpus de connaissances révèle l’existence d’anomalies de nature théorique, conceptuelle et empirique. Ces insuffisances renvoient aux modes d’opérationnalisation de la PSE, à la manière dont le concept a été relié à la notion de performance, ainsi qu’à l’absence de contextualisation de la PSE en rapport avec son environnement institutionnel. Il importe donc de réorganiser le concept au sein d’un cadre d’analyse consensuel qui reconnaît le caractère dynamique et contingent de la démarche sociétale de l’entreprise. Ainsi, ce travail se propose d’explorer le concept de PSE et d’analyser ses antécédents institutionnels et ses effets sur le niveau de performance organisationnelle.Sur le plan théorique, l’architecture globale de la thèse obéit à un raisonnement à triple phase : déconstruction/reconstruction/validation. La phase de déconstruction (première partie) se traduit par une mise en perspective critique (théorique, conceptuelle et empirique) de la PSE. La phase de reconstruction (deuxième partie) consiste en le développement d’un cadre d’analyse systémique qui se veut être fédérateur et englobant des différentes orientations théoriques. Et enfin, la phase de validation (troisième partie) est destinée à statuer sur les dépendances étudiées et la recevabilité des hypothèses, de manière à tirer un certain nombre de conclusions et d’enseignements.Sur le plan conceptuel, notre cadre d’analyse mobilise l’approche systémique pour décliner les différents niveaux d’analyse, à savoir, les pressions institutionnelles en tant qu’entrée du système, la PSE en tant que processus, et la performance organisationnelle en tant que résultat du système. Le modèle de recherche est articulé par un corps d’hypothèses multi-niveaux (hypothèse générale, hypothèses partielles, hypothèses adjacentes, hypothèses de modération).Sur le plan méthodologique, notre démarche se décline en deux phases qui reprennent les moments forts de notre travail de recherche. Une première phase exploratoire visant à explorer la PSE, à adapter et à reconfigurer notre modèle de recherche. Une deuxième phase déductive qui cherche à tester les hypothèses de la recherche et à établir les apports en termes de connaissances. L’investigation empirique conduite sur 132 entreprises tunisiennes issues de différents secteurs d’activité a permis d’entériner la systématicité de la PSE. En effet, la démarche sociétale de l’entreprise s’apparente à un processus contingent (fortement conditionné par les pressions institutionnelles), finalisé (produit des résultats en termes de performance), piloté (guidé par des principes et des convictions managériales), et soutenu (appuyé par des instruments et des mesures sociétaux). L’originalité de ce travail se justifie essentiellement par une logique multi-nivaux du modèle de recherche ainsi que par une démarche méthodologique adaptée à la complexité de l’objet de la recherche. De surcroît, cette problématique a été largement discutée dans le contexte occidental et essentiellement américain, elle reste encore peu explorée dans le monde Arabe et en particulier le Maghreb / The purpose of this research is to contribute to the study of Corporate Social Performance (CSP) concept, which provided theorizations remain highly controversial. Indeed, examination of the body of knowledge reveals theoretical, conceptual and empirical anomalies. These shortcomings relate on the operationalization of the CSP, the manner in which the concept has been linked to the notion of performance, and the lack of contextualization of PSE in relation to its institutional environment. It is therefore important to reorganize the concept within a framework that recognizes the dynamic and contingent character of CSP. Thus, this research aims to explore the concept of CSP and analyze its institutional dimension and its effects on organizational performance.On a theoretical level, the overall architecture of the thesis follows triple phase reasoning: deconstruction / reconstruction / validation. Deconstruction phase (first part) consists in highlighting theoretical, conceptual and empirical perspectives of the CSP. The reconstruction phase (second part) consists on developing a framework with systemic approach, which aims to unify different theoretical orientations. And finally, the validation phase (third party) consists on testing our conceptual framework. On the conceptual level, our framework mobilizes systemic approach. It declines institutional pressures as input to the system, PSE as a process, and organizational performance as a result of the system. The research model is articulated by multi-level hypotheses (general hypothesis, partial hypothesis, adjacent hypothesis and moderation hypothesis).On the methodological level, our approach is divided in two phases. An exploratory phase that aims to explore CSP, to adapt and to reconfigure our research model. A second phase seeks to test the research hypotheses and establish contributions in terms of knowledge.The empirical investigation conducted on 132 Tunisian companies endorses the systematicity of the CSP. In fact, the process of CSP is influenced by institutional pressures, piloted by the principles and managerial beliefs. Therefore, this process produces results in terms of performance, and it is supported by societal tools and measures.The originality of this work is essentially justified by multi-level research model as well as a methodological approach which is adapted to the complexity of the research object. In addition, this issue has been widely discussed in the American and European context, but it remains unexplored in the Arab world, particularly in the Maghreb

This paper examines the effect of executive board-level national culture and board nationality diversity on corporate social performance (CSP). The sample constitutes of 130 executive boards of non-financial firms from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK over the time period 2010-2014. Based on the upper echelon theory and the notion of national culture, board-level national culture is determined across Hofstede’s dimensions of power distance, individualism, masculinity and power distance. In this paper, no evidence is provided of a significant relationship between board-level national culture and the corporate social performance of the firm. In addition, nationality diversity as a double-edged sword could both enhance and hamper CSP. In this research, no significant relationship between board nationality diversity and CSP is found. In conclusion, alterations of the board composition in terms of nationality in order to foster CSP seem unjustified based on the results of this paper.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Commerce (50% course work) / A growing number of institutional investors that are adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) philosophy are playing a crucial role in influencing listed companies to adopt and address CSR issues. CSR is defined as “…a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations…” (European Commission, 2010). CSR is now widely accepted as a way of doing business in the contemporary environment. It is evident in companies that are spending large sums of money, time and effort on satisfying various stakeholders’ requirements for responsible behaviour. Despite the growing pressure on companies to become socially responsible, the direct benefits of CSR contribution to firm performance remain questionable. From existing literature the relationship between CSR and firm performance have pointed to mixed results (Gladysek & Chipeta, 2012; Aggarwal, 2013). This study examines the relationship between CSR performance and firm performance using the CSRHub sustainability indexes as proxy for CSR performance. The firm performance measures of firm value (Tobin’s Q) and financial accounting performance (return on assets) were used. Annual data of firms from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) from year 2009 to 2012 was analysed using the Multiple Regression Analysis techniques. The study revealed that significant and positive relationship exists between CSR/environmental performance and firm value of listed South African companies. The study concluded that there is no significant relationship between firm performance and the other components of CSR such as community relations, employment relations, and governance. The relatively small sample size of the listed companies, some missing values on the sample data and the shorter time period on the study are the main limitations acknowledged in this report. In the overall, the study provides important insights for understanding the contribution of CSR and its disaggregated components to firm performance.

<div>In the last half century, much research effort has gone into identifying the causes and effects of societal burdens. Industrial activity may arguably be the most widely responsible cause, but the effects, or social impacts (SIs), resulting from industrial activity are typically considered externalities and not evaluated alongside economic performance of industries. It is clear however that people are fundamental to the progress and development of economies. Understanding how people are affected by economies, and in particular industrial economic activity, starts with recognizing that impacts on people can no longer be considered externalities. The coordinating lack of understanding of social performance, i.e., how stakeholder needs are impacted by industrial production, limits the capacity of decision makers to make fully informed choices. A </div><div>multidisciplinary perspective is needed to address this gap in understanding. The new approach, economic input-output social impact assessment, integrates economic production with social impacts and is further demonstrated to provide a measurable path forward to evaluate the social performance of industries. It is shown that changes in industrial activity, e.g., growth, in the U.S. will have a directly related and predictable change in social impact.</div>

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O trabalho se propÃe a analisar os hinos da doutrina do Santo Daime. A hipÃtese central à que eles sÃo, ao mesmo tempo, o conhecimento em si e o veÃculo de transmissÃo desse conhecimento. SÃo analisados hinos que acompanham a evoluÃÃo do Santo Daime destacando trÃs momentos de sua histÃria: a fundaÃÃo por Raimundo Irineu Serra, na dÃcada de 30 do sÃculo passado; a consolidaÃÃo por SebastiÃo Mota de Melo, a partir de 1971, e a expansÃo levada à frente por Alfredo GregÃrio de Melo atualmente. A partir dos conceitos de memÃria social e performance, analiso os diversos tipos de rituais que constituem o corpus da religiÃo em questÃo e destaco a relaÃÃo entre ensino e aprendizagem a partir dos hinos, do transe e da performance. / The work analyzes the hymns of the doctrine of the Saint Daime. The central hypothesis is that they are at the same time the knowledge in itself and the vehicle of transmission of this knowledge. This text tries to understand though the hymns the evolution of the Saint Daime detaching three moments of its history: the foundation for Raymond Irineu Serra, in the decade of 30 of the last century; the consolidation for SebastiÃo Mota de Melo, from 1971 and the currently expansion taken to the front for Alfredo Gregorio de Melo. With the concepts of social memory and performance the text analyzes the diverse types of rituals that constitute the corpus of the religion in question and it detaches the relation between education and learning with the hymns, and trance and the performance.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:12:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006-Neidi de Oliveira Nyaradi.pdf: 1156625 bytes, checksum: 7b635c8c6cb24bbaa218d5c5d9b10e51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-16 / This paper was aimed to provide an analysis on leadership, social abilities and social competence in an educational one, since teaching privileges a repertoire of social abilities, social competence and leadership as fundamental for the success and good performance of the duet teacher student. The objective of this study was also to evaluate and to account the abilities that appeared on the repertoire of those teachers perceived as leaders by students of Management at a private higher education institution having as a basis the Del Prette s Inventary of Social Abilities, The Leadership Theory based on Principles and the Traits Approach of Leadership. The research was intended to identify if the teachers mentioned on the previous theoretical basis could be considered leaders. The results found out that almost all the teachers evalued showed excellent or good repertoire of abilities, although only three among then had been considered leaders by the students. At the same time, it was noticed that teachers who had a very low level of nominations also showed a potentially good repertoire. The teachers who presented a weak repertoire, thus being suitable for training or intervention programs corresponded to the student s perception; that is, they had not been considered leaders. The evaluation results matched up the level of nominations; however, one should take into consideration changeable personal, environmental and circumstantial aspects. The Del Prette s Inventary an instrument of self- relating planned for our reality permitted the identification of deficits and social ability resources as well as revealed self-perception and self-esteem aspects highly important in professional terms those days. / Este trabalho prop?s-se analisar a lideran?a, as habilidades sociais e a compet?ncia social, no contexto profissional, ou melhor, no contexto educativo, uma vez que a fun??o do magist?rio privilegia o repert?rio de habilidades sociais, a compet?ncia social e a lideran?a, sendo fundamental para o sucesso e o bom desempenho na d?ade professor aluno. O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar e relacionar as habilidades presentes no repert?rio dos professores percebidos como l?deres pelos alunos do curso de Administra??o de uma institui??o particular de ensino superior tendo como base o Invent?rio de Habilidades Sociais de Del Prette, a Teoria da Lideran?a baseada em Princ?pios, a Teoria de Covey e a Teoria dos Tra?os. A quest?o levantada pretendeu identificar se os professores indicados, pelos alunos, com base no referencial te?rico, poderiam ser considerados l?deres. Os resultados revelaram que quase todos os professores avaliados apresentam alto ou bom repert?rio de habilidades, no entanto, apenas tr?s deles foram percebidos como l?deres pelos alunos. Ao mesmo tempo pode-se verificar que professores com indica??o muito baixa de lideran?a tamb?m apresentaram repert?rio de habilidades sociais considerado bom. Os professores que apresentaram baixo repert?rio, com indica??o para treinamento ou programas de interven??o, n?o s?o percebidos como l?deres. Os resultados das avalia??es comprovaram as indica??es, no entanto, n?o se pode deixar de levar em conta as vari?veis pessoais, ambientais e situacionais. O IHS Del Prette, um instrumento de auto-relato projetado para nossa realidade, permitiu identificar d?ficits e recursos em habilidades sociais bem como revelou aspectos de autopercep??o e de auto-estima dos indiv?duos t?o importantes no contexto profissional nos dias atuais.

Die Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Definition von Corporate Social Performance im ersten Teil. Hierbei wird zuerst geklärt, weshalb eine Definition notwendig ist und ob in empirischen Studien verwendete Maße die verwendeten Definitionen abbilden. Nachfolgend wird ein Definitionsvorschlag aus bekannten Definitionen entwickelt. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wird geklärt, welche Faktoren dazu führen, dass Unternehmen eine soziale Berichterstattung haben und ob diese Art der Berichterstattung auch zur finanziellen Leistung von Unternehmen beitragen kann.