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Under de senaste decennierna har det ökat ett intresse för det så kallade psykologiska kontraktet. Det psykologiska kontraktet innehåller de förväntningar på skyldigheter som finns mellan arbetsgivare och arbetstagare. Även om forskning har ökat finns det fortfarande luckor i hur individuella aspekter påverkar. Syftet med den här studien är därför att undersöka om könstillhörighet har någon inverkan på upplevelsen av psykologiska kontraktet. Studien kommer undersöka om det finns några eventuella skillnader mellan könen samt om det finns några skillnader mellan könen i upplevelsen av att psykologiska kontraktet har uppfyllts. Studien har en kvantitativ ansats och besvaras med hjälp av enkäter. I studien deltog 78 deltagare varav 47 kvinnor och 31 män. Resultatet visar att könstillhörighet inte har någon signifikant inverkan på vare sig omfattningen av psykologiska kontraktet, olika delar av psykologiska kontraktet eller uppfyllandet av psykologiska kontraktet. Slutsatsen av studien är att könstillhörighet inte har någon inverkan på det psykologiska kontraktet.

In today’s business environment, cost-cutting practices such as downsizing and layoffs remains a widespread phenomenon. Although, the understanding of the effects that these practices has on the remaining individuals, defined as the survivors, is poor. The focus in this paper is therefore to examine how survivors of layoffs can be affected on an individual level, and by what causes. The study was conducted using open-ended, qualitative interviews with three individuals with different experiences of layoffs. The empirical data was analyzed by extracting quotations from the interviews. The study found that layoffs affected the morale and attitude towards management of the individual, and that perceived justice and uncertainty are two causes of negative effects from layoffs.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-196). / Microfiche. / 196 leaves, bound ill., map 29 cm

Farmers will supply the raw ingredients for the emerging cellulosic ethanol industry. The long-term relationship between a farmer and a processing firm is expected to be contractual. A processing firm has an incentive to sign long-term contracts to ensure a cost-efficient level of raw ingredient supply. However, farmers generally prefer to operate with either no contract or a short-term contract in order to maintain options for adjustments in future acreage allocations due to changes in relative prices. Of interest in this research is to understand the incentives of farmers and calculating the efficient level of the “inflexibility premium”, which a processing firm must provide to a farmer when a long term contract is signed. A stochastic dynamic programming model is solved and with the help of Microsoft Excel numerically evaluated to illustrate the marginal inflexibility premium is increasing with contract length and the level of price variability, and is decreasing with the size of acreage adjustment costs.

Thesis (MBus)--University of South Australia, 2000

Univ., Diss.--Frankfurt (Main), 1994.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Title from title screen (viewed July 2, 2008). Includes bibliographical references. Online version of the print original.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Breslau.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Köln.