Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Marnburg, Einar"

Change management and the managers' constraints and challenges during change processes: An exploratory study of some chain hotels in Stavanger

Mirhabibi, Mahnoush Sadat (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-30)

Change management is an organizational necessity in the hotel industry, especially in Stavanger as one of the important cities in Norway which has experienced difficult time due to the dramatic drop in oil prices. This ...

Destruktiv ledelse - En litteraturstudie av den destruktive lederen

Jensen, Natascha; Gausel, Sofie (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

Hensikt: Formålet med oppgaven er å kunne fordype oss i en tematikk som vi synes er interessant og gjerne ønsket å lære mer om. I en verden hvor fokuset omhandler gode ledere, valgte vi å se på det motsatte i håp om å selv ...

Editorial: strategy in hospitality management.

Marnburg, Einar (Journal article, 2008)

Doing research in strategy is exciting but perhaps also one of the most difficult things to do. It is exciting because strategy concerns considering the overall situation and development of companies and industries in a ...

The effect of a caring climate on frontline employees’ turnover intention in the service industry: a serial multiple mediation model

Hejraty Namin, Boshra; Marnburg, Einar; Dagsland, Åse Helene Bakkevig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

Drawing upon ethical climate theory and conservation of resource theory, this study provides a theoretical model to explain the effect of a perceived caring climate in the workplace on the employees’ turnover intention ...

Employee Turnover in the Restaurants and Accommodations Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Jessen, Donna Ravn Bulay (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)

ABSTRACT There is an extensive literature that tackles turnover issues within the hospitality sector. It has been argued and claimed in several studies that the hospitality industry faces the highest labor turnover ...

Empowerment of Front-Line Employees in the Construction of an Employee Handbook

Känninen, Tiina (Master thesis, 2022)

This multiple case study investigates the importance of empowering front-line employees in the construction of an employee handbook. The study researches this by discussing training, leadership styles, empowerment, and ...

Frontline Service Employees’ Profiles: Exploring Individual Differences in Perceptions of and Reactions to Workplace Incivility

Hejraty Namin, Boshra; Marnburg, Einar; Dagsland, Åse Helene Bakkevig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)

Employee turnover is a big issue in the service industry, which can be significantly affected by job stressors including workplace incivility. This exploratory study aims to identify the frontline service employees’ profiles ...

Generational Differences Among Employees

Juklestad Helgheim, Rakel; Skibeli Larsen, Rebecca (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)

This thesis is a result of personal interest related to the changes in the workforce related to age and demands in Norway. As we are born in different generations, but are at the same stage at life, the threshold to the ...

How can destructive leadership affect young workers in the tourism industry?

Underdal, Maren Helene Osnes (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-17)

Leadership is essential in every organization, but what happen when the leader is working against the organization or the subordinates? The aim of this thesis was to investigate how young workers in the tourism and hospitality ...

Hvordan kan vi forbedre det psykososiale arbeidsmiljøet?

Netland, Juliane Morken (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

Oppgaven er en kvalitativ forskningsoppgave i studieprogrammet Reiselivsledelse ved Universitet i Stavanger. Tema for oppgaven er psykososialt arbeidsmiljø. Forskningsarenaen er en anonym barnehage på Sørlandet. Det er ...

“I hope it won’t happen to me!” Hospitality and tourism students’ fear of difficult moral situations as managers

Marnburg, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-08)

In order to organize ethical education for future managers in the hospitality and tourism industry, an interesting study is to look into how students conceptualize the moral ordeals they think they will meet in their future ...

I hvilken grad tilrettelegges det for samarbeid mellom tillitsvalgt og bedrift, og hvordan fungerer dette i praksis?

Kristoffersen, Kaja Nysted (Bachelor thesis, 2022)

I min bacheloroppgave er det fokusert på den tillitsvalgte i bedriften, dens rolle, påvirkning og innvirkning. Det er lagt frem relevant teori for oppgaven, slik som fagforeninger, tillitsvalgts rolle, medbestemmelse og ...

Leadership Behaviors Impact On The Future of Work: Creating An Agile Workforce ( A Systematic Review)

Oyewusi, Motunrayo (Master thesis, 2023)

Background/Purpose: The nature of work will continue to evolve; therefore, it is essential to investigate today's associations and the role of leadership behaviors in developing a flexible workforce that can adapt to ongoing ...

Management principles in hospitality and tourism: freshmen students' preferences.

Marnburg, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-03)

Research into implicit leadership theories has revealed that people’s conceptualizations of good and bad leadership, based on their experiences, have impacts on how they perceive leadership. This paper presents results ...

Prediction of the Entrepreneurial Intentions and Examination of the Role of Entrepreneurial Education Among Tourism and Business Students at the University of Stavanger.

Veledar, Harun (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)

The current study has been conducted with two main purposes. The first purpose of this study was to understand the entrepreneurial intentions among the students of tourism and business study program at the University ...