The personal characteristics of banks’ top executives are reflected in bank risk-taking and the formation of executive compensation, shows Shaker Ahmed in his doctoral dissertation.
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In March 2020, COVID-19 emptied many workplaces and meeting places in Finland and around the world. The pandemic caused a massive increase in remote work, as workers were content to continue working from home, tapping away at their laptops on the sofa or at the kitchen table. The new situation and the dispersion of work communities required a new style of management.
According to Finnish law, people are equal when applying for a job and in the workplace. While the law says one thing, everyday life says another. The CV of a jobseeker with a foreign-sounding name may never be read up to the point describing competence and experience. Mothers of young children may worry about the employer’s prejudices, and those over 50 – or under 30 – wonder how to once again prove that age is just a number.
According to a police release, a deceased person, who is believed to be a student who disappeared from an event organised by Warrantti between Wednesday and Thursday night, has been found in the water on Saturday 11 November afternoon. We are deeply saddened by the news and express our condolences to the families, loved ones, fellow students and personnel.
What allows a person to live the life they lead financially? It's interesting to know what a co-worker earns, or is it really?
Industrial organisations are adopting advanced digital technologies that have disruptive and exponential powers to make the organisations agile, collaborative and customer-centric. To achieve this goal through digital technologies, industrial organisations should pay attention to readjustments of their social systems, shows a recent doctoral dissertation by Faisal Imran.
Suman Sapkota from Nepal and Reshma Dsouza from India arrived in Seinäjoki, Finland to study and deepen their expertise in project management. They are among the 30 students who have started studying in the master’s programme in strategic project management. This is the first time University of Vaasa is offering this programme in Seinäjoki, a city near Vaasa.
Being an entrepreneur is not only about success and prosperity. Being an entrepreneur can also mean long working hours, exhausting days and nights, high uncertainty, and an enormous workload. In her dissertation, Yekaterina Pak addresses the stressful side of being an entrepreneur by examining how entrepreneurs experience and respond to stress.
At the University of Vaasa, we study and research fields that hold the key to solving challenges of the world of today and tomorrow, bringing sustainability to the forefront.
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