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<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" lang="is">Háskólinn á Bifröst</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="author">Aron Heimisson 1994-</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="advisor">Brynjar Þór Þorsteinsson 1970-</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en">Human Resource Management's responsibility is to serve as a modulator on the work climate. This thesis aimed to perform a quantitative assessment of perceived autonomy support (PAS) of co-workers and the managers' characteristics.&#xd;
In this single case study, the participants (n=39) were employees from the logistics department at IKEA, Aarhus. The co-workers (n=35) and the co-managers (n=4) completed each validated questionnaire. Work Climate Questionnaire (WCQ) measuring co-workers' PAS and Problems at Work (PAW) measuring autonomy support of the co-managers. &#xd;
The mean ratings of the 15 items in the WCQ were 5.1. There was a statistically significant difference between female 5.4 (SD ± 0.55) and male 5.0 (SD ± 0.60), (p=0.007) co-workers as well between age group 21-24 years, 4.9 (SD ± 0.62) and 25-54 years, 5.3 (SD ± 0.59), (P = 0.01). The PAW mean ratings of the four groups after weighting was 1.7 (9.5%) is highly controlling, 2.6 (14.5%) in moderately controlling, 5.5 (31%) in moderately anonymous supportive, and 8 (45%) in the highly autonomy-supportive group.&#xd;
The results indicated a moderate to a high level of autonomy support in the co-manager group. However, perceived autonomy support in the co-worker group was moderately above average PAS, more pronounced by females and less by the younger age group. There seem to be potentials for the co-managers to improve strategies to increase the PAS among co-workers in the logistics department at IKEA in Aarhus, Denmark.</dim:field>
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<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="submitted">2021-05-11T10:47:09Z</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="published">2021-06</dim:field>
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<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Viðskiptafræði</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Mannauðsstjórnun</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Stjórnendur</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Starfsánægja</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title" lang="en">How do employees perceive the autonomy support at IKEA?</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="type">Thesis</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="type" qualifier="degree">Bachelor's</dim:field>
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