11815 / 12452019-09-11 T 15:52:09 Z 2018-04-01 T 00:00:00 ZTo Be Accountable While Showing Care : The Lived Experience of People in a Servant Leadership Organization Ragnarsson , Sigurður ; Kristjánsdóttir , Erla S. ; Gunnarsdóttir , Sigrún Many organizations attribute their success to the use of servant leadership . However , very few studies have been conducted with the emphasis of understanding what it is like for people to work in servant leadership organizations and how it is practiced . Thus , in-depth interviews were conducted and an observation was performed to explore the lived experience of people , both employees and managers , who work within the business sector where servant leadership has been practiced for decades . Two main themes ( and a set of subthemes ) emerged from the study : “ Accountability as an integral part of the practice of servant leadership ” and “ People show care and help each other out at work . ” During a period with new challenges , the balance between the dimensions of “ serving ” and “ leading ” became prominent . The findings indicate that both dimensions are important for the prosperity of the organization , although participants experience the “ lead ” dimension of servant leadership being practiced more than the “ serve ” dimension . This is important , as much of current thought considers servant leadership to focus more on the “ serve ” dimension , and thereby to be soft . Helstu niðurstöður gefa vísbendingar um að stjórnskipulag íslenskra fyrirtækja hafi tekið nokkrum breytingum og að áhersla á innri ferla og skilvirkni sé meiri . Það virðist hafa verið millibilsástand hjá fyrirtækjum á Íslandi varðandi stjórnskipulag fyrst eftir hrun þar sem áhersla æðstu stjórnenda á formlegt skipulag minnkaði tímabundið . The main findings point to the direction that organizational structure has partly changed . It looks like a flux period in the structure in the first years after the crash , where the focus of the directors on formal structure dwindled temporarily . Spurningalisti í formi vefkönnunar var lagður fyrir 1.685 opinbera stjórnendur , 524 svör bárust eða 31% . Sérstaða hvors hóps fólst í því að danskir stjórnendur töldu skrifræði vera of mikið og að einfalda mætti verkferla í því sambandi . The research is based on a prior Danish study : Public managers – tasks and opinions . Cooperation and social networking at the workplace was positive and reasonable demands towards the managers . However , the Danish managers feel they have greater impact and influence on their working environment and political stakeholders . The work-processes and perspectives of Icelandic managers are in line with the Nordic management values : Open communication , critical thinking and care . 11815 / 6422018-03-16 T 12:51:30 Z 2017-06-30 T 00:00:00 ZUmhverfi og starfsemi endurskoðunarnefnda – bakgrunnur nefndarmanna og traust á fjárhagsupplýsingum Guðbjartsson , Einar ; Snorrason , Jón Snorri Markmið þessarar greinar er að greina frá hluta niðurstaðna rannsóknar á umhverfi og starfsháttum endurskoðunarnefnda , nánar tiltekið bakgrunni nefndarmanna , áherslum þeirra og mati á trausti og gagnsæi fjárhagsupplýsinga . Gerðar voru tvær kannanir meðal stærstu fyrirtækja og stofnana landsins ( sem falla undir skilgreininguna einingar tengdar almannahagsmunum ) 2012 og 2016 . ; The aim of this paper is to report partial results of a study on the environment and practices of audit committees in Iceland . The findings of two surveys , one from 2012 and the other from 2016 , are compared . The paper identifies , among other things , education of committee members , reliance on financial informatin and the emphasis of audit committees . The surveys were done among the leading companies and institutions of Iceland ( which fall within the definition of “ public interest entities ” ) . The overall view is how audit committee´s issues are handled . This is the first study of its kind , which specifically look at committees in Iceland . 2017-06-30 T 00:00:00 Z