Attract and Retain : The importance of employees in small firms

Attract and Retain : The importance of employees in small firms

This thesis investigates how a knowledge-intensive, small, young firm, in a highly competitive environment, deal with difficulties in their recruitment process.. Given their assumed disadvantages, how does the firm attract and retain key personnel? A case study was conducted of a small young firm in...

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Main Authors: Tholén, Mattias, Hamberg, Guz
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2010
Subjects:
Knowledge intensive
Newly founded firms
Attracting employees
Employee Rentition
Business studies
Företagsekonomi
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-1446332013-01-08T13:28:42ZAttract and Retain : The importance of employees in small firmsengTholén, MattiasHamberg, GuzUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionenUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen2010Knowledge intensiveNewly founded firmsAttracting employeesEmployee RentitionBusiness studiesFöretagsekonomiThis thesis investigates how a knowledge-intensive, small, young firm, in a highly competitive environment, deal with difficulties in their recruitment process.. Given their assumed disadvantages, how does the firm attract and retain key personnel? A case study was conducted of a small young firm in Silicon Valley. The findings suggest that small firms do not directly compete with larger firms for personnel, and that the company should emphasize small firms´ work characteristics in their recruiting practices to become attractive for job-seekers. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-144633application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Knowledge intensive
Newly founded firms
Attracting employees
Employee Rentition
Business studies
Företagsekonomi
spellingShingle Knowledge intensive
Newly founded firms
Attracting employees
Employee Rentition
Business studies
Företagsekonomi
Tholén, Mattias
Hamberg, Guz
Attract and Retain : The importance of employees in small firms
description This thesis investigates how a knowledge-intensive, small, young firm, in a highly competitive environment, deal with difficulties in their recruitment process.. Given their assumed disadvantages, how does the firm attract and retain key personnel? A case study was conducted of a small young firm in Silicon Valley. The findings suggest that small firms do not directly compete with larger firms for personnel, and that the company should emphasize small firms´ work characteristics in their recruiting practices to become attractive for job-seekers.
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