Universität Wien

040238 SE Bachelor Seminar (incl. Bachelor´s Paper) (2024S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 07.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock (Kickoff Class)
  • Thursday 25.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 17.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 20.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 21.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." (Winnie the Pooh)

In recent years organizations and policy makers engaged in substantial efforts to increase diversity among organizational leaders (Knyazeva et al., 2021). However, progress towards greater gender equality in boardrooms has slowed down in US firms in recent years (Guldiken et al., 2019). Existing research discussed and tested numerous theories explaining why the glass ceiling still exists. (Powell et al., 2015) Examples are the confidence gap (Kay, & Shipman, 2014) and role congruity theory (Eagly & Karau, 2002) but also labor market discrimination (Grybaite, 2006). However, existing literature demonstrates that the mechanisms and strength of these effects differ across contexts. As a case in point, the gender pay gap is more pronounced in for-profit organizations than non-profit organizations (Hallock, 2004) and differs also among cultures (Emmerik et al., 2008). Yet detailed literature on the contextual factors of the glass ceiling is scare. Moreover, there exists few research on additional diversity dimensions going beyond gender.

In this seminar, students will write a (pre-)scientific paper investigating the selection into or the perception of diverse leaders across contexts. The goal is to identify enablers and hindrances using experimental and empirical research. Based on the work, students should identify strategies that should be embraced by individuals, educational institutions, organizations and policy makers to increase diversity among organizational leaders.

The successful completion of the VO Introduction to Scientific Work as well as the VO and UE Statistics 1 constitutes a pre-requisite for attending this course. In addition, successful completion of the elective module VO and UE Statistics 2 is highly recommended because we will work with the programming language R and the statistics software RStudio in this seminar.

This seminar provides students with skills and knowledge on how to conduct a (pre-)scientific research project. More specifically, students will further their insights into the following topics through input presentations at the kick-off meeting, the provision of learning videos via Moodle and literature:
• Scientific literature review
• Identifying relevant theories
• Study pre-registration
• Data collection & analysis
• Scientific presenting
• Academic paper writing
• Peer reviewing

Assessment and permitted materials

1. Study Pre-Registration with deadline 28.04.2024 (peer-grading) (15 points)
2. Two peer-reviews on study-preregistrations with deadline 09.05.2024 (peer-grading) (20 points)
3. Concept Presentation during seminar block in May (5 points)
4. Final Science Slam presentation on 20.06.2024 (peer-grading) (10 points)
5. Final seminar paper with deadline 14.7.2024 (50 points)

All supporting tools, literature references, etc. must be cited. All submissions handed in on Moodle will be checked for plagiarism with TurnItIn and AI writing using an AI Content Detector. Accepting the usage of these tools constitutes a pre-requisite for registering for this course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Passing grades can only be achieved by students not missing more than 10% of the lectures.

To pass the course, students must achieve at least half of the points available in the seminar paper as well as in the course overall.

Passing grades are distributed accordingly:

50 to < 62.5 points: 4
62.5 to < 75 points: 3
75 to < 87.5 points: 2
87.5 points or better: 1

Examination topics

Input presentations during lectures
All materials distributed via Moodle
All literature readings

Reading list

Ebster, C. & Stalzer, L. (2017). Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler, 5. Aufl., Wien. ISBN: 978-3-8252-4684-6 (erhältlich im Facultas Shop)

Sheppard, V. (2020). Research Methods for the Social Sciences: An Introduction. Victoria: BCcampus.

Sreejesh, S.; Mohapatra, S. & Anusree, M. R. (2014). Business Research Methods: An Applied Orientation. New York: Springer.

Wason, K. D.; Polonsky, M. J. & Hyman, M. R. (2002). Designing vignette studies in marketing. Australasian Marketing Journal, 10(3), 41-58.

Zamora-Saiz A.; Gonzalez, C. Q.; Hurtado Gil, L. & Ruiz, D. M. (2020). An Introduction to Data Analysis in R. New York: Springer.

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