Variety in Management: Management in Various Contexts, April 16-17, 2015
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 (DAY 1)
Registration 09.30-10.00
KEYNOTE SPEECHES: 10.00-11.45. Room: A314 (assembly hall)
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Welcome speech by Prof. Raul Eamets, Dean of The Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration, University of Tartu
Welcome speech by Prof. Maaja Vadi, Head of Management Chair, University of Tartu
Diversity in management teams. Eerika Vaikmäe-Koit, the Member of Management Board, Head of
Retail Banking and Technology Area in SEB Estonia
So you want to write a journal article? Prof. Tauno Olavi Kekäle, University of Vaasa, Finland
Coffee break: 11.45-12.00.
KEYNOTE SPEECHES: 12.00-13.00. Room: A314 (assembly hall)
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Innovation Management and S-curve, Prof. Tauno Olavi Kekäle, University of Vaasa, Finland
Lunch: 13.00-14.00, room: A109
SOCIAL EVENT 17.30-20.00
We`ll meet in front of the house on the river (it is across the river from conference venue)
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 (DAY 2)
Registration 09.00-09.30
KEYNOTE SPEECHES: 9.30-10.30. Room: A312
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How to publish by Prof. Jaanus Harro, Head of Psychoneuropharmacology Department, University of
Tartu
Coffee break: 10.30-10.45, room A214
SESSION I 10.45-12.30
Innovation, room A312, Chair: Prof. Urmas Varblane, University of Tartu
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The role of specification in public procurement of innovation. Max Rolfstam, Aalborg University,
Denmark
The preconditions and boundary crossing mechanisms in university-industry innovation cooperation.
Sigrid Rajalo, University of Tartu, Estonia
Patterns of organizational innovation: the comparison Central and East European and West European
enterprises. Karin Sakowski, Prof. Maaja Vadi, Jaanika Merikül, University of Tartu, Estonia
Exploring Lithuanian entrepreneurs’ perceived benefits of, incentives for and barriers to sustainable
innovations. Rasa Pušinaitė, Raminta Pučėtaitė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Planning and Management, room B201, Chair: Krista Jaakson, University of Tartu
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Strategic Planning in Municipality Using Co-responsibility Approach: Salaspils Municipality (Latvia)
Case. Inga Jēkabsone, Biruta Sloka, University of Latvia, Latvia
Strategic planning participants’ relations with management techniques. Viire Täks, University of
Tartu, Estonia
The research of introduction of process orientated management in Latvian hospitals. Juris Bārzdiņš
(U. Mitenbergs, M. Taube, R. Konstante), University of Latvia, Latvia
The factor structure of the multifactor leadership questionnaire in Estonian military context. Artur
Meerits, Reelika Suviste, Antek Kasemaa, University of Tartu, Estonia
Lunch 12.30-13.30, room A109
SESSION II 13.30-15.15
Organizational Culture, room A312, Chair: Anne Reino, University of Tartu
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Research gaps in the novel forms of collective intelligence. Harnessing the knowledge of external
anonymous individuals. Karin Patune, University of Tartu, Estonia
Exploring ethical culture of organisations, leader-member exchange quality, and organisational trust.
Elina Riivari, Anna-Maija Lämsä, Emilia Kahola, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
When low quality of leader-member exchange matters: Differences in the effect of ethical
organizational culture on organizational innovativeness in private and public sector organizations.
Raminta Pučėtaitė, Aurelija Novelskaitė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Patterns of Employee Dishonest Behavior in Retail Sector: Examples of Estonia and Latvia. Krista
Jaakson, University of Tartu, Estonia
Organizational learning and leadership in context of part time employment: Case study in the smallsized media company in Estonia. Kurmet Kivipõld, Richard C. Hoffman, University of Tartu, Estonia
and Salisbury Univeristy, USA
Performance, room B201, Chair: Maaja Vadi, University of Tartu
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Variety of issues of forecasting processes by the example of Estonian retail companies. Märt Parker,
University of Tartu, Estonia
What to expect when you have different expectations: understanding the (in) efficiency of doctoral
studies. Eneli Kidsiko, Prof. Maaja Vadi, University of Tartu, Estonia
Teachers’ perception of inequity in the remuneration system and their reactions. Anne Aidla,
University of Tartu, Estonia
Cooperating for better organizational performance in academic setting - the analysis of strengths and
weaknesses of the appraisal system through the lens of the goal-framing theory. Elar Killumets, Prof.
Kulno Türk, University of Tartu, Estonia
Managing organizations for the future: The conceptual considerations. Elina Kallas, University of
Tartu, Estonia
Entrepreneurial intention among secondary school students in Estonia. Anita Kurm, Tartu Annelinna
High School, through program “Back to school”, Estonia
Coffee break: 15.15-15.30, room: A214
BEST PAPER AWARD 15.30-16.00, room: A312