Maaja Vadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4447729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maaja Vadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maaja |
| FAMILY NAME | Vadi |
| SIGNATURE | VADI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4148-0712 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Balancing Act: Self-Leadership and the Home Work Environment in Remote Work
This study explores the relationship between self-leadership and the home-based work environment in the context of remote work. It examines how remote workers balance the duality of home as both a living and working space. Using an exploratory diary method, remote employees documented their weekly experiences â covering well-being, work habits, and features of their physical and virtual workspaces. The findings reveal the complex dynamics of work…
The relationship of technological and organizational innovation with firm performance: Opening the black box of dynamic complementarities
The battle over the past: The role of occupational groups in organizational memory
This article delves into the intricate processes of memory within occupational groups, with a specific focus on perceiving memory as a way of adapting to a changing environment. We are investigating how individuals from two occupational groups in the university (academic and non-academic) navigate the process of remembering and forgetting to adapt to a changed environment (leadership change). Using two university colleges as case studies, we exam…
Europe and Japan: Embracing a Multidimensional Partnership for the Future: Relations Between Europe and Japan
Over time, Europe and Japan have fostered multifaceted relations across various domains. These encompass trade, investment, security cooperation, sustainability, and education. This article aims to shed light on the enduring ties forged through trade, cultural exchanges, and collaborations across diverse domains within the context of geoeconomics, geopolitics, international relations, and sustainability concerns. By leveraging these established t…
Career Patterns of Doctoral Graduates: Evidence From Estonia; Pp. 105–123
Considering the resources that countries invest in training people at doctorate level we can easily claim that PhDs are among the most invested â brainsâ in each country. Yet what is missing from the discussion is what happens with their career after they gain their PhD. Based on two studies we reveal the job-related movements (career) of PhDs from Estonia. The results signpost a great share of heterogeneity across research fields â a diversity t…
Patterns of organisational innovation: Comparison of western and eastern countries in Europe
West European (WE) countries perform better in innovation than their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In this paper organisational innovation (OI) patterns in CEE compared to WE are studied. The paper exploits the Community Innovation Survey 2008, 2010 and 2012 and uses this firm-level innovation data from 12 countries. The authors introduce a novel approach, which elucidates seven types of OI patterns based on an intensity of fi…
European Social Survey as a source of new cultural dimensions estimates for regions
This article draws attention to the European Social Survey (ESS) database that widens the horizon of cross-cultural studies. The ESS has the potential to overcome several weaknesses of earlier data sets used for cross-cultural analysis – it provides unique opportunities for the analysis of differences between regions within nation states, and the data are representative of entire populations. We aim to develop a measurement tool of cultural dimen…
The dual value of honesty among Russians in selected former Soviet countries
Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse the factors associated with the perception of the value honesty among Russian organisational members from selected former Soviet countries: Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Design/methodology/approach Using the Rokeach Value Survey, the respondents were asked to rank their own values and to speculate on how their co‐workers would rank the same values. The following analysis focused on the importan…
Lessons for Strategic Communication from Transitional Changes in Estonian Organizations
This study contributes to understanding how strategic communication can influence the successful of implementation of organizational changes. This empirical study of 2,761 employees points to relationships between strategic communication, organizational culture, and employee attitudes toward organizational changes. Satisfaction with information about changes in an organization could be predicted by task-orientation and relationship-orientation of…
Organizational Culture and Environment: Dynamics in Dynamics. Case of Ordi
The paper looks at the potential influence of environment on the dynamics of organizational culture (OC) on the example of Ordi, one of the leading IT companies in Estonia. The environmental aspect is turned into the dynamics in the information technological sector. Both qualitative and quantitative research was applied in the study. The paper proposes the hypothetical model of what kind of processes were taking place in this company from the ear…
Changes Around and Within Organisations: Manifestations and Consequences
By definition, the environment provides the context in which the organisation operates. If we accept the view that an organisation is in constant relationship with its environment, it follows that macro-st ructural changes of society affect the behaviour of the organisation and its members. In the last decades, the dramatically changed environment has played a crucial role in the organisational developments in the former Eastern bloc countries. T…
Estonian Culture in the Framework of Hofstede’s Model (Case of Hotel Industry)
Our study presents the measuring of Estonian culture in the framework of Hofstede's model.The questionnaire that consists of nine cases from a hotel's everyday activity was developed and the representatives of the hotel industry were interviewed.The position of Estonians was established in comparison with Italians and Egyptians.Twodimensional models were composed for Estonians on the basis of the current study and the Hofstede's findings about It…
The Impact of Organizational Culture on Organizational Learning at Six Estonian Hospitals
In 2002 six hospitals in Tallinn were merged as part of a project designed by Swedish consultants. Such a large-scale change provides an interesting case for studying how organizational culture intervenes in organizational learning. The impact of task and relationship orientations of organizational culture on the preference for individual and collective learning was investigated in groups having different sociodemographic characteristics. It was …
The Hierarchical Structure of Collectivism
The Hierarchical Structure of Collectivism
European Social Survey as a source of new cultural dimensions estimates for regions
This article draws attention to the European Social Survey (ESS) database that widens the horizon of cross-cultural studies. The ESS has the potential to overcome several weaknesses of earlier data sets used for cross-cultural analysis – it provides unique opportunities for the analysis of differences between regions within nation states, and the data are representative of entire populations. We aim to develop a measurement tool of cultural dimen…
Patterns of organisational innovation: Comparison of western and eastern countries in Europe
West European (WE) countries perform better in innovation than their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In this paper organisational innovation (OI) patterns in CEE compared to WE are studied. The paper exploits the Community Innovation Survey 2008, 2010 and 2012 and uses this firm-level innovation data from 12 countries. The authors introduce a novel approach, which elucidates seven types of OI patterns based on an intensity of fi…
The Hierarchical Structure of Collectivism
The Impact of Organizational Culture on Organizational Learning at Six Estonian Hospitals
In 2002 six hospitals in Tallinn were merged as part of a project designed by Swedish consultants. Such a large-scale change provides an interesting case for studying how organizational culture intervenes in organizational learning. The impact of task and relationship orientations of organizational culture on the preference for individual and collective learning was investigated in groups having different sociodemographic characteristics. It was …
Estonian Culture in the Framework of Hofstede’s Model (Case of Hotel Industry)
Our study presents the measuring of Estonian culture in the framework of Hofstede's model.The questionnaire that consists of nine cases from a hotel's everyday activity was developed and the representatives of the hotel industry were interviewed.The position of Estonians was established in comparison with Italians and Egyptians.Twodimensional models were composed for Estonians on the basis of the current study and the Hofstede's findings about It…
Organizational Culture and Environment: Dynamics in Dynamics. Case of Ordi
The paper looks at the potential influence of environment on the dynamics of organizational culture (OC) on the example of Ordi, one of the leading IT companies in Estonia. The environmental aspect is turned into the dynamics in the information technological sector. Both qualitative and quantitative research was applied in the study. The paper proposes the hypothetical model of what kind of processes were taking place in this company from the ear…
Changes Around and Within Organisations: Manifestations and Consequences
By definition, the environment provides the context in which the organisation operates. If we accept the view that an organisation is in constant relationship with its environment, it follows that macro-st ructural changes of society affect the behaviour of the organisation and its members. In the last decades, the dramatically changed environment has played a crucial role in the organisational developments in the former Eastern bloc countries. T…
Lessons for Strategic Communication from Transitional Changes in Estonian Organizations
This study contributes to understanding how strategic communication can influence the successful of implementation of organizational changes. This empirical study of 2,761 employees points to relationships between strategic communication, organizational culture, and employee attitudes toward organizational changes. Satisfaction with information about changes in an organization could be predicted by task-orientation and relationship-orientation of…
The dual value of honesty among Russians in selected former Soviet countries
Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse the factors associated with the perception of the value honesty among Russian organisational members from selected former Soviet countries: Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Design/methodology/approach Using the Rokeach Value Survey, the respondents were asked to rank their own values and to speculate on how their co‐workers would rank the same values. The following analysis focused on the importan…
European Social Survey as a source of new cultural dimensions estimates for regions
This article draws attention to the European Social Survey (ESS) database that widens the horizon of cross-cultural studies. The ESS has the potential to overcome several weaknesses of earlier data sets used for cross-cultural analysis – it provides unique opportunities for the analysis of differences between regions within nation states, and the data are representative of entire populations. We aim to develop a measurement tool of cultural dimen…
Career Patterns of Doctoral Graduates: Evidence From Estonia; Pp. 105–123
Considering the resources that countries invest in training people at doctorate level we can easily claim that PhDs are among the most invested â brainsâ in each country. Yet what is missing from the discussion is what happens with their career after they gain their PhD. Based on two studies we reveal the job-related movements (career) of PhDs from Estonia. The results signpost a great share of heterogeneity across research fields â a diversity t…
Patterns of organisational innovation: Comparison of western and eastern countries in Europe
West European (WE) countries perform better in innovation than their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In this paper organisational innovation (OI) patterns in CEE compared to WE are studied. The paper exploits the Community Innovation Survey 2008, 2010 and 2012 and uses this firm-level innovation data from 12 countries. The authors introduce a novel approach, which elucidates seven types of OI patterns based on an intensity of fi…
Europe and Japan: Embracing a Multidimensional Partnership for the Future: Relations Between Europe and Japan
Over time, Europe and Japan have fostered multifaceted relations across various domains. These encompass trade, investment, security cooperation, sustainability, and education. This article aims to shed light on the enduring ties forged through trade, cultural exchanges, and collaborations across diverse domains within the context of geoeconomics, geopolitics, international relations, and sustainability concerns. By leveraging these established t…
The relationship of technological and organizational innovation with firm performance: Opening the black box of dynamic complementarities
The battle over the past: The role of occupational groups in organizational memory
This article delves into the intricate processes of memory within occupational groups, with a specific focus on perceiving memory as a way of adapting to a changing environment. We are investigating how individuals from two occupational groups in the university (academic and non-academic) navigate the process of remembering and forgetting to adapt to a changed environment (leadership change). Using two university colleges as case studies, we exam…
Balancing Act: Self-Leadership and the Home Work Environment in Remote Work
This study explores the relationship between self-leadership and the home-based work environment in the context of remote work. It examines how remote workers balance the duality of home as both a living and working space. Using an exploratory diary method, remote employees documented their weekly experiences â covering well-being, work habits, and features of their physical and virtual workspaces. The findings reveal the complex dynamics of work…
Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business Strategy and Innovation (3 works)