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English Word Order in Written Production of Swedish Students
(2023-05-11)This study investigates English word order errors in the written production of Swedish junior high school students. It analyzes 24 essays written by the 9th-grade students in a junior high school in Sweden in the spring ... -
Repslagning - samarbete och aktionsforskning i skolslöjden
(2023-04-18)Denna studie belyser slöjdlärares resonemang vid samarbete mellan slöjdens olika materialinriktningar med repslagning som gemensamt arbetsområde. Studien undersöker även på vilka sätt elever upplever slöjdämnet vid arbete ... -
HOMOSOCIALITET PÅ FLASHBACK - En kritisk diskursanalys om mäns inkluderings- och exkluderingsprocesser inom MGTOW-rörelsen
(2023-02-17)Syfte och frågeställningar: Studiens syfte är att undersöka och problematisera hur homosocialitet manifesteras via distanseringar till kvinnor och misogyna diskurser inom MGTOW-rörelsen på det svenska diskussionsforumet ... -
LÄKAREN HADE JU ALDRIG SAGT SÅ HÄR TILL EN SMAL PERSON - Vårdpersonals reaktioner på stigmatisering av tjocka personer med sociologisk analys
(2023-02-09)Syfte: Studiens övergripande syfte är att öka förståelsen kring hur stigmatisering av tjocka personer inte bara påverkar de stigmatiserade. Dessutom bidrar studien med att beskriva varför negativa attityder gentemot tjocka ... -
Som att vara ständigt ny på jobbet - En studie om gränslöst arbete och balans mellan arbete och privatliv för managementkonsulter
(2023-02-09)Syfte: Att undersöka hur gränser och balans mellan arbete och privatliv ser ut för managementkonsulter som har barn under 18 år. Teori: Teoretiska ramverk som använts är Work-life balance och Gränslöst arbete. Metod: Studien ... -
ORGANISATIONAL ATTRACTIVENESS IN A TIME OF CRISIS - Employer knowledge within the pharmaceutical field during the Covid-19 pandemic
(2023-02-03)Purpose: The aim of this thesis is to investigate how organisational attractiveness in the pharmaceutical industry has been influenced by increased media attention due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on a case of a ... -
WHO AM I? - A qualitative study on high-skilled IT-consultants’ identity work in a triangular relationship with employer and client
(2023-02-03)Purpose: This study aims to increase the understanding of how high-skilled IT-consultants are involved in identity work when being in a triangular relationship with an employing firm and a client firm, but also how temporary ... -
Employer branding in practice - Performing employer branding in a consulting company
(2023-02-03)Purpose: There are many studies regarding employer branding, however many focus on its effects or how it should be implemented for optimal results. With some exceptions, few focus on how employer branding is practised. The ... -
LEARNING IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATIONS - A case study of a labour market integration project
(2023-02-03)Purpose: This study aims to improve the understanding of the challenges and opportunities to develop new competencies and implement new learnings in project-based organisations for the labour market integration of ... -
Mentorship as an HR practice - A case study on Region Västra Götalands’s pilot project on mentorship programmes
(2023-02-03)The purpose of this study is to investigate what implications a mentorship programme can have on HR-practices. More specifically, the purpose is to identify how mentoring can affect the employees' social work environment ... -
THE EFFECTS OF LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP - A Qualitative Study on How Remote Work Affects the Relationship Between HR and Line Managers
(2023-02-03)Aim: The public sector in Sweden has a complex municipal structure responsible for services such as public education, social services, waste disposal, child and elderly care. The last decades, the public sector in Sweden ... -
HOW IS ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AFFECTED BY WORKER FLEXIBILITY? - A quantitative report exploring the effects of worker flexibility on affective organisational commitment in a Swedish context.
(2023-02-03)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore if, and how, affective organisational commitment (AOC) is affected by worker flexibility. Previous research usually promotes affective organisational commitment as a whole, ... -
An Errors Analysis of Grammatical Errors in The Written Productions of Swedish Students in a Vocational High School
(2023-02-01)As an approach to spotting and analyzing students' errors, error analysis provides information that gives us a better understanding of students' knowledge of second language grammar, so we can offer them more effective ... -
Environmental Concern and Economic Growth: Public Opinion Across 107 Countries From 1995 to 2022
(2022-12-02)This study examines three questions across countries and over time. First, how the public is prioritizing between the environment and economic growth is investigated. Second, the association between how the public prioritizes ... -
Private security officers on Hot Spot Patrol - A mixed method multiple case study
(2022-11-18)Aims and objectives: This thesis aimed to gain knowledge of the extent private security officers patrolling public spaces ‘work’. By considering the conditions the private security officers are intended to address, stipulated ... -
”Chefers förutsättningar att stödja medarbetare med vanliga psykiska sjukdomar” – en litteraturstudie
(2022-11-10)Background: Mental illness has increased in Sweden as well as in other countries. Mental illness can lead to common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and exhaustion. Focus today is often on providing the ... -
Arbetsmiljöarbete, organisationskultur och makt - Hur hänger de egentligen ihop?
(2022-10-31)Syfte: I denna uppsats skall den formella definitionen av begreppet arbetsmiljöarbete utforskas men även den informella som jag utifrån teori och med hjälp av intervjupersoner har försökt definiera. I uppsatsen utforskas ... -
“Likes - the new Self?” How does social currency affect yoga practitioners in Sweden?
(2022-10-31)This article discusses the impact of social currency on yoga practitioners in Sweden, emphasising the relation between social currency, sexualisation and yoga. Social currency is best described as the more likes on social ... -
ACTING COMPETITIVELY IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING CONTEXT - A quantitative study on competitive employee behaviour
(2022-10-18)For organisations to stay competitive in current circumstances entailing great uncertainties, swift changes, and continuous development, they need employees who are willing to both initiate and adapt to such changes. ... -
IT WOULD BE EASY IF ONE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO - A case study of how middle managers handled organizational culture differences during a post-merger integration phase in a Finnish multinational corporation
(2022-10-18)Purpose: This study aimed to examine middle managers’ experiences of differences in organizational culture during the post-merger integration phase, to figure out what kind of problematic consequences the differences lead ...