Browsing Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap) by Title
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Securitisation or ”a part of the palette”? A qualitative study of professional implications for Swedish social workers encountering violent extremism
(2017-07-07)Violent extremism is widely acknowledged as a threat to contemporary societies. This problem, and how it can be counteracted, has been given increased attention. In several countries, including Sweden, welfare professions, ... -
SENSE-MAKING OF IMMIGRANT´S EMPLOYABILITY IN THE CLEANING SECTOR
(2017-11-03)Abstract Thesis: 30 hp Program: Master Program in Strategic HRM and labour relations Level: Second Cycle Semester/year: St/2017 Supervisor: María José Zapata Campos Examiner: Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist Report ... -
Short-term Sick Leave is a Big Deal - Determinants of Sick Leave in Retail
(2024-01-23)Introduction: Previous research has looked at the social gradient on taking sick leave. It was suggested that short-term sick leave is caused by various social factors that are not necessarily connected to poor health. ... -
Should I stay or should I go? White-collar workers' perception of compensation and benefit packages in relation to work motivation and employee engagement - A case study at Volvo Car Corporation
(2012-10-24)This master thesis describes how white-collar workers at Volvo Car Corporation perceive compensation and benefits packages and what it means to their work motivation and engagement. The case company is in need to attract ... -
Social Capital and Legitimate Recruitment
(2016-08-23)Purpose: When it comes to hire new employees, organisations can resort to different sources, contacts and acquaintances being among the most important ones. This thesis studies the legitimate use that recruiters make of ... -
”Society is closed to you because you’re seen as a criminal” – the social implications of being an indebted drug user in Sweden
(2021-08-18)Sweden’s strict drug-policy is constructed out of a zero tolerance for drug use, a tolerance that is reflected in the majority view of society. In the country, severe financial indebtedness has been on the rise for the ... -
Stadsomvandling i Göteborg - En fallstudie av Västlänkens motiv & drivkrafter
(2018-10-19)This report examines underlying motives and forces of the West-Link project in Gothenburg Sweden, understood as a case of contemporary politically governed urban transformation. It analyzes and compares similarities and ... -
Stories of volunteer tourism – constructions and power relations in a local context in Vietnam
(2017-07-07)Volunteer tourism, which is a combination of travelling and volunteer work in the global “South”, is increasing and there is a need for more knowledge of the local context. There is a need to examine the constructions of ... -
Swedish medical students abroad: a case of return migration policy-making
(2013-08-09)Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of Swedes studying medicine abroad, especially in Central and Eastern European countries. It is estimated that every third Swedish medical student studies ... -
‘Swedish’ civic nationalism as both immigration scepticism and opposition to the Sweden Democrats
(2021-07-02)The radical right-wing Sweden Democrats are no longer the only party in Swedish politics to advocate a more restrictive immigration policy. This study explores how immigration sceptics who do not support the Sweden Democrats ... -
Temporary Agency Workers’ Perceptions on Organizational Supports and Affective Organizational Commitment
(2013-08-09)Temporary agency workers have become a global trend in the contemporary work forces, under the pressure of cost effectiveness through employment flexiblility. Temporary agency workers keep unique dual ralationships ... -
TEMPUS FUGIT - Om effektivitet i förundersökningar av brott mot barn
(2018-09-17)Aims and objectives: The aim of the present study is to identify and analyze the factors that may stand in the way of the efficiency of investigations of crimes against children in the context of Barnahus Gothenburg’s ... -
THE ART OF CRUNCH - A quantitative study on the effects of a high-pressured period during video game production on organizational commitment
(2018-11-07)The video gaming industry is one of the most lucrative markets in the world, yet surprisingly, little research is devoted to the industry. Most of the research that can be found about the video gaming industry is primarily ... -
The balancing act - The emotion work produced by attorneys in their everyday work life
(2015-11-17)Based on observations and in-depth interviews, this article explores the emotion work produces by attorneys in their everyday work life, particularly in connection to client interactions. The attorney profession is ... -
The Burden of Being the ‘Token’ - The Exploration of Ethnicity, Professional Identity, and Career Navigation amongst Ethnic Minority Managers in Sweden
(2015-09-17)The theoretical framework for this study is based on the following understandings. Firstly, that navigation is seen and described as a career practice. Secondly, that this form of career practice is influenced by ethnicity, ... -
The complexity of Labour Market Programmes - A case study in the retail sector
(2016-10-25)Problematization: Previous studies have mainly focused on the long-term effects of youth unemployment and the effects of labour market programmes (hereby referred to as LMP) as well as comparisons between different types ... -
The construction of America’s crisis and the fear of loss: - A study of Donald Trump’s second presidential campaign in 2020
(2022-01-18)This study identifies the structure of populist rhetoric in Trump’s second presidential election campaign in 2020. This is done through the combination of three key theoretical concepts: col-lective action frames; populist ... -
The costs of childcare for single parents: Structural or political?
(2021-08-18)Early Childhood Care and Education (ECEC) has expanded rapidly in Europe the last decades. Yet, huge cross-national variation exists in terms of availability, affordability and quality. Previous studies have emphasised the ... -
The Desocialization Effect – exploring identity and emotional exchange in the regressive stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
(2016-04-04)In applying a conceptual framework derived from social psychology, the article at hand explores the degenerative stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a process of desocial-ization, in order to shed a new light on an already ... -
The effect of Chinese culture on equal opportunities in the Chinese labour market - A case study about gender equality in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
(2020-10-27)Gender stereotypes still exist in the current society, Chinese career women suffer from gender descrimination in their career life in various walks of life. Therefore, this thesis aims to use gender and organizational ...