Browsing Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap) by Title
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Fallet Missing People Sweden: Gemeinschaft och Gesellschaft i en frivillig sökarorganisation
(2014-06-19)Voluntary policing represents unexplored territory within the field of civil policing, which as a whole is relatively underresearched. Missing People Sweden (MPS) is a voluntary policing organisation that was founded in ... -
“FÄLTASSISTENTER - BOMULLEN I SAMHÄLLETS SPRICKOR” Praktikers uppfattningar om det förebyggande och uppsökande arbetet riktat mot unga i Kungsbacka kommun.
(2020-08-13)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate practitioners view on possible preventive work among youth in Kungsbacka, Sweden. An empirical study was conducted, and the results can hopefully provide guidance ... -
FÅ BARN ATT BERÄTTA OM SIN VIKTIMISERING OCH HUR UTSAGORNA BEDÖMS -En kvalitativ studie om barnförhör
(2018-08-22)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate how investigative interviewers approach to get as much information as possible when interviewing children and how their statements are being judged, in order ... -
FEEDBACK, GOAL SETTING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN A FAST-CHANING ENVIRONMENT - A study of employees´perceptions
(2018-09-06)Purpose: This thesis aims to study how employees perceive their feedback environment and goal setting in relation to performance management. Theory: This study is based upon the theoretical understanding of the mechanisms ... -
Fighting Online Sexual Harassments - A Qualitative Study of Strategies Applied within a Feminist Digital Affective Public
(2018-11-14)Online sexual harassments are an increasing societal issue, affecting women on a daily basis, and resulting in exclusion from the public sphere. When a particular group is refrained from participating on equal grounds, ... -
Find misuses´s or improve working conditions Reasons behind high and low short-term sick leave rates, from a company perspective
(2012-10-24)Short-term sick leave can become costly for companies in Sweden and is a high debated HR problem. Since 1992 the companies in Sweden are responsible for the sick pay of the short-term sick leave, referring to the ... -
Förklara skulden – Sanera skammen - En analys av överskuldsattas berättelser
(2013-01-14)Being in-debt is considered “normal” in a sense since we are in many ways required to become in-debt in order to provide a place to live, appliances and furniture or to get an education. Many of these necessities we ... -
FÖRR ELLER SENARE ÅKER NÅGON DIT - En kvalitativ studie om otillbörliga relationer inom Kriminalvården
(2018-10-01)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to gain knowledge of how inappropriate relationships within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service are constructed as a social problem in policy, by prison officers and by ... -
Frames among Serbian Women’s Activists and EU Enlargement Policy: Resonance and Discursive Opportunities?
(2016-08-24)This paper examines the framing of claims in the Serbian women’s movement and compares these frames with the EU enlargement discourse to see if the discourse offers constraints or opportunities for movement actors. By ... -
Framing Employer Branding - An explorative case study of legitimacy within the public sector context
(2015-11-16)Background: Increasingly, organizations from the public sector embrace employer branding as a strategy to better attract and retain qualified employees. Current research shows a lack of research regarding how public ... -
Från friställd till anställd - En kvalitativ studie av hur jobbcoacher arbetar för att stödja arbetssökande på vägen mot en ny anställning
(2013-10-10)Att förlora sitt arbete kan bidra till flera negativa effekter så som exempelvis oro, depression och försvagad självkänsla. Det kan dessutom upplevas mycket stressande för många individer. Hur uppsagda hanterar ... -
From Central to Local Level: A Case Study of Wage-Setting in the Swedish Automotive Industry
(2012-10-24)A gap in previous literature exists which examines how centrally negotiated agreements are translated into local wage-setting within organisations. This report aims to fill this gap through the case study ... -
From ecocycle to sustainable growth. A historical study of governing sustainability in Stockholm and Växjö.
(2015-08-19)Since the publication of the Brundtland report and the introduction of Agenda 21, sustainable development has been set as a global goal. While it now is common for both private and public organisations to express that they ... -
FROM PING PONG TABLES TO PURPOSE - Exploring the dimensions of an attractive workplace
(2024-01-23)Aim: This study aims to understand how companies within the ICT field construct themselves as attractive workplaces in a highly competitive labour market. The research question seeks to investigate which dimensions of ... -
GENTRIFIERINGENS KONSEKVENSER FÖR BROTTSLIGHET, TRYGGHET OCH SOCIAL SAMMANHÅLLNING - En kriminologisk analys av omvandlingen i stadsdelen Lundby
(2016-06-30)Aims and objectives: This study examines the effects of gentrification on crime, perceived safety and social cohesion. Previous research on the effects of gentrification on crime has provided mixed results. Yet, ... -
Global Climate Governance: Participation and Resistance - the Case of REDD+ and Swedish Environmental Organizations
(2015-01-13)This study analyses contemporary global climate governance represented by the case of REDD+, and how Swedish environmental movement organizations (EMOs) participate and/or resist this governance. The aim of the study ... -
Global leadership development What’s in it for me?
(2015-01-14)Problem – An arguably new breed of leaders, the so-called global leader, has become prevalent among several multi-national corporations. Lacking a precise definition, previous research shows their impact on international ... -
Global Reward Strategy. How is that done in a Swedish multinational corporation?
(2013-08-12)The practice perspective in HR strategy making is underdeveloped in the literature. This master thesis explores how a growing Swedish multinational corporation does its reward strategy in relation to the ... -
GLOBAL STAFFING IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE CHINESE MNCS
(2015-11-30)The paper is aiming to explore the global staffing implementations within the background of globalization and localization in multinational corporations (MNCs) in Mainland China. With massive foreign direct investments ... -
Governing the Un-Employable: Exploring the Biopolitical Technology of Coding Disability at the Swedish Public Employment Service
(2016-08-25)The article explores the client perspective of receiving disability codes at the Swedish Public Employment Service. Interviews with individuals who for various reasons and on different initiatives have accepted disability ...