Browsing Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap) by Title
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Leadership in times of crisis - A qualitative study during the Covid-19 pandemic about emerging leadership strategies and practices
(2022-10-18)Purpose: The aim of this study is threefold. It aims to understand how leadership strategies and practices were challenged, adapted, and developed during the Covid-19 pandemic and to identify challenges and opportunities ... -
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 ... -
Lejonet från Norden, hindrar alla morden? - En kriminologisk fallstudieanalys av Gustav Adolfs torg i Göteborg
(2022-06-22)Aims and objectives: The aim of this thesis is to contribute with an increased knowledge of how systematic crime prevention work can be practiced in inner-city environments. By analyzing conditions and obstacles of crime ... -
“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 ... -
MAKING SENSE OF A TECHNOLOGY -A study of how professionals use, understand and create a sense of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and what factor´s that might influence these processes
(2013-01-14)The social media technology has during the last years been increasingly introduced into many professionals’ practices, which might place new demands on how individuals and organizations use, perceive, understand and ... -
MAKING SENSE OF EMPLOYER BRANDING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
(2015-11-30)Problematisation: Previous research about employer branding is conducted in the context of the private sector and lacks cases from the context of public sector. The literature explains employer branding as series of ... -
“Man ska inte klaga…” En intervjustudie om åtta kvinnors upplevelser av att leva som fattigpensionärer i Sverige
(2017-07-07)In Sweden, pensioners are becoming an increasing part of the population and at the same time a growing part of the pensioners are at risk to end up in relative poverty, especially women. The purpose of this study is to ... -
Managers of tomorrow - A case study of how Talent Management is performed within the public sector in Sweden
(2013-09-23)Organisations of today are facing high pressure to identify critical competences in order to handle future challenges, due to demographic changes and competition of talent. In order to face these challenges and keep ... -
Managers’ experiences of internal HR audits - A case study of follow-ups within the field of competence development
(2021-08-31)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate managers' experiences of internal HR audit processes within a company. The main focus will be on the HR process within the area of competence development. Theory: The ... -
Massarbetslöshet i transportsektorn inom 20 år?
(2015-10-06)The aim of this report has been threefold. Firstly the intention has been to describe the context in which such future development which is described by the statement "Every other job can be automated within 20 years" is ... -
Matad av känslor - Ett sociologiskt perspektiv på känslornas viktiga betydelse för anorexia
(2022-07-01)Anorexia tillsammans med andra ätstörningar har ökat i det svenska samhället i takt med att träning, vikt och mat har blivit mer inkluderat i de värderingar och normer som finns i samhället. Samhällets kultur, värderingar ... -
Materiality, Mobility and Strategies of Nurturing Long- Distance Family Relationships: A Study of Migrant Women’s Practices Around Sending Packages Home
(2021-10-08)This thesis draws on migrants’ practices around sending packages home to explore their practical experience with navigating distance and what it actually takes to maintain close familial relationships across space. The ... -
Människan bakom Uniformen - en kriminologisk analys av ett lokalt förtroendeskapande arbete
(2014-06-16)For a social prevention program to be successful it is necessary that the purpose is well adapted to the objective of the program. The work that is the subject of this study focuses first and foremost on creating improved ... -
Medborgardialog – för vem? En kritisk fallstudie om konkurrerande mål och ambitioner i Göteborgs Stad
(2015-08-28)This report takes its departure in deliberation as an ideal, and the idea that dialogue can be a means to decrease segregation, increase democratic participation and to contribute to higher trust in politicians. In 2014 ... -
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 ... -
Merger and Acquisition in Developing Countries - An explorative study of Employees’ Perceptions of Organizational Change
(2016-08-23)The purpose of this study is to explore employees’ perspectives and experiences following a major change in their organization of employment. The six underlying theories by Myeong-Gu Seo and N. Sharon Hill (2005) are the ... -
Middle Managers at Activity Based Workplace
(2016-08-23)Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify how middle managers work in Activity Based Workplace (ABW), the challenges that a new workplace represents to the management team and the organisation and the effects of the ... -
MORE THAN JUST COFFEE & COPYING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNS’ FRUSTRATION
(2015-01-13)Located within the fields of motivation and coping, this report examines the phenomenon of internship frustration to explore its major causes and consequences. The qualitative study relies on 181 internship reports and ... -
MULTICULTURAL TEAMWORK AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE - An exploratory case study of a Swedish workplace
(2024-01-23)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore and understand the processes of collaboration and communication among culturally diverse teams and investigate the outcomes of this association, as perceived from the team ... -
Mysteriet med trygghetsarbete - En studie av samverkan inom det trygghetsskapande och brottsförebyggande fältet
(2022-09-19)The aim of this thesis is to increase the understanding of fear of crime and crime prevention work. We look at how the conceptual confusion manifests itself and examine recurring themes.The thesis is based on an empirical ...