Browsing Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap) by Title
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Radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme i skolen - LÆRERNES OG LEDELSENS PERSPEKTIV PÅ UTFORDRINGER, BEGRENSNINGER OG MULIGHETER I DET FOREBYGGENDE ARBEIDET
(2017-01-12)Aim and objectives: The aim of this study is to describe and conceptualize the perspectives of school teachers and leaders concerning preventive work against radicalization and violent extremism. Furthermore, the study ... -
REACTIVE, PROACTIVE OR CUTTING EDGE COMPETENCE STRATEGIES IN MANUFACTURING - Meeting the demands of dynamic capabilities in the era of digitalisation
(2018-09-06)Purpose: This study aims to explore how managers navigate, in order to strategically develop their workforce’s competence, in response to digitalisation. Theory: The theoretical framework used to analyse the empirical ... -
RECRUITERS’ STRATEGIES FOR CANDIDATE ATTRACTION - A qualitative analysis on technical recruiters’ individual strategies for attracting candidates at the first recruitment meeting in Turkey
(2024-01-23)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine recruiters’ potential to play a role in candidate attraction, from the perspective of the recruiter, in the recruitment processes, by looking at recruiters’ individual ... -
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION - The Case of National Oil Refinery Company-SO.NA.RA (Sarl), CAMEROON
(2013-03-27)This study focuses on the implications of the recruitment policy and the overall business strategies of SO.NA.RA-Cameroon. The study also strives to illuminate CSR as a strategic ingredient to be integrated in HRM ... -
REMOTE WORK: TOOL OF CHANGE OR MERELY A MIRROR OF OLD PRACTICES? - A qualitative study on remote work experiences and gender regimes in Slovak context
(2022-10-18)Purpose: The study explores how employee remote work experiences may vary based on the local context, status position and gender of the employees. The study explores these relationships and their implications in the context ... -
Resistance to Organizational Change and the Value of Communication: the case of Volvo Cars Human Resources Department
(2015-01-12)The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the consequences of Human Resource (HR) transformation from an individual perspective. With the theory brought up by Ulrich, HR transformation is a process and means for ... -
REWARDING WORK OR WORKING FOR REWARD? - A qualitative case study about total rewards and work motivation among white-collar workers in Sweden
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This thesis aims to study how the different elements of total rewards system (TRS) correspond with white-collar workers’ motivation in Sweden and how the identified total reward factors correspond to different ... -
Ett riktigt brott - En rapport om polisens utredningar av mäns våld mot kvinnor
(2021-01-11)Rapporten undersöker brottsutredning på polisens enhet Brott i nära relationer (BNR) i Storgöteborg med syfte att undersöka hur diskursordningen ser ut. I undersökningen används Norman Faircloughs tredimensionella kritiska ... -
The road to becoming fossil-free: the strategy governing the transport sector’s transformation in Norrbotten, Sweden
(2022-08-16)Sweden has been praised for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and now faces the self-claimed challenge of becoming the first fossil-free welfare state in the world by 2045. While the transport sector ... -
Rum för missbruk? Förhandlingar om stadsrummets användning i Göteborg
(2014-08-08)This paper explores how conceptions of safety in visions and strategies for public space in the city of Gothenburg result in measures aimed at reducing the visibility of certain behaviors that causes feelings of insecurity ... -
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 ...