Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap)
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From External Demands to Educational Content - A Study on How Digitalization Influences HRM Curricula
(2025-09-19)Purpose: Digitalization is transforming the labor market, leading to new skill requirements within the field of HR. The latest Cranet study shows that Sweden lags in applying digital solutions and AI in HR practices. ... -
MANAGING NEURODIVERSITY IN MNCS: A Comparative Study of HR professionals' Experiences in Indonesia and Sweden
(2025-09-09)Despite growing awareness, biases in HR practices continue to hinder neurodivergent employees from recruitment to retention. Hesitation to hire neurodivergent employees limits access to suitable roles, while inconsistent ... -
Towards wider adoption of generative artificial intelligence in the energy sector - A qualitative study on how organisations in the energy sector could act to enable generative artificial intelligence adoption, and what factors enable and hinder this phenomenon
(2025-09-09)Purpose: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly seen as a strategic resource in both research and business. At the same time, previous studies show that there are significant barriers to its adoption ... -
JUST A BUZZWORD”?: EXPLORING ADHD SUPPORT AND POTENTIAL AI SOLUTION AT WORK IN SWEDISH COMPANIES
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This thesis investigates how Swedish employers understand and implement workplace policies to support ADHD employees, how these employees are perceived in organizational settings, and how artificial intelligence ... -
Active measures in practice: Organizational perspectives on preventing workplace discrimination in Sweden
(2025-09-09)Workplace discrimination remains a constant challenge despite the existence of legal frameworks both in Sweden and the EU, aimed at promoting equality and preventing unfair treatment based on factors such as gender, ... -
Calling In Again - Uncovering the Role of Age in Short-Term Sickness Among Employees
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This thesis explores how work-related factors, grounded in the Job Demands Resources (JD-R) model, are associated with short-term sick leave, expressed in 1 to 14 days, across two age groups: 30 years and younger, ... -
Recruiting Highly Skilled Migrants in the Automotive Industry of Sweden: Exploring ethnic-based discrimination
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This paper focuses on ethnic-based discrimination and explores the inequal integration of highly skilled migrants in the automotive industry of Sweden. The core of the analysis consists of interorganizational ... -
Addressing the Inclination for Part-Time Employment: Understanding Practically Educated Gen Z Women’s Perceptions of Full-Time Employment in the Netherlands
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This master’s thesis explores the perceptions of practically educated Generation Z (Gen Z) women in the Netherlands about full-time employment. The Netherlands has a unique status for its large part-time ... -
Unionization influence on employee well-being
(2025-09-09)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons behind the worldwide trade union power decline by questioning and examining their effect on employee well-being. Theory: This study utilizes Job demands-resources ... -
Scoping Literature Review: What Factors Influence the Adoption of HR Analytics in Western Settings? - An investigation of the environmental, technological, organizational, and individual context
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This thesis investigates the factors that influence the adoption of Human Resource Analytics (HRA) in Western settings. Despite the growing strategic relevance of HRA, adoption remains challenging due to ... -
MEDIATING FIDELITY AND FIT: A Translation Theory and Comparative Perspective on HR Implementation
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This thesis explores how HR practitioners implement and act as translators of HR initiatives, focusing on the competencies and behaviours required for a successful translation. Theory: The study applies translation ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ACROSS GENERATIONS IN THE SWEDISH WORKPLACE - Key factors influencing resilience-building capacity at work
(2025-09-09)Purpose: This study aims to identify the factors influencing employee resilience-building capacity across generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z) in the Swedish workplace, and then explore how HR practices can ... -
No Coffee Machine in the Cloud- A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Swedish Leaders Practicing Digital Leadership
(2025-09-09)Purpose: The study aims to explore Swedish leaders’ experiences of leading digitally within a multinational tech organisation, focusing on challenges, competencies, and the balancing of relational and task-related ... -
Navigating Interactions, Relationships, Trust, and Collaboration in Hybrid Workplaces - A Qualitative Study of Employees Working in MNCs
(2025-09-09)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how hybrid work has shaped interactions due to the partial absence of physical presence and the impact of these interactions in relationships and trust. Additionally, ... -
Growth from Cow to Consumer - A Case Study on Arla Foods
(2025-08-11)Various industries and corporations have been under scrutiny for their environmental impacts, which has, to some extent, resulted in increasing demand for company accountability and responsibility. Within this call for ... -
Disrupting Extraction: Decolonial Critique and the Role of Nature in Sámi Resistance
(2025-06-26)The Sámi movement has long resisted extractive industries on their traditional lands. Current anti-extraction struggles in Sápmi, such as the ongoing opposition to the proposed Gállok mine, continue this legacy. This ... -
KVINNORS RÄTTFÄRDIGANDE AV SINA BROTT I KRIMINELLA GATUGÄNG- En narrativ kriminologisk undersökning av domslut
(2025-02-27)Aims and objectives: This study aims to explore how women who commit serious gang crimes explain their actions based on their narratives in the verdicts. This study focuses on gang environments considered self-defined ... -
Workers and environmentalists of the world unite? A thematic analysis of labour-environmental alliance building in Sweden
(2025-01-23)Alliance building between environmentalists and trade unions has been acknowledged by researchers as important for a socio-ecological transformation towards a sustainable society, yet it remains an understudied phenomenon. ... -
Den brottsförebyggande arbetsmarknaden - En komparativ fallstudie om brottsförebyggande arbete och arbetslivskriminalitet hos arbetsgivarorganisationen Byggföretagen och fackförbundet Byggnads
(2024-10-24)Aims and objectives: The main purpose of this study is to widen the knowledge on how the different parties in the Swedish labour market work to prevent crime and how they are working with the new collective term ... -
Kollektiva emotioner i den socialdemokratiska berättelsen - Att forma visioner i tider av framtidsrädsla
(2024-10-15)In the changing political landscape today with increased inequality, climate threat and a growing populism, in the face of which the established political parties stand before new and big challenges, this study aims to ...
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