Master theses / Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

Accelerated digital transformation Through the lens of sensemaking : A case study of a pharmaceutical company

Caira, Emanuela; Reuter, Liza (2021-12-08)

Digitalisation is a pervasive phenomenon that is challenging firms to radically transform themselves to stay ahead of competition. This study aims to fill the research gap that exists within the field of organisational ...

From Boomers To Zoomers: Examining Generational Sensemaking Of New Media At Work Introduced During COVID-19

Lee, Mabel (2021-12-08)

COVID-19 has triggered rapid digitalization in organizations worldwide. New media at work tools were introduced as companies quickly shifted to remote work. Baby Boomer, Generation-X, Millennial and Generation-Z employees ...

Understanding and improving quality in firm recruitment processes : A case study

Tsarenko, Anastasiia; Krishnamurthy, Divyashree (2021-11-30)

Nowadays, digitalization enables automation of manual work and repetitive tasks. This transformation facilitates higher exploitation of intellectual human resources within allocated working hours. In addition, intellectual ...

Faculty Reflections on University Information Security Policy

Dyrendahl, Sofia (2021-11-30)

Employee noncompliance of information security policy (ISP) is causing organizations more and more money in the battle against cybersecurity threats. Three popular theories within employee compliance and ISP research ...

Identifying Applied CSR-Strategies and Respective Communication amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from International Swedish Companies

Oliveira Santos, Inês Filipa; Önal-Malaza, Olivia (2021-11-26)

This study is interested in the external communication of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically focuses on twelve Swedish internationally renowned companies operating ...

Sexy 16-Year-Old Baby-Eater: Gendered, Sexualized, and Racialized Discourses in Exalted, Second Edition

Ström Josefsen, Niels-Martin (2021-11-26)

Previous research finds roleplaying games, as well as the wider spectrum of geek culture that they exist within, to be defined by discourses favoring a white, heterosexual, cis-male viewpoint, drawing up and reproducing ...

Digital platform growth under contextual limitations. A case study of growing a complementary digital marketplace

Laurin, Erik; Thalmann, Lars (2021-11-15)

With the advent of digital technologies, platforms have become a digital business model with the power to disrupt organizations and industries. Firms are eager to exploit digital platforms’ immense potential for user growth ...

Employee Engagement in a COVID-19 Context: Exploring communicative displays of employee engagement among enforced remote workers

Pernefors, Olivia; Bjurenvall, Sara (2021-11-12)

COVID-19 enforced remote work in a rapid and unplanned manner for a big part of the population, and the remote way of working is expected to continue beyond the pandemic. The extensive transition to working remotely has ...

PORTRAYAL OF ADOPTION IN SWEDISH NEWS MEDIA. A transitivity analysis of social actors in the 2018 Chile adoption news story.

Saloranta, Maria (2021-08-25)

The current study researches how adoption stakeholders are portrayed in Swedish news media by applying a transitivity framework to analyze online news articles. The news articles in focus concern adoptions made in the ...

Relating Integrative Capabilities and Institutional Logics to Digital Transformation A case-study of a public sector organization

Frössling, Caroline; Ek, Linnea (2020-09-03)

Digital transformation represents a process of disruptions caused by digital technologies, and not only is reconfiguration of technologies required, also of business operations, management concepts and structures. Two ...

SEND NUDES! Media Preference Choices for Cybersex Engagement in Long-Distance Romantic Relationships

Nordqvist, Linnea; Exner, Anastasia (2020-09-03)

Based on Media Richness Theory and Media Synchronicity Theory, the present study tests the theories' applicability in predicting media preferences to engage in cybersex among individuals involved in long-distance romantic ...

FROM PIPELINE TO PLATFORM A study of eHealth platformization

Krallmann, Jesse (2020-09-03)

Digital platforms dominate the global, contemporary economy. Therefore, incumbent firms must transform their existing business, often structured as a pipeline, into a platform business. This study investigates the process ...

UNDERSTANDING HOW PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS DENTAL SPECIALTY CONSULTATIONS

Fernström, Adelina; Weise, Maria (2020-09-03)

Like many other industries, dentistry is undergoing a digital transformation. New technologies are influencing the work practices of dental professionals and specialists. Digital platforms, in particular, are becoming ...

SUCCESSFUL CHANGE COMMUNICATION IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS A Qualitative Case Study on a Planned Change in a Swedish County Council

Wiklund, Caroline (2020-01-14)

This qualitative case study explores a planned change project and its current change communication used to mediate change within one of Sweden’s largest county councils. A study on change communication is a relevant ...

Discursive Construction in Media. A critical discourse analysis of how BBC World vs. Al Jazeera English Constructed Yemen’s 2011 Uprising Coverage

Nasser, Afrah (2015)

The way in which different media portrayed and constructed the notion of the Arab Spring has received a great deal of scholarly attention since the start of these revolutions in late 2010. However, the role of media in ...