Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap: Recent submissions
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EXPLORING AN EXTENDED WORKING LIFE FOR TEACHERS - A qualitative study
(2019-11-15)Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of an extended working life for teachers and to understand how organisations can work to encourage an extended working life for teachers. Theory: In ... -
The Swedish Dream: A Safe Place to Work A Qualitative Study Revealing the Challenges with Health and Safety Work within a Swedish Construction Firm
(2019-11-15)Employers within the Swedish construction industry are required by law to engage in Health and Safety work. Health and safety work is in turn, the practical activities employers engage in to achieve compliance with ... -
On Translation and Evaluation in Local Wage Setting - A Case Study on Sweden:The Local Wage Setting Process Within a Public Relations Agency
(2019-11-15)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe how employees are being translated and evaluated through the organizational wage setting process within a Public Relations agency in Sweden. Subsequently, this study aims ... -
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 ... -
POST-MERGER CONFLICTS - An explorative perspective on the application of conflict theories in merger analysis
(2019-11-15)Purpose The aim of this study was to find out how the application of a conflict theory perspective can contribute to new and/or different knowledge in the field of mergers and acquisitions, as compared to the more commonly ... -
WHY NOT TAKE A STEP FURTHER? - Analysis of challenges in early stage adoption of HR-Analytics in Swedish organizations HR-Analytics in Swedish organizations
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This study aims to explore how Swedish organizations precede or strategically act to gain trust in HR analytics, what challenges they identify in the process of implementation and how they strategically act to ... -
TURNING HORSEPOWER INTO GIRL POWER - A study of how women utilize leadership skills learned at the stable
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This study aims to explore how equestrian experience influence women in leading and management positions in organizational settings. As well as studying if leadership training at a young age at the stable be ... -
Decision-making at work: An explorative study of employees leading themselves through decision-making in a consultancy company.
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain deeper understanding of employees’ decision-making processes within a consultancy firm. The study aims to provide knowledge of what impact a self-leading role with large ... -
EXPECTATIONS THAT MATCH: A KEY TO A POSITIVE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE - A qualitative study of employees’ expectation alignment with management practises
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to conduct an exploratory, qualitative study to investigate Employee Experience from an academic perspective and explore how employees’ and employer’s expectations align in terms of ... -
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCE OF HR MANAGEMENT DURING BREXIT - A CASE STUDY OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION WITHIN THE NHS AFTER THE REFERENDUM TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION (BREXIT)
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The aim of this Thesis is to explore how EU nationals employed in the NHS experience uncertainty during Brexit and how they have perceived HR support with particular reference to recruitment and retention. Theory: The ... -
WAGE-FORMATION, FROM CENTRAL AGREEMENT TO LOCAL ABILITY TO ACT - An interview study of the discourse(s) of wageformation - between social partners and Employers on the Swedish labour market
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify institutions and market forces through discourses concerning central and local wage-formation. This study’s objective is to contribute to the research field of ... -
BUSINESS CYCLES AND WORK ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS FOR SICK LEAVE IN SWEDEN - A case study on consultants in the IT sector
(2019-11-14)Purpose: This case study allows us to explore and investigate the reasons behind an increasing sick-leave ratio in a concrete field and country which are IT and Sweden. Sick leave has been continuously studied in the ... -
MAN BLIR INTE HÅRDROCKARE, MAN FÖDS TILL DET - Femininitet och maskulinitet bland kvinnliga hårdrocksmusiker i Göteborg
(2019-11-08)Metod och material: Kvalitativa intervjuer Huvudresultat: Studiens primära resultat är att informanterna inte betraktar hårdrockens maskulinitet som manligt. Det musikaliska uttrycket passar dem för att energin, kraften ... -
Plattformsekonomin och dess förutsättningar- en kvalitativ studie om samverkan mellan arbetsmarknadens parter inom plattformekonomin
(2019-10-18)Syftet med uppsatsen är att förklara vilka förutsättningar plattformsekonomier skapar för samverkan mellan arbetsmarknadens parter. Uppsatsen behandlar de upplevelser som parterna själva beskriver kring förutsättningar att ... -
Uppföljning utan återkopplingganisationsnivåer i äldreomsorgen - En studie kring digitala verktygs betydelse för kommunikation mellan organisationsnivåer i äldreomsorgen
(2019-10-07)Syftet är att identifiera digitala verktyg som implementeras inom vårdorganisationer, samt att kritiskt analysera dessas betydelse för att understödja kommunikation mellan funktioner och nivåer i vardags- och utvecklings ... -
DELTIDSARBETE – FRIVILLIGT ELLER OFRIVILLIGT? - En kvantitativ studie om inställningar till deltidsarbete bland kommunanställda i en västsvensk kommun
(2019-09-16)The Swedish labor market is quite divided in female and male coded occupations. Working as a municipal female employee within the welfare system is very common, this part of the labour market is also where many of the ... -
Digitalisering & gränslöst arbete: Upplevelsen av stress och effekterna av arbetsplatsnormer i processindustrin
(2019-09-16)Digitalization has resulted in a more boundaryless work environment, which puts pressure on organizations and workers to be flexible and adaptable. The aim of this report is to extend the knowledge about the effects of ... -
HRBP-rollen och samspelet inom HR-funktionen - En fallstudie i en shared service-organisation
(2019-09-13)Shared service organizations have become a commonly used model in how to organize the HR function in large organizations. The HR function is here divided in three parts: HR business partners, service centre and centre ... -
Vem är det som kör? - En fallstudie om automatisering
(2019-09-13)In the current debate about how our future work life will be organised, automatization and robots gets a lot of attention in both media and recent studies. This new technology is by some believed to totally change how ... -
“Jobbar man här skall man klara av det” - En kvalitativ studie om sexuella trakasserier på den svenska arbetsmarknaden
(2019-09-13)Sexual harassment in the workplace is a common problem. According to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, almost one-tenth of the workers have been subjected to sexual harassment within the Swedish labor market. Autumn ...