Browsing Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap) by Title
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A Swedish MNC’s journey towards “one company”
(2015-11-16)This article seeks to add to our understanding of how practice transfers are implemented across national borders. Abandoning the use of the often used diffusion approach within practice transfer studies, this article is ... -
Accessibility and participation in work and employment for people with intellectual disabilities within Gothenburg Municipality
(2021-07-05)Work and employment are a central part of an individual’s life, not only to gain financial security, but to establish your identity, gain a sense of belonging, as well as build social networks. In Sweden, participation ... -
ACTING COMPETITIVELY IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING CONTEXT - A quantitative study on competitive employee behaviour
(2022-10-18)For organisations to stay competitive in current circumstances entailing great uncertainties, swift changes, and continuous development, they need employees who are willing to both initiate and adapt to such changes. ... -
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN SWEDEN - HOW DO THEY MAKE SENSE OF THEIR EMPLOYABILITY?
(2015-01-13)Introduction: This research captures the perspectives of a group of African immigrant’s in the blue-collar sector of the Swedish labour market, regarding how they make sense of their employability. Objectives: The objective ... -
ALKOHOLENS PÅVERKAN PÅ FÄNGELSEPOPULATIONEN - En studie av EU:s medlemsstater 2008-2015
(2020-03-17)Aims and objectives: In this thesis I have chosen to take a closer look at the relationship between general habits of alcohol consumption in the EU:s member states and their respective sizes of prison populations. In ... -
”De andra” - En kvalitativ studie om ensamkommande pojkar i skolan
(2016-06-30)Aims and objectives: The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the school system proactively works towards unaccompanied boys, have sought asylum in Sweden and how to ensure they will not end up ... -
Are there any long-term consequences of poverty?
(2013-01-14)Earlier research has shown that poverty is associated and clustered with other welfare problems. However, less is known about the long-term consequences of being poor. In this explorative study, Swedish longitudinal ... -
Are we really speaking English? A study of language implications within one of the Volvo Group-organizations
(2013-08-08)The purpose was to capture and examine if employees within one of the Volvo Group organizations perceived language implications, and if so, how the language implications were interpreted and also how important these ... -
ATT ARBETA MED KÄNSLOÄRENDEN - En intervjustudie om motståndskraft i utredningspolisers vardag
(2016-06-30)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate how resilience can be enhanced in police investigators of emotional cases by factors on three different levels: Organization, group and individual. Review ... -
Att göra faderskap i jämställdhetens Sverige - En studie i manlighet, familjebildning och faderskap
(2012-10-18)This study is part of a larger international project about fertility rates below population re- placement in postindustrial societies. The main purpose of this essay is to look into how gen- der equality is distributed in ... -
Att hantera hot och våld i skolan. En kriminologisk studie om personalutsatthet och åtgärder – en granskning av hantering av hot och våld mot personal i kommunala grundskolor i Göteborgs kommun.
(2014-10-08)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to understand and explain the process of handling violence and threats against pedagogic personnel in public schools. This study foremost takes a theoretical outset from a ... -
Att samla ägg från vilda fåglar – en kriminologisk orsaksanalys
(2020-09-16)Aims and objectives: Collecting eggs from wild birds used to be one of the most popular forms of natural history collecting in nineteenth century Europe, including Sweden, until its criminalization in the 1950s. Egg ... -
Att trivas, stanna eller lämna? - En studie om socialsekreterare inom ekonomiskt bistånd.
(2017-07-07)A quantitative survey was used to investigate how experiences of work and organizational factors linked to support and resources affect job satisfaction and turnover intentions among social workers within social assistance. ... -
ATTENDING THE CALL OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT? - A case study of the ways a labor market program is legitimated and its organizational consequences
(2015-11-16)Problematization: There is outdated research of current labor market programs (LMPs), especially in the Swedish context. Thus, there is a need to explore the current organizational interest for the question of youth ... -
ÄR DET ORTEN SOM RÖR SIG? – en kvalitativ studie av ungdomsrörelsen i förorten
(2015-09-21)The article deals with the topic of social movements. Based on previous as-sumptions that a new social movement is being shaped in Sweden's “Million Program Areas”, it analyzes this movement using social movement theory ... -
Balancing hope and fear – Swedish young adults’ housing strategies on a scarce market
(2016-08-24)This study explores emotions in young Swedish adults’ search for housing. Along with this purpose the theoretical aim is to explore the role of emotions in action and decision-making. Through semi-structured interviews ... -
Barn som bevittnat våld i nära relationer - En komparativ studie om innebörden av att inte ha målsägandestatus
(2015-06-10)Aims and objectives: Children who witness domestic violence in Sweden are defined as crime victims in their own right. They have the right to receive crime victim compensation from the state. In a criminal law sense these ... -
Barn, sex och frivillighet - Konstruktioner av barn i lagstiftning och domar rörande sexualbrott mot barn
(2015-02-05)Aims and objectives The aim of the study is to examine the social constructions of children, and the possible consequences of these constructions, in verdicts and legislation concerning sexual offenses against children. ... -
Barriers and Biases: A case study of women’s experiences of underrepresentation at senior management levels.
(2017-11-03)ABSTRACT Essay/Thesis: 30 hp Programme: Strategic Human Resource Management and Labor Relations Level: Masters /Second Cycle Semester/year: Spring /2017 Supervisor: Gabriella Elgenius Examiner: Report No: Key words: ... -
BARRIERS IN BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT - A case study of how certain organizational practices lead to non-inclusion from employees’ perspectives
(2020-09-09)Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to explore the specific organizational practices acting as barriers in promoting inclusion at the workplace from employees’ perspectives. The same is explored with a two-fold ...