Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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Uncertain Intimacies: App-based friendship among women
(2022-07-05)In the last few years, a new social phenomenon has been the making of friends through friendship apps. This is largely unexplored in research, with the potential to change the ways friendships are understood and formed. ... -
Matad av känslor - Ett sociologiskt perspektiv på känslornas viktiga betydelse för anorexia
(2022-07-01)Anorexia tillsammans med andra ätstörningar har ökat i det svenska samhället i takt med att träning, vikt och mat har blivit mer inkluderat i de värderingar och normer som finns i samhället. Samhällets kultur, värderingar ... -
Victim Company: The Relationship Between Women and Dogs in Intimate Partner Violence Situations
(2022-06-30)Previous research shows that women are falling victims to severe types of intimate partner violence, such as intimate terrorism, and that there is a link between this and violence against non-human animals. Dogs have a ... -
“I am only doing my job”- Caring Masculinities by Swedish Men as Preschool Teachers
(2022-06-30)Caring masculinities as a theoretical framework has emphasized the rejection of dominance in traditional masculinities, and rather embraced values of care, such as interdependence, relationality, and emotions (Elliott, ... -
Polisens arbete mot sexköp – gräsrotsbyråkrater, eldsjälar och projektmakare
(2022-06-23)Aims and objectives: Previous research highlights the need for following up and evaluating the methods and operations that are currently in use to prevent the purchase of sexual services. With regards to the police as ... -
Lejonet från Norden, hindrar alla morden? - En kriminologisk fallstudieanalys av Gustav Adolfs torg i Göteborg
(2022-06-22)Aims and objectives: The aim of this thesis is to contribute with an increased knowledge of how systematic crime prevention work can be practiced in inner-city environments. By analyzing conditions and obstacles of crime ... -
KÄRLEKENS PRIS - En crime script-analys av romansbedragares tillvägagångssätt och organisering
(2022-06-21)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the course of action in romance fraud. Furthermore, the purpose of this research is to study whether, and if so, in what way, the ... -
Non-mixity as an organizational and resistance tool for collective identification within French radical activist groups
(2022-01-21)This article investigates non-mixity (separatism), its functions, mechanisms, uses and impacts on specific groups within radical movements. Sense of belonging, frames, diasporic identities and diaological processes are ... -
The “we” of the law enforcement system in Russia – from the perspective of court workers, defense lawyers, and political protesters
(2022-01-19)The article investigates the formation of the “we” of the law enforcement and shows how it affects the professional performance of law enforcers; how the “we” of the law enforcement is reflected by subjects before the ... -
The construction of America’s crisis and the fear of loss: - A study of Donald Trump’s second presidential campaign in 2020
(2022-01-18)This study identifies the structure of populist rhetoric in Trump’s second presidential election campaign in 2020. This is done through the combination of three key theoretical concepts: col-lective action frames; populist ... -
”I någon mening köper jag ju sex, men...” En analys av hur icke-prostitution konstrueras inom sugardejting
(2021-10-18)Sugar dating is a relatively new and growing phenomenon within the sex- and intimacy industry. Sugar dating consists of meetings and relationships in which wealthier men compensate, materially and economically, relatively ... -
HEMTJÄNSTEN OCH DET BROTTSFÖREBYGGANDE ARBETET - En studie om brott mot äldre
(2021-10-08)Aims and objectives: Crimes against elder are increasing in the society, both within Sweden and in Europe. The thesis aims to study the Home care that visits people 65 years and older, and to investigate whether the Home ... -
Materiality, Mobility and Strategies of Nurturing Long- Distance Family Relationships: A Study of Migrant Women’s Practices Around Sending Packages Home
(2021-10-08)This thesis draws on migrants’ practices around sending packages home to explore their practical experience with navigating distance and what it actually takes to maintain close familial relationships across space. The ... -
Why are immigrants absent from environmental movements? - A qualitative report of educated immigrants’ perspectives on climate change and environmental activism in Sweden
(2021-10-07)Environmental crisis is one of the most important issues of the past decades therefore ecological movements tackling it are getting more and more attention. This report explores the reasons behind the lack of participation ... -
“If it’s gonna get done, I have to do it myself” - A qualitative study about Covid-19, household labor and equality
(2021-10-06)This paper investigates in what way the still ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has affected the gendered division of household labor. Historically speaking, in most countries and cultures, (and in cohabiting relationships), women ... -
What is the business of public housing? - A new policy for Gothenburg’s ‘particularly vulnerable areas’
(2021-10-01)In 2020, the City Council of Gothenburg declared that no part of the city would remain on the Swedish Police’s list of ‘particularly vulnerable areas’ by the year 2025 and charged the municipal housing company The Framtiden ... -
IS THE EXTENDED VIRTUAL WORKFORCE HERE TO STAY? - A qualitative case study of how virtual work becomes the new normal
(2021-09-02)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create a better understanding of how virtual work becomes the new normal in organizations. To reach this understanding, an organization where virtual work has been established as ... -
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF HIGH INVOLVEMENT WORK PRACTICES AND THEIR WORK ENGAGEMENT - An investigation of the roles of work-life balance and psychological job demands
(2021-09-02)Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between Information and Communication Technology professionals’ perceptions of high-involvement work practices, their work engagement, work-life balance, ... -
HR: THE ISOLATED ISLAND - Collaboration and visibility, a way to the organization’s heart?
(2021-09-01)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how an HR department could gain legitimacy for themselves while undergoing a reorganization of the department. This reorganization was affected by the global COVID-19 ... -
Managers’ experiences of internal HR audits - A case study of follow-ups within the field of competence development
(2021-08-31)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate managers' experiences of internal HR audit processes within a company. The main focus will be on the HR process within the area of competence development. Theory: The ...