Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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Social Capital and Legitimate Recruitment
(2016-08-23)Purpose: When it comes to hire new employees, organisations can resort to different sources, contacts and acquaintances being among the most important ones. This thesis studies the legitimate use that recruiters make of ... -
Is age really nothing but a number? - Norms and practices related to age and employment in the Municipality of Gothenburg Department
(2016-08-23)Purpose – The purpose of this thesis was a) to describe how institutional pressures on organizations maintains, as well as challenges, current norms and practices regarding age and employment, and b) how organizations can ... -
Cooperating apart - a qualitative study about conditions for knowledge sharing in distributed communities of practice
(2016-08-23)Purpose: This study aims to understand conditions for maintaining knowledge sharing in distributed communities of practice (DCoPs) in the context of a multinational corporation by collecting team members’ perspectives. ... -
Middle Managers at Activity Based Workplace
(2016-08-23)Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify how middle managers work in Activity Based Workplace (ABW), the challenges that a new workplace represents to the management team and the organisation and the effects of the ... -
EMOTIONAL LABOUR IN A BUREAUCRATIC MEDIA CONTEXT ON HR - A study on emotional labour of academic and administrative employees at Greek universities about mobility scheme during the financial crisis
(2016-08-23)In recent years, emotions in the workplace have become a topic of interest in management; academics, researchers and authors are becoming interested in the topic of emotions in an organisation. One crucial topic of discussion ... -
OM INTE… En narrativ studie om hur bakgrund och organisatoriska hinder påverkar kvinnors narkotikamissbruk
(2016-06-30)Aims and objectives: Drug abuse is a not only a considerable public health problem, it´s a serious social and societal issue that society should try it´s best to solve, or at least reduce. With this study, I would like to ... -
”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 ... -
GENTRIFIERINGENS KONSEKVENSER FÖR BROTTSLIGHET, TRYGGHET OCH SOCIAL SAMMANHÅLLNING - En kriminologisk analys av omvandlingen i stadsdelen Lundby
(2016-06-30)Aims and objectives: This study examines the effects of gentrification on crime, perceived safety and social cohesion. Previous research on the effects of gentrification on crime has provided mixed results. Yet, ... -
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 ... -
The Desocialization Effect – exploring identity and emotional exchange in the regressive stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
(2016-04-04)In applying a conceptual framework derived from social psychology, the article at hand explores the degenerative stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a process of desocial-ization, in order to shed a new light on an already ... -
GLOBAL STAFFING IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE CHINESE MNCS
(2015-11-30)The paper is aiming to explore the global staffing implementations within the background of globalization and localization in multinational corporations (MNCs) in Mainland China. With massive foreign direct investments ... -
The “feel-how” of the “know-how” Social emotion as disposition to perform for the public employee
(2015-11-30)Problematization: Third stream activities (TSA) is one of the University's relationships with society and are all those ways that researchers inform the public about research knowledge. TSA is a democratic service and ... -
TRANSLATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF A STANDARDIZED TRAINING PROGRAM IN A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
(2015-11-30)Problem Multinational companies play a significant role in the globalized economy. In this context, the trade-off between standardization and localization of practices and strategies is an issue that meaningfully influences ... -
HR TRANSFORMATION IN A PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION - The Emergence of new roles and competencies
(2015-11-30)This paper aims to explore new HR roles and competences in a public sector organisation after a reformation process in a local HR department. The study follows a qualitative research approach based on semi-structural ... -
WORK ‘‘WITHOUT BORDERS’’- FLEXIBLE WORK AND ITS CONSEQUENCES A case study of a NGO in Greece during the economic recession
(2015-11-30)The aim of this study was twofold. On the one hand, the purpose was to provide a better understanding on how work is organised in a non-profit organisation through the spectrum of flexibility and what its consequences are ... -
EMPLOYER BRANDING CONTEXTUALISED - A qualitative study in Greece during the financial crisis Maria
(2015-11-30)Problem Employer branding as a strategy to attract and retain employees (Backhaus & Tikoo, 2004) is continuously gaining more popularity among practitioners and academics. However, the conceptualisation and implementation ... -
MAKING SENSE OF EMPLOYER BRANDING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
(2015-11-30)Problematisation: Previous research about employer branding is conducted in the context of the private sector and lacks cases from the context of public sector. The literature explains employer branding as series of ... -
EMOTIONAL LABOUR IN A BUREAUCRATIC MEDIA CONTEXT ON HR - A study on emotional labour of academic and administrative employees at Greek universities about mobility scheme during the financial crisis
(2015-11-30)In recent years, emotions in the workplace have become a topic of interest in management; academics, researchers and authors are becoming interested in the topic of emotions in an organisation. One crucial topic of discussion ... -
The Riots Explained - Research and Media Explanations of the Riots in Paris 2005, London 2011 and Stockholm 2013
(2015-11-27)The riots of Paris 2005, London 2011 and Stockholm 2013 all share a number of similarities. They started from similar triggering points, in poor areas and spread to the rest of the capitals and then to other cities of ... -
The balancing act - The emotion work produced by attorneys in their everyday work life
(2015-11-17)Based on observations and in-depth interviews, this article explores the emotion work produces by attorneys in their everyday work life, particularly in connection to client interactions. The attorney profession is ...