Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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BRA KARL REDER SIG SJÄLV - Om maskulinitet och psykisk ohälsa på farliga arbetsplatser
(2015-11-16)Denna studies syfte har varit att bidra till en ökad insikt om hur maskulinitetsskapande mekanismer kan tänkas samverka med uppfattningar om psykisk ohälsa på en farlig arbetsplats. Uppsatsen har fokuserat på att ge en ... -
Framing Employer Branding - An explorative case study of legitimacy within the public sector context
(2015-11-16)Background: Increasingly, organizations from the public sector embrace employer branding as a strategy to better attract and retain qualified employees. Current research shows a lack of research regarding how public ... -
THE NEED TO MEET THE NEED - On the HRM-Performance Linkage
(2015-11-16)Problematization Reacting to a demand for greater accountability in organizations across all functional areas of business, HR has been facing fundamental reorganization over the past decades, resulting in significant ... -
The working conditions of the individual – in the interest of the organization? - Turnover intentions among Swedish employees
(2015-11-16)Background and problem: Since the 1990s, the Swedish work environment has developed towards increased demands and employees experience a decreasing amount of influence over their own work. This creates job dissatisfaction, ... -
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(2015-11-16)Problematization: There is outdated research of current labor market programs (LMPs), especially in the Swedish context.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 ... -
THE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON LABOUR MARKET SUCCESS
(2015-11-16)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between personality factors and labour market success. Methodology: The empirical data used for this study was collected from the SOM (Society, ... -
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 ... -
Investerare, missbrukare och utsatta - Unga vuxnas förhållningssätt till krediter
(2015-11-06)The aim of this artical is to explain and understand young adults common sensemaking and practices regarding credits and credit financing in relation to consumption. The study is based on three focus group interviews, ... -
Massarbetslöshet i transportsektorn inom 20 år?
(2015-10-06)The aim of this report has been threefold. Firstly the intention has been to describe the context in which such future development which is described by the statement "Every other job can be automated within 20 years" is ... -
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 ... -
Obtaining Local Universality Making Social Skills Training Fit Swedish Social Psychiatry
(2015-09-17)This article aims at analyzing the implementation of the Swedish version of the evidence-based Social & Independent Living Skills Program (Ett Självständigt Liv) in Swedish social psychiatry. Using ethnography and actor-network ... -
The Burden of Being the ‘Token’ - The Exploration of Ethnicity, Professional Identity, and Career Navigation amongst Ethnic Minority Managers in Sweden
(2015-09-17)The theoretical framework for this study is based on the following understandings. Firstly, that navigation is seen and described as a career practice. Secondly, that this form of career practice is influenced by ethnicity, ... -
Medborgardialog – för vem? En kritisk fallstudie om konkurrerande mål och ambitioner i Göteborgs Stad
(2015-08-28)This report takes its departure in deliberation as an ideal, and the idea that dialogue can be a means to decrease segregation, increase democratic participation and to contribute to higher trust in politicians. In 2014 ... -
Confronting informal resistance and empty commitment: Contradictions in the local adoption of gender mainstreaming
(2015-08-19)This article explores the local adoption of gender mainstreaming in Swedish public organisations in the Västra Götaland region. Using both observations and ethnographic interviews this study highlights the experiences ... -
From ecocycle to sustainable growth. A historical study of governing sustainability in Stockholm and Växjö.
(2015-08-19)Since the publication of the Brundtland report and the introduction of Agenda 21, sustainable development has been set as a global goal. While it now is common for both private and public organisations to express that they ... -
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. ... -
The Journey Towards the Goal is Irrelevant as long as the Goal is Fulfilled Two coexisting and competing logics in healthcare work
(2015-01-14)The background to the study presented in this thesis is an organisation that is established within the private healthcare sector and acquired one part of another healthcare organisation and reduplicated the volume of ... -
How do HR Business Partners work strategically? - A case study of HR transformation and strategic HR work in Göteborgs Stad Master Thesis
(2015-01-14)Over the last decades, the focus on strategic work within HRM theorists and practices has been increasing. Largely because of the global trend to transform HR organizations in larger companies where also divisional HR ... -
Global leadership development What’s in it for me?
(2015-01-14)Problem – An arguably new breed of leaders, the so-called global leader, has become prevalent among several multi-national corporations. Lacking a precise definition, previous research shows their impact on international ...