Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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Global Climate Governance: Participation and Resistance - the Case of REDD+ and Swedish Environmental Organizations
(2015-01-13)This study analyses contemporary global climate governance represented by the case of REDD+, and how Swedish environmental movement organizations (EMOs) participate and/or resist this governance. The aim of the study ... -
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 ... -
Inter-cultural Working Relationships between Expatriates and Local Employees in MNCs Cases from the Automotive Industry in China
(2015-01-13)One fact multinational companies must face is working with employees who come from different cultures and countries. Due different working principle and approaches, problems related to cultural differences occur. One of ... -
Employees’ Perspectives on Social Media Internal Communication Platforms’ use and its impact on Affective Commitment A qualitative case study in the Hospitality Industry
(2015-01-13)As social media gain ground in organisations as internal communication tools, this case study aims to highlight the use of Social-Media-internal-communication-platforms in the field of Hospitality Industry, exploring ... -
What Makes Us Act? Factors Affecting Voluntary Job Mobility
(2015-01-13)Voluntary job mobility is an important question for organisations. Companies are investing a great amount of money, time and effort in recruiting and the training of employees. This study will illustrate factors affecting ... -
MORE THAN JUST COFFEE & COPYING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNS’ FRUSTRATION
(2015-01-13)Located within the fields of motivation and coping, this report examines the phenomenon of internship frustration to explore its major causes and consequences. The qualitative study relies on 181 internship reports and ... -
How does the transfer of human resource practices take place from Finnish Multinational Corporation to a Swedish subsidiary? A case study of transfer and harmonization of HR practices within a medium-sized family-owned MNC
(2015-01-13)This master thesis is both a contribution to the academic and practical field of human resource management; with an explanatory case study to explain how the transfer of human resource practices takes place from Finnish ... -
What do you know? Easing Soldiers´ transition to the civilian labour market by making knowledge understandable
(2015-01-12)The purpose of this study was to broaden the understanding of how armed forces make the knowledge of their soldiers understandable to civilian actors and the soldiers themselves. A case study was carried out in which the ... -
Resistance to Organizational Change and the Value of Communication: the case of Volvo Cars Human Resources Department
(2015-01-12)The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the consequences of Human Resource (HR) transformation from an individual perspective. With the theory brought up by Ulrich, HR transformation is a process and means for ... -
The role of HRM in intraorganisational knowledge sharing
(2015-01-12)A company’s ability to share knowledge within an organisation is believed to strengthen its competitiveness since knowledge sharing provides a company with a fundament for developing employee competencies and thus with an ... -
Downsizing in crisis - A comparative study on downsizing processes in Greece during the financial crisis
(2015-01-12)Downsizing is a subject increasingly studied during the last decades and from many different perspectives. However, the major part of the literature involves research during periods of economic stability. The special ... -
The Valuation of Work - A study of individual salary setting practices for white collar workers
(2015-01-12)With pay-for-performance system becoming a common reward strategy, the salary setting criteria are based on a valuation of the employee‟s work. This indicates that it is not merely the market that sets the price, as suggested ... -
Humanistiskt förankrade förhållningssätt gentemot unga i kriminalvården
(2014-10-08)Aims and objectives: This thesis aims to penetrate the humanistic approaches toward young inmates in correctional treatment within Swedish Kriminalvården in order to describe these approaches and also the potential ... -
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 ... -
Perspektiv på underrättelseanalys -produkten, processen och professionen
(2014-10-08)Aims and objectives: The main purpose of this study is to map different perspectives on products, processes and the profession among analysts in an intelligence context. A further goal is to ... -
Rum för missbruk? Förhandlingar om stadsrummets användning i Göteborg
(2014-08-08)This paper explores how conceptions of safety in visions and strategies for public space in the city of Gothenburg result in measures aimed at reducing the visibility of certain behaviors that causes feelings of insecurity ... -
I frånvaro av allmängiltighet. Verklighetsframställningen i en allegorisk tolkning av Thomas Bernhards Undergångaren.
(2014-06-30)The paper’s purpose is to explore a literary text’s relations and allusions to a social reality in the postmodern society through the study of Jonathan Culler’s levels of vraisemblance. It further explores the text’s ... -
Tillsammans mot vår egen överordning En emotionssociologisk studie av (pro)feministiska män och separat organisering
(2014-06-30)This article focuses on male feminists, separate organization and emotions. The purpose of the article is to understand the role of emotions in separate organization for (pro)feminist men. I find that guilt and pride are ... -
Exploring Activism among Swedish Nurses and Midwives: Patriarchy, Proletarization and Professionalization
(2014-06-27)This paper deals with two protests initiated by care workers in Sweden. The first protest, which began in 2011, is carried out by nursing graduates and its main objective is to raise entry wages in the nursing profession. ... -
Fallet Missing People Sweden: Gemeinschaft och Gesellschaft i en frivillig sökarorganisation
(2014-06-19)Voluntary policing represents unexplored territory within the field of civil policing, which as a whole is relatively underresearched. Missing People Sweden (MPS) is a voluntary policing organisation that was founded in ...