Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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Det handlar inte om storleken, dety är styrka. En kvalitativ intervjustudie om hur våldsanvändande tjejer förhåller sig till svårförenliga identiteter som våldsutövare och tjej
(2014-06-17)The aim of the present paper is to study girl's narratives about violence, what their use of violence looks like and how the girls talk about violence they are engaged in. This study concentrates on how girls that use ... -
Människan bakom Uniformen - en kriminologisk analys av ett lokalt förtroendeskapande arbete
(2014-06-16)For a social prevention program to be successful it is necessary that the purpose is well adapted to the objective of the program. The work that is the subject of this study focuses first and foremost on creating improved ... -
Hur bemöter polisen? En studie om situationella konflikter utifrån anmälningar mot poliser
(2014-06-16)This study analyzes complaints of police misconduct and relate them to issues of police legitimacy. Based in a theoretical framework of distributive and procedural justice, the study examines the situational properties ... -
Illegala gränsöverskridande avfallstransporter. Vad är problemet med problemet?
(2014-06-16)The aim of the present study is to research the current perspectives, problems and issues surrounding the work of controlling and regulating the illegal trade of waste between Sweden and countries outside of the EU. The ... -
Dags att gå hem? En studie om krogarnas förändrade stängningstider och våldsbrotten i Göteborg
(2014-06-16)In august 2013 the politicians in Gothenburg restricted pub closing time to 3 a.m. on Friday nights. The purpose was to reduce nighttime assaults in the city center. The aim of this thesis is to examine the effect on ... -
The Empowerment Loop - Identity and Confidence among Youth Politicians in Eastern Africa
(2014-01-17)This paper will develop a theoretical model of empowerment, based on the sociology of emotions and a field study on a Swedish development program for young politicians in Eastern-Africa. Conceptualizing the process ... -
Vem eller vad är en vän? - Den sociala vänskapens betydelse för vägen ut ur kriminalitet
(2014-01-16)Aims and objectives: The aim of the present study is to examine the importance of friendship in the process of change in offending and desistance from crime. This has since long been a widely researched area in ... -
En bra dag, ett ganska skönt tempo med lite prat, mycket skratt och så lite arbete givetvis - En kvalitativ studie om motivation hos behovsanställda i Göteborgs hamn
(2013-10-10)Behovsanställningar, vars huvudsakliga syfte är att skapa flexibilitet på en ständigt föränderlig arbetsmarknad har blivit allt vanligare i Sverige. Det finns alltid två sidor av samma mynt och för vissa kan flexibilitet ... -
Från friställd till anställd - En kvalitativ studie av hur jobbcoacher arbetar för att stödja arbetssökande på vägen mot en ny anställning
(2013-10-10)Att förlora sitt arbete kan bidra till flera negativa effekter så som exempelvis oro, depression och försvagad självkänsla. Det kan dessutom upplevas mycket stressande för många individer. Hur uppsagda hanterar ... -
Kristen & Kristdemokrat? - En sociologisk studie om religionens påverkan på partisympatier
(2013-10-10)Uppsatsens syfte är att ta reda på vad den frikyrkliga identiteten med avseende på medlemskap i frikyrkan kan ha för inverkan på partisympatier. Frågeställningarna som ställs är: Hur upplever sympatisörer ... -
Managers of tomorrow - A case study of how Talent Management is performed within the public sector in Sweden
(2013-09-23)Organisations of today are facing high pressure to identify critical competences in order to handle future challenges, due to demographic changes and competition of talent. In order to face these challenges and keep ... -
Global Reward Strategy. How is that done in a Swedish multinational corporation?
(2013-08-12)The practice perspective in HR strategy making is underdeveloped in the literature. This master thesis explores how a growing Swedish multinational corporation does its reward strategy in relation to the ... -
The Production and Reproduction of Layoffs - Discourse in Swedish Newspapers
(2013-08-09)Aim: This is a scientific report that aims at examining how the discourse of layoffs is constituted and depicted in news texts, and specifically how they reflect on and represent the layoff phenomenon ... -
Temporary Agency Workers’ Perceptions on Organizational Supports and Affective Organizational Commitment
(2013-08-09)Temporary agency workers have become a global trend in the contemporary work forces, under the pressure of cost effectiveness through employment flexiblility. Temporary agency workers keep unique dual ralationships ... -
The role of HRM in innovation processes - Nurturing or constraining creativity
(2013-08-09)The purpose of this study was to explore how different HRM practices nurture and constrain creativity in the organization, upon which companies build their innovation processes. This was explored by the perspective of ... -
Swedish medical students abroad: a case of return migration policy-making
(2013-08-09)Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of Swedes studying medicine abroad, especially in Central and Eastern European countries. It is estimated that every third Swedish medical student studies ... -
The myth of HR strategizing Analyzing Strategic Human Resource Management as global practice and local praxis
(2013-08-09)The idea of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM), to combine HR strategizing with business strategizing in order to increase organizational performance, is today generally accepted and many organizations have ... -
Employee Engagement under Organizational Changes A Evaluation of Impact of Personnel Cost Reduction Project on Employee Engagement at Volvo Car Group
(2013-08-08)With the development of the study on Organizational commitment, a rather new term of Employee Engagement was brought up by researchers. It has been argued that compared with committed employees, the engaged employees ... -
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 ... -
HR Business Partnering - Partnering construction between HR Business Partners, HR Partners and Line Managers - A Case Study at SKF
(2013-08-08)Over the last decades, interest has increased enormously in HR Business Partnering. Recent critics have stated that the partnering between HR and business is not clearly defined and is subject to different expectations ...