Masteruppsatser (Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap): Recent submissions
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BASKET, BÖCKER, BROTT - Ett socialt projekts påverkan på brottsligheten
(2020-08-13)Aims and objectives: BonnierHoops is a social project held during the summer holiday combining basketball and book reading, targeting adolescents in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Sweden. During the fall of 2019 BonnierHoops ... -
Diagnosens emotionella aspekter – En studie om att få en ADHD diagnos i vuxen ålder
(2020-05-05)This study explores emotions involved in receiving a diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood. The article used interviews and was based on sociological theory of emotions. Questions answered in the study were as follows: What are ... -
ALKOHOLENS PÅVERKAN PÅ FÄNGELSEPOPULATIONEN - En studie av EU:s medlemsstater 2008-2015
(2020-03-17)Aims and objectives: In this thesis I have chosen to take a closer look at the relationship between general habits of alcohol consumption in the EU:s member states and their respective sizes of prison populations. In ... -
Det ensamstående moderskapet - En kvalitativ studie av ensamstående mödrars vardagsstrategier och drivkrafter
(2020-03-04)Lone parents, specifically lone mothers, are an increasing group in society, according to Statistiska Central Byrån, SCB statistics. Sweden's developed statistics in 2017 showed that 358,400 households consisted of single ... -
ONBOARDING PROGRAM FOR RECENT IMMIGRANT NEWCOMERS - An opportunity for the organization to learn
(2019-11-15)Purpose: The aim of this master thesis is to study how organizations learn from onboarding of recent immigrant newcomers. Theory: The theory of organizational learning is applied. A learning process framework of 4 i: s ... -
EXPLORING AN EXTENDED WORKING LIFE FOR TEACHERS - A qualitative study
(2019-11-15)Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of an extended working life for teachers and to understand how organisations can work to encourage an extended working life for teachers. Theory: In ... -
The Swedish Dream: A Safe Place to Work A Qualitative Study Revealing the Challenges with Health and Safety Work within a Swedish Construction Firm
(2019-11-15)Employers within the Swedish construction industry are required by law to engage in Health and Safety work. Health and safety work is in turn, the practical activities employers engage in to achieve compliance with ... -
On Translation and Evaluation in Local Wage Setting - A Case Study on Sweden:The Local Wage Setting Process Within a Public Relations Agency
(2019-11-15)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe how employees are being translated and evaluated through the organizational wage setting process within a Public Relations agency in Sweden. Subsequently, this study aims ... -
REWARDING WORK OR WORKING FOR REWARD? - A qualitative case study about total rewards and work motivation among white-collar workers in Sweden
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This thesis aims to study how the different elements of total rewards system (TRS) correspond with white-collar workers’ motivation in Sweden and how the identified total reward factors correspond to different ... -
POST-MERGER CONFLICTS - An explorative perspective on the application of conflict theories in merger analysis
(2019-11-15)Purpose The aim of this study was to find out how the application of a conflict theory perspective can contribute to new and/or different knowledge in the field of mergers and acquisitions, as compared to the more commonly ... -
WHY NOT TAKE A STEP FURTHER? - Analysis of challenges in early stage adoption of HR-Analytics in Swedish organizations HR-Analytics in Swedish organizations
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This study aims to explore how Swedish organizations precede or strategically act to gain trust in HR analytics, what challenges they identify in the process of implementation and how they strategically act to ... -
TURNING HORSEPOWER INTO GIRL POWER - A study of how women utilize leadership skills learned at the stable
(2019-11-15)Purpose: This study aims to explore how equestrian experience influence women in leading and management positions in organizational settings. As well as studying if leadership training at a young age at the stable be ... -
Decision-making at work: An explorative study of employees leading themselves through decision-making in a consultancy company.
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain deeper understanding of employees’ decision-making processes within a consultancy firm. The study aims to provide knowledge of what impact a self-leading role with large ... -
EXPECTATIONS THAT MATCH: A KEY TO A POSITIVE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE - A qualitative study of employees’ expectation alignment with management practises
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to conduct an exploratory, qualitative study to investigate Employee Experience from an academic perspective and explore how employees’ and employer’s expectations align in terms of ... -
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCE OF HR MANAGEMENT DURING BREXIT - A CASE STUDY OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION WITHIN THE NHS AFTER THE REFERENDUM TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION (BREXIT)
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The aim of this Thesis is to explore how EU nationals employed in the NHS experience uncertainty during Brexit and how they have perceived HR support with particular reference to recruitment and retention. Theory: The ... -
WAGE-FORMATION, FROM CENTRAL AGREEMENT TO LOCAL ABILITY TO ACT - An interview study of the discourse(s) of wageformation - between social partners and Employers on the Swedish labour market
(2019-11-14)Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify institutions and market forces through discourses concerning central and local wage-formation. This study’s objective is to contribute to the research field of ... -
BUSINESS CYCLES AND WORK ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS FOR SICK LEAVE IN SWEDEN - A case study on consultants in the IT sector
(2019-11-14)Purpose: This case study allows us to explore and investigate the reasons behind an increasing sick-leave ratio in a concrete field and country which are IT and Sweden. Sick leave has been continuously studied in the ... -
The new spirit of volunteering in the age of internet - Exploring Swedish nonprofits online volunteer affiliation
(2019-08-19)This study links together the question of how nonprofit organizations use their internet websites to affiliate potential volunteers, with the question of how volunteering has transformed over the past decades. Previous ... -
WE LOOK AT CRIME THROUGH THE LENS OF GEOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOUR - Geographic profiling in operational settings
(2019-03-25)Aims and objectives: This study aims to investigate in what investigative context the use of geographic profiling is appropriate, but also to contribute with a breadth of knowledge and understanding of the methodology ... -
Civil Servant, Machine or Customer? - A Case on the Effects of the Swedish Government Service Centre
(2018-11-14)This case is an example of the Swedish Government Service Centre as a political project to rearrange and reinvent the public sector. It is a revelatory case, describing a process which begun quite recently, introducing the ...