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This Master’s Thesis contributes with a rich description of normative control as a social process, through the illustration and interpretation of the practical efforts and sense-making that surround it. These contributions are made possible through an ethnographic case study at a medium-sized, fast-growing dotcom company with a distinct and salient corporate culture and normative control efforts.
Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur lärare jobbar med att motivera sina elever och vad eleverna uppfattar som motiverande. Detta är gjort genom att intervjua fyra personer som har haft en musiklärare som har varit en betydelsefull motivationskälla för dem. Studien är gjord med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer, där jag har utgått ifrån kategorier inom motivation som är tydliga i tidigare fThe purpose of the thesis is to study how teachers work to motivate their students and what the students perceive as motivating. This is done by interviewing students who have had a music teacher who has been a significant motivation source for them. The study is done using semi-structured interviews, and is based on motivation categories that were clear in previous research. Through the method, t
Since the 1980s, fertility rates in OECD countries stayed almost stable at levels below replacement (2.1 children on average per woman), which can have significant feedback effects on the social welfare system. While females still have the desire to form a family, this wish competes with career ambitions, leading to persistently low fertility rates due to the potential incompatibility of family an
Fingerprint software is widely used in applications such as smartphones. There has to be some overlap between two fingerprint samples in order for them to be considered as belonging to the same finger. Determining if this overlap exists is normally not a problem if a fingerprint sensor is big enough to capture a sample from the whole finger at once. However, if the sensor is small it might capture
The Swedish construction and real estate sector has a significant impact on the total national carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption. Thus, energy efficient and environmentally friendly renovation measures of existing buildings in Sweden plays an important role in the attempt to mitigate the climate changes. By applying the methodology developed by the IEA EBC Annex 56, this study focuse
År 2017 anger 255 av 290 kommuner i Sverige att de har bostadsbrist. Detta innebär att utbudet av bostäder inte möter det behov och den efterfrågan som finns i kommunen. Den nationella prognosen för antalet bostäder som ska byggas fram till år 2025 är 710 000 och grundas på den förväntade befolkningsutvecklingen. Något som inte förklaras av siffran är vilken typ av bostäder som ska byggas. De finnThe lack of housing in Sweden is a problematic question of big importance. Based on the clarification of the Swedish law related to municipal housing responsibility, this study has been conducted with the purpose of investigating whether a statutory housing supply liability is of importance to municipal housing planning. To clarify its importance, interviews have been held with 21 representatives
I uppsatsen analyseras förståelseproblematiken i tre dansk-svenska samtal. En tydlig dansk-svensk problematik har konstaterats tidigare forskning, men hur den tar sig uttryck och hanteras i samtal är inte lika väl beskrivet. Syftet med denna uppsats är därför att undersöka förståelsen i samtal, vilket innebär analys av problem, strategier och bakomliggande faktorer. Materialet har samlats in med e
Today there are more than 45 million hectares (ha) of concluded large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in the low- and middle- income countries around the globe. Whether LSLA is referred to as land grabbing or land investment, LSLA means that the right to utilise land is moved from the local people to investors. Few studies investigate agro-ecological consequences and water use of LSLAs. Hence, t
Background Tracing physical objects from producers to end consumers is a challenging task. In the wake of Bitcoin’s success, the retail industry sees potential in using blockchain technology to tackle some of these challenges. While blockchain technology itself has been subject to extensive research lately, the intersection between blockchain technology and supply chain traceability is still rathe
Den här studien handlar om körsång och dess potentiella påverkan på människor. Syftet är att ta reda på om – och hur körsångarna i Sinnesrokören upplever att körsången påverkar dem och vilka faktorer det är som gör att de i sådana fall påverkas. Körledarens drivkrafter och mål och hur dessa visar sig i praktiken undersöks också. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och metoderna som använts är intervjThis study is about choir singing and its potential influence on people. The purpose is to find out if - and how the singers in the Serenitychoir experience that the choir singing affects them, and what factors matter when it comes to forming the experience. The choir conductor’s intentions and goals and how are transformed into practice are also investigated. The study has a qualitative approach
Water chemistry alterations such as acidification and eutrophication represent major threats to the running waters of the world, and Swedish waters are among the most vulnerable. In this study the small forested catchment Storskogen, part of the SWETHRO monitoring network, was analysed to examine the links between deposition, catchment hydrological properties and surface water chemistry. Storskoge
The anticipated climate changes are predicted to alter the precipitation patterns in Sweden. Increased episodes of intense short-duration rainfall and higher intensities of day long-duration rainfall are expected. Road sections are often a target of flooding, causing impassable roads, due to the lack of capacity of drainage systems. One of the factors determining the water flow to a depression is
Does the formation of planets give imprints on the chemical composition of the host star? In order to test this theory a differential abundance analysis (i.e. comparing two stars' abundances to each other) was carried out on a few stars with and without known planets, to see if any differences were found. The analysis was based on high resolution, high signal to noise ratio (SNR) spectra of fo
This thesis aims to illustrate the male interest for fashion consumption. The subject is motivated by the lack of research concerning this in the academic sphere. The focus for this thesis is therefore to analyse how this comes to light in the male fashion magazine King of Sweden. Through a qualitative text analysis the questions submitted by readers in King of Sweden are analysed in relation to t
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how employees understand and support their employer’s internal CSR agenda and communication. In order to do this, we answer three research questions: How can employees be segmented into different groups regarding CSR support? How do employees who are supportive of a company’s CSR agenda differ from less supportive employees? How can an understan
Horseback riding is a sport enjoyed by people around the world. Many riders are interested in knowing exactly how much they have exercised their horse and how much time that have been spent in different gaits. The goal of this master's thesis was to develop an equine gait recognition algorithm. Triaxial accelerometer and gyroscope signals were collected during different riding sessions by usin
Studying the formation and evolution of galaxies is a fundamental problem in astronomy that warrants repeated investigation by astronomers. How do spiral galaxies like our own come to have its distinct spiral arms? How do stars and their properties change over time and will they continue to evolve in the same manner? To try and attempt to answer such questions we need to look to our own Galaxy the
En ökad efterfrågan på miljövänliga energialternativ har resulterat i att allt fler länder börjat utvärdera sina geotermala tillgångar. En bidragande orsak till det ökade geotermala intresset är förändrade krav som ställs på geologin och hydrologin med dagens moderna EGS-anläggningar. Med EGS-tekniken (Enhanced Geothermal Systems) skapar man idag konstgjorda reservoarer, för fjärrvärme- och elprodThe increasing demand for eco-friendly energy alternatives and the changing requirements of state of the art EGS-plants (Enhanced Geothermal Systems) have set the mark for many countries to start evaluating their geothermal assets. By using the EGS-technique, artificial reservoir providing district heating and electricity are created around the world by stimulating the bedrock hydrostatically with
