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Studien syftar till att öka förståelsen för det relativt nya fenomenet Corporate Social Advocacy genom att undersöka hur det kommuniceras på sociala medier idag och hur budskapen mottas av konsumenter. För att besvara studiens frågeställningar har empiriskt material samlats in i form av två virtuella kvalitativa fokusgruppsintervjuer med deltagare från två olika generationer: generation X och geneThis study aims to provide insight to the rather new phenomenon Corporate Social Advocacy by examining how it is communicated on social media today and how the message is received by consumers. In order to answer our research questions we have gathered empirical material through two qualitative virtual focus groups consisting of respondents from two different generations: generation X and generati

Planning for an aging population is a phenomenon that has become increasingly more pertinent for Swedish planning agencies. As the number of people within the oldest age groups is rising, the society as a whole is faced with challenges in order to accommodate the increased number of elderly. One key concept within elderly urban planning is mobility, which describes an individual's ability or c

Sustainable development and sustainable urbanism has been receiving an increasingly influential role in urban development throughout the last decades, and many cities label themselves as ‘green’, ‘smart’, and ‘sustainable’. At the same time municipalities have been experiencing increasing economic pressure due to decentralization processes, which has resulted in them carrying a central role in dev

En kvalitativ studie som syftar till att bidra med en ökad nyansering av mellanchefers roll i organisationsförändringar genom att se till hur de själva uppfattar rollen i fråga och vad den innefattar. Studien behandlar således frågeställningen: ”Hur ser varuhuschefer på sin roll i en organisationsförändring?” För att besvara denna frågeställning har en kvalitativ fallstudie gjorts på sju varuhusA qualitative study about store managers’ role in organizational change. This study aims to further nuance the role of middle managers in organizational change by studying how the middle managers themself perceive this role, as well what it implies. To answer this the following research question was formulated: How do store managers perceive their role in organizational change? In order to addre

När man befinner sig i en potentiellt farlig situation är det adaptivt att kunna bedöma faran på ett korrekt sätt genom att känna igen tidiga signaler för fara och diskriminera situationen från tidigare minnen. Det har visats att minnen som konsolideras under hot är mer benägna att sakna specificitet och att generaliseras i framtida situationer. Vår studie ämnade undersöka hur episodiska minnen påWhen coming across a potentially dangerous situation it is adaptable to be able to assess the danger in an accurate way by recognizing cues for danger or discriminating the situation from previous memories. It has been shown that memories that are consolidated under threat are more likely to lack specificity and may be generalized onto future experiences. Our study aimed to investigate how episodi

This thesis is placed in the context of talent management and revolves around the phenomena of talent and talent wars. The two phenomena have received increased attention in the talent management discourse during the last decades as the international competitiveness for talents among organizations has become amplified. The purpose of this thesis has been to explore, analyze and compare different p

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att skapa en djupare förståelse för hur småskaliga producerande företag verksamma inom livsmedelstillverkning kan bli mer motståndskraftiga mot negativ extern påverkan i form av globala kriser. Metod: Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsansats och är utförd som en multipel fallstudie med abduktiv ansats. Genom en komparativ forskningsdesign genomfördes elva semistruktPurpose: The purpose of the study is to create a deeper understanding of how smallscale producing companies active in food manufacturing can become more resilient to negative external influences such as global crises. Methodology: The study has a qualitative research approach and is performed as a multiple case study with an abductive approach. Through a comparative research design, eleven semi-s

Elitidrottare utsätts kontinuerligt för fysiologiska och psykologiska krav. En alltför krävande mental och fysisk ansträngning riskerar att öka skaderisken bland unga elitidrottare och kan yttras genom såväl fysiska skador som mentala bekymmer. Syftet med denna kvalitativa ansats var att undersöka för unga handbollsspelares upplevelser av idrottspsykologis träning och i förlängningen huruvida tränElite athletes are constantly exposed to physiological and psychological demands. An excessively demanding mental and physiological effort could increase the risk of injury among young elite athletes and can be manifested through physical injuries as well as mental problems. The purpose of this qualitative approach was to examine young handball players’ experiences of sport psychology training and

Due to insufficient knowledge on preschool teacher reporting obligations, studies show that fewer reports are made regarding children that might need help. The aim of the study was to illustrate how preschool teachers interpret and apply the law on reporting obligations in preschool activities and to illustrate the collaboration between preschool and social services. What does preschool teachers t

Gender Studies departments have struggled to legitimize their own space in the Swedish academia from 70´s. Even when the institutionalization of Gender Studies can be told as a success story, its departments continue to be quite paradoxical spaces in the academia, where the feminist oppositional tendency seems to collide with academic standards and requirements. Additionally, this clash is aggrava

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the default risk of acquiring companies. The sample consists of 276 transactions carried out between 2010 and 2018 by acquirers from Western European financial sector. We estimate the acquirer’s default risk using Merton Distance-to-Default model and further regress a set of independent variables with the changes in

This project started out of love for the enjoyment of healthy food. A summer in France opened up my world to the wonderful beverage that is natural wine and the beautiful process of making it. But, there is a strong critical agenda in the Nordic countries, and the natural wine has not gotten a warm welcome. I found a potential to increase interest by introducing natural wine in a new way tha

Librarians and libraries’ work with information mediation are a vital part of facilitating and delivering information in society. Libraries and librarians’ efforts in making information regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) available is important both in terms of upholding democratic rights as well as improving personal health. The purpose of this thesis is to explore and inve

Abstract Author: Sara Nouri Title: Territorial stigmatization Supervisor: Mats Hilte The aim with this study has been, on the basis of qualitative methods, study and report experiences and effects for individuals living in a segregated and stigmatized neighborhood. The essay is focused on whether the stigma influences the individuals view about their identity, how individuals handle their neighb

Husby faces great challenges for safety and equality in the public space. Women report that they can not move freely at the city center without feeling oppressed and insecure, and a sense of powerlessness is found among the residents. In 2015 the state-owned housing company Svenska bostäder started up a project called Praxagora, with an aim to create a safe and including public space. To achieve t

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vad sociala nätverk, sociala relationer och ideella föreningar har för betydelse för ensamkommande unga från Afghanistan. Utifrån de fem semistrukturerade intervjuerna jag genomfört, kommer uppsatsen undersöka betydelsen av sociala nätverk för informanterna och hur olika sociala nätverk påverkar dennes sociala kapital. Materialet analyseras utifrån Pierre BourThe aim of this thesis is to understand what social networks, social relations and non-profit associations are of importance to unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan. Five unaccompanied minors were interviewed to be able to investigate the importance of social networks. Furthermore, the thesis focuses to answer the question, how social networks affects these individual’s social capital. The materi

Kommunikatörer är en yrkesgrupp som både kämpar för sin legitimitet och ett tyd-liggörande av vad rollen innebär. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur kommu-nikatören porträtteras i platsannonser på LinkedIn. Studien utgår från en socialkon-struktivistisk ansats, där rollen antas konstrueras genom hur den beskrivs och talas om. Det empiriska materialet analyseras genom en kvalitativ innehållCommunication professionals are an occupational group who fight for their legiti-macy and a clarification of what their role implies. This study aims to research how the communication professional is portrayed in job advertisements at LinkedIn. The study adopts a social constructivist approach in which the role is assumed to be con-strued through descriptions of it. The empirical material is analy

Emotion regulation and emotional work can have both positive and negative effects. Previous studies have suggested that emotion regulation is taught through early life socialization, and that this socialization may be gendered. If this were the case, we learn to regulate our emotions differently, and for some to, for instance, be socialized into suppressing their emotions may lead to negative cons

Several studies have discussed the possibilities of working with Harry Potter from perspectives of critical literacy and critical theory, in other words, to critically approach the novels while reading and writing. However, most of the previous research has failed to address how one can implement critical literacy in connection with Harry Potter in Swedish schools. This research project had as an

The aim of this study is to examine how social workers in child welfare identify and reflect on stress in order to research to what extent social workers understand and use empathy in their professional role. The aim was also to examine the extent to which these social workers have developed an understanding of secondary traumatic stress, a particular type of stress where empathy is identified as