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Studien syftade till att undersöka psykologiska och sociala faktorer i arbetsmiljön. Detta gjordes utifrån två hypoteser med fokus på mobbning, destruktivt ledarskap och socialt klimat. Hypotes 1 var att de individer som rapporterade om att de blivit utsatta för fler mobbningsbeteenden på sin arbetsplats också rapporterade om ett mer destruktivt ledarskap. Hypotes 2 var att individer som rapporterThe purpose of the study was to examine psychological and social factors in the work environment. This was done based on two hypotheses with a focus on bullying, destructive leadership and social climate. The first hypothesis stated that individuals who reported that they had been exposed to higher levels of workplace bullying behaviors also reported a more destructive leadership. The second hypot

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om det finns någon skillnad i lönsamhet för företag beroende på i vilket län de har sitt säte. Det finns ett antal tidigare studier och undersökningar om olika bakomliggande interna och externa faktorer som förklarar lönsamhet. Dock beaktas geografiska skillnader ytterst sällan i tidigare undersökningar, vilket är intressant då det finns många teorier som

This paper examines the stability of Islamic banks and conventional banks during and after the recent global crisis by determining the impact of the crisis on the banks’ stability. This was accomplished by measuring the z-score (the stability measure) for both types, with 96 observations of 12 banks in 4 countries where both types of banks have significant market share. This analysis suggests that

Objective. The study examines the prevalence of incipient exhaustion among Swedish mailmen and its association with the psychosocial variables community and reward, and the demographic variables age, gender and leisure time physical activity (PA). Background. Mental health is a growing issue in postindustrial countries, and in Sweden the diagnosis exhaustion disorder has been introduced. Recent st

Purpose: A stagnant Cuban economy, state owned and operated businesses, as well as a general public desire for change to happen in the country, present themselves as a matter that should be addressed. The opening up of the private economic sector within a communist regime proves as an interesting topic, and allows for an architectural interpretation to be made. Assignment: Given the economic an

The aim of this paper was to analyse how stakeholders such as municipalities and tourism operators at small-scale destinations strategically work to handle issues regarding carrying capacity in order to protect the social sustainability. The paper examines the world heritage site Cinque Terre in Italy, which has experienced a major change in tourist flows during the last decade. The comprising fiv

My thesis proposes a new understanding of flexibility in architecture. It investigates reasons for a generic and dull spatial expression of the majority of contemporary buildings. Nowadays, technology and lifestyle are changing so fast that buildings need to accommodate shifting functions. Unfortunately, in pursuit of flexibility, architects design featureless “boxes” which lack intentionality. C

Ecotourism has been touted globally as a tool that promotes sustainable development. Yet ecotourism and sustainable development are neither simple to define, nor straightforward in regards to their implementation. The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate ecotourism’s relationship to sustainable development. In doing so it develops its own conceptual framework on the sustainability goals

Title: Motivational factors of narcissistic millennials to participate in social commerce Seminar date: 31th May 2017 Course: BUSN39 Business Administration: Global Marketing Authors: Lisanne Gauw & Lisa Niesen Supervisor: Veronika Tarnovskaya Key Words: Social commerce, narcissism, social media, e-commerce, millennials, narcissistic traits, motivational factors, motivation theories Thesis pur

Title: Accelerating Service Innovation with Global Account Management – A Case Study at a Manufacturing MNC Author: Emma Malmström – Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management, em.malmstrom@gmail.com Tutors: Malin Olander Roese – PhD Researcher, Department of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University and Susanna Bill – PhD Student, Department of Design Sciences, Fa

The aim of this paper has been to study how swedish governmental policy constitutes drugs and drug users as social problems and how these constructions relate to ideology and knowledge. Critical discourse analysis of several governmental policy documents show that the construction of ”the drug problem” is made up of discourse orders that advocate both epidemiological control strategies and symptom

As the packaging material (PM) becomes better defined from the results of technical development, its processing stages will be of greater complexity. The nip process is an example of one vital step in the lamination coating of PM, and this process is studied in the present thesis by analysing the surfaces of chill rollers (CR) and PM. Ideally, a laminated PM surface should be the perfect negative

Denna studie utreder omfattningen på den inverkan ekonomiska muskler inom elitklubbar i den svenska fotbollen har på sportsliga resultat. Med utgångspunkt från det stora utrymme ekonomin idag har inom elitfotbollsklubbar utarbetas en bivariat och en multivariat regression, vilka har till syfte att påvisa skillnader mellan lag hemmahörande i olika kommuner med skilda förutsättningar. Regressionen hThis study investigates to what extent the economic muscles within professional Swedish football clubs affect the sports performance. Using the fact that economy today takes a great space of the elite football operation as starting point, a bivariate and multivariate regression including different Dummy-variables is developed. The purpose is to demonstrate differences among various municipalities

Clusters are concentrations of businesses with highly specialized skills and knowledge with an approach to economic development. This approach encourages behavior that is procompetitive within institutions, rivals, related businesses and sophisticated customers so they can work together within a particular nation or region as a tightly connected network. The aim of this thesis is to create a deepe

Enligt kulturteoretikern Douglas Holt är ett varumärke summan av de narrativa berättelserna om ett varumärke. På senare tid har företags brand managers i allt större utsträckning börjat använda influencer marketing för att påverka dessa narrativ för att öka varumärkets brand equity. Denna studie undersöker hur olika narrativ som hör samman med ett varumärke konkurrerar om att vara det dominerande According to cultural theorist Douglas Holt is a brand the sum of the narratives surrounding the brand. Recently, brand managers are increasingly using influencer marketing to affect these narratives in order to enhance brand equity. This study investigates how different narratives associated with a brand compete for being the dominant narrative. The study does this by analyzing the phenomenon of

Representationskompetensen hos den verkställande direktören i svenska aktiebolag regleras genom 8 kap. 36 § ABL och därigenom rekvisitet ”löpande förvaltning” i 8 kap. 29 § ABL. Vad denna löpande förvaltning omfattar är dock inte helt tydligt och kan variera kraftigt mellan olika typer av bolag och situationer. Detta kan skapa såväl praktiska som juridiska problem för både bolag och den verkställaThe legal capacity for Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in Swedish corporations is regulated through the legal condition “everyday operations” in Chapter 8, 36 § of the Swedish Companies Act of 2005. What is meant with “everyday operations” is not completely clear and can vary massively between different kinds of companies and situations. This may cause problems from both a practical and a jurisdict

This thesis aims to investigate the advantages and limitations of the lean startup method. Eric Ries published the book The Lean Startup in 2011 and it quickly became popular among entrepreneurs and business developers. However, there is little research on the lean startup method as of today, which has inspired the authors of this thesis to investigate the significance and application of the metho

Uppsatsen tar utgångspunkt i en pågående diskussion kring postsanningsbegreppet och fokuserar på hur det samhällsvetenskapliga forskningsfältet empiriskt och teoretiskt belägger hur vi befinner oss i ett postsanningssamhälle. Studiens syfte är att utifrån en kritisk textanalys analysera det akademiska samtalet om postsanningsbegreppets bakomliggande mekanismer, sanningsanspråk och empiriska belägg

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur det politiskt korrekta talet kan främja ett beteende av självcensur, med utgångspunkt i exempel hämtade från nordamerikanska universitet, samt hur det kan påverka samhället och den enskilda individen. Insamlad empiri består av mediala händelser som belyser påföljder vid misslyckande av att förhålla sig politiskt korrekt. För att uppnå syftet med studien hThis study aims to examine how the politically correct speech can promote self-censorship and how it affects society and individuals, based on examples from North American universities. The empirical data consists of medial events that highlight sanctions in case of failure to remain politically correct. To achieve the aim of the study, a critical-theoretical discourse analysis has been done based

The heroon in Kalydon has been under investigation several times with different intentions: to date the building, to find the relative chronology between peristyle and tomb, and to study the sculptural programme. The building was interpreted by the excavators to suit the functions of cultic feasting and celebration related to the hero, but the actual function of the various rooms has been question