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Why employees (don’t) become managers: Employees’ desires and motivations behind succession to managerial positions in retail store environments

This thesis thesis explores what desires and motivations lay behind employees’ succession to managerial positions in a store environment. Previous research focuses on how to develop good leaders, rather than how to make people want to become leaders, which is why this is an important topic. The method used is a qualitative case study at IKEA in Sweden, where a combination of qualitative questionna

Audio-based Motion Detection

Motion detection is an essential technology and it has numerous use-cases, such as security tracking, automated door opening systems, and IP cameras. Commonly, passive infrared sensors or radio frequency sensors are used for motion detection. However, this thesis focuses on performing motion detection using existing hardware at audio frequencies. Specifically, it aims to implement a motion detecti

Fatty acid composition of different fruits and berries - A comparative study of superfruits and more “common” fruits

Introduction: Superfruits have been promoted as nutrient-rich food that can improve your health, however, many scientists argue that the validation of the term is based on exaggeration of the limited studies that are available. Background: The chemical composition of a food is complex and there are many substances that can affect the human body. One such group of substances are fatty acids (FAs),

A reverse data-driven energy estimation approach for evaluating renewable energy systems implementation in New York City

Urban areas are responsible for a significant part of greenhouse gas emissions. Megacities, especially, have cumulative impacts due to different anthropogenic heat sources and urban heat island phenomena. It is therefore vital to replace fossil fuel burning heating sources with renewable sources in the current building stock. Renewable energy sources can be applied through building energy retrofit

Narcissism, Love and Consumption

Online dating is growing rapidly within society. In the light of the covid-19 pandemic, the popular online dating app Tinder provides a new social setting for dating and romantic relationships. There is some debate whether online dating apps liquify (devolves) love - as proposed by Zygmunt Bauman - or make dating more accessible and efficient. This thesis aims to understand and create knowledge of

"Det är värt för en person som man älskar" - Unga kvinnliga andragenerationssvenskars syn på anhörigomsorg

Restrictions in the distribution of interventions by the public elderly care have resulted in an increase in care for relatives. Those who have increased their relative care are primarily women, especially women from the working class and women who provide care to a relative who was born outside the Nordic countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate young female second-generation Swede

FE Simulations of Mounting of an Anisotropic Work Piece Material to Reduce the Effects of Vibration

Optical cavities should be designed to be insensitive to vibration in all directions. The study of the behavior of the material used to develop an optical cavity is vital for the cavity to be insensitive in all orders. In this project, we are using Abaqus to generate a FE model of an optical cavity and its mountings via support points in order to investigate the effects of vibration in different d

"Köp nu, betala senare" : en netnografisk analys av kvinnors inställning till Klarna

Det huvudsakliga syftet med vår studie är att se om utvecklingen av digitala betaltjänster gjort att skuldsättning normaliseras i ett av Sveriges största diskussionsforum. Studien har genomförts via en netnografisk metod där vi studerat kommentarer i en sluten Facebookgrupp och sedan analyserat det insamlade materialet. Studiens resultat visar hur olika medlemmar ur forumet resonerar kring Klarna

En kris av solidaritet och omsorg: Civilsamhällets roll som omsorgsutförare i ett bristande välfärdssamhälle

This master’s thesis is about the role of the civil society in contemporary Sweden, during a crisis of solidarity and care. The crisis of solidarity refers to the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, and the events following after. The crisis of care refers to a crisis of social reproduction that is inherent to the capitalist system. Swedish welfare politics have gone through a process of changing

Diagnosticismen: En modest undersökning angående symptomdiagnosen ADHD

This essay addresses the medical diagnosis known as “ADHD” from a sociological perspective. The primary aim has been to address how the participants of two well-established Swedish internet forums perceive and approach ADHD. A brief reflection regarding prior research regarding ontology, a perspective on nurture versus nature, as well as a prior study regarding the discourse of ADHD is then provid

Resolving Quasi-Degenerate Higgs Bosons

Many models beyond the Standard Model that predict the existence of multiple Higgs bosons. In general, some of these additional Higgs bosons could be quasi-degenerate in mass either to each other or to the observed 125 GeV Higgs boson. The goal of this thesis is to study under which circumstances we can resolve such Higgs bosons. We first make the simplifying assumption that the observed and predi

Amatörer och proffs : en jämförelse mellan två sorters litteraturkritik och deras funktioner i förlagens arbete

Litteraturkritiken är inte längre begränsad till de professionella kritikerna i dagspressen utan skrivs nu även av vanliga läsare, amatörkritiker, på olika plattformar online. Den här uppsatsen grundar sig i en jämförelse mellan den professionella kritiken och amatörkritiken, för att vidare undersöka vilka funktioner dessa två typer av litteraturkritik har för förlag på dagens svenska bokmarknad.

Från linjär till cirkulär offentlig upphandling - En fallstudie av fem kommuner och deras arbete och vad som står i vägen för utvecklingen

Från linjär till cirkulär offentlig upphandling - En fallstudie av fem kommuner och deras arbete och vad som står i vägen för utvecklingen Vårt levnadssätt där linjär ekonomi med slit och släng är norm är ohållbart för att uppnå klimatmålen och målen i agenda 2030. Offentlig upphandling har en stor roll i denna omställning och kan med hjälp av rätt strategier börja göra upphandlingar med produkterSwedish municipalities can play a key role in contributing to the circular economy through public procurement as this is responsible for the emission of 23 million tons of carbon dioxide each year. Previous studies indicate that there is a need of developing dialogues involving all actors to increase the knowledge concerning why circular products are needed. The aim of this study was to investigat

Fan Engagement Practises Through Digital Utilisation to Generate Revenue: A Manchester City Football Club Case Study

The purpose of this study is to contribute to existing research and add new research within the field of fan engagement practises that can be used through digital utilisation, in order to generate revenue within the football industry. The outcomes from the research are designed in a way that can assist other clubs and their management teams within the industry, who are looking to improve their off

Future Generations: Fundamental or an Afterthought?

Det finns just nu momentum för att stängda de luckor i lagstiftningen kring företags ansvar för negativa effekter på mänskliga rättigheter. En av de mest ambitiösa åtagandena hittills är initiativet till ett EU-direktiv med syfte att kräva skälig aktsamhet (så kallad ”due diligence”) och ansvar från företag för påverkan på mänskliga rättigheter och miljön. Ett lagförslag förväntas komma under sommMomentum is building for closing the regulatory gaps on business responsibility for adverse human rights impacts. One of the most ambitious actions so far is the initiative for an EU directive on corporate due diligence and accountability for human rights and the environment. A proposal for the provisions of the directive is expected this summer (2021). Historically children’s rights have been top

Vilken roll spelar centralbankers formella målformulering om den finansiella stabiliteten i praktiken?

This study aims to analyse whether central bank’s explicit objective regarding financial stability has affected the practise of monetary policy and how this practise differs from economic theory. Through analysing the Bank of England and the Swedish Riksbank two central banks with different institutional setup and objectives regarding monetary policy and financial stability we see how the practice

Learned Multi-Sensor Indoor Positioning of Mobile Devices

Attenuation of the microwave signal used in the Global Positioning System (GPS) due to interaction with building structures complicates the task of accurate indoor positioning. For this reason, research on alternative approaches is being performed at universities and companies worldwide. The Global Indoor Navigation (GIN) research project in Lund is one such initiative, where the main goal is to p

Ofrivilliga förövare och motvilliga offer - En intervjustudie om pornografi och sexuell aggressivitet bland barn

Men's violence against women is a major global problem. Pornography often depicts humiliation and violence against women. Moreover, it becomes problematic to work for an equal society when children have free access to pornography online. Therefore, the aim of the study is to investigate how employees in Swedish healthcare and aid organizations perceive the relationship between online pornograp

A system in crisis with the worst yet to come: Social security spending in Finland 1980-2018 and some gloomy forecasts for the near-future (2019-2030)

Finland’s social security spending has been increasing rapidly over the past four decades, and is expected to continue increasing in the decades to come. The increase has been largely driven by population ageing resulting in increased old-age spending. Finland’s social security system is however more than just old-age social security; which warrants a more detailed analysis of the different types

Mission (im)possible - En kvalitativ studie som undersöker påverkande faktorer till planerade toppstyrda kulturförändringar

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra med ytterligare kunskap inom området kulturförändringar i organisationer, närmare bestämt öka förståelsen kring planerade toppstyrda kulturförändringar. Syftet är mer specifikt att bidra med en insikt kring hjälpande och stjälpande faktorer. Forskningsfrågor: - Vad har Svenska Gymnastikförbundet för ambition med kulturförändringen? - Hur förhåller sig