Syftet med studien var att belysa bisexuellt identitetsskapande genom att undersöka vilken roll omgivningens attityder till bisexualitet har i denna process. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex bisexuella personer. Utifrån en hermeneutisk ansats tillämpades tematisk analys för att analysera intervjumaterialet, vilket resulterade i fem huvudteman: Att vara sann mot sig själv, Att anpasThe aim of this study was to illuminate bisexual identity formation by examining what impact cultural attitudes towards bisexuality have in this process. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with six bisexual persons. Based upon a hermeneutic approach, thematic analysis was used to analyze the data and five main themes were identified: The need to be true to oneself, Adjusting oneself to the

Social media have come to influence the way we interact, both on an individual level and an organisational level. Businesses in all industries are quickly realising that if you are not on social media you do not exist. This thesis aim to investigate how social media influence the aid market and how/if the individual consumer has changed their participatory behaviour towards aid organisations. A c

Studiens syfte var att med utgångspunkt i Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) undersöka akademiska ledares individuella, sociala och organisatoriska förutsättningar att implementera jämställdhetsarbete. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sju akademiska ledare med operativt jämställdhetsansvar på fakultetsnivå vid en svensk teknisk högskola. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med en teoridrivenIn this study, Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was used as a framework for examining leaders’ individual, social and organizational conditions for implementing gender equality work in an academic environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven academic leaders with responsibility for gender equality work at a Swedish institute of technology. Eight themes were derived from TPB an

Syfte: Vi har valt att studera effekter uppkomna ur den frihet empowerment ämnar skapa i medarbetares dagliga arbete. Detta i syfte att undersöka om det skulle kunna riktas mer kritik mot de teorier som finns kring empowerment, och vilken form av kritik detta månde vara. Metod: Denna studie har ontologiskt ett konstruktionistiskt perspektiv och bygger på ett interpretivistiskt synsätt d.v.s. ett

The present thesis is concerned with the marker -te iru in Japanese, which has been thought to have the interpretations progressive, resultative, habitual, perfect (or experiential), and progressive through iteration, or any given subset of these interpretations according to various scholars. The matter is a complicated one, with particularly the perfect interpretation proving to be difficult to e

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the choice of payment method in mergers and acquisitions is determined by the credit rating existence of the bidder and if the credit rating level has an impact of the financing source. The methods used are Probit and GLM logit regressions. The dependent variables are payment method and fraction of cash with credit rating and credit rating level as t

Bakgrund: I en tid med hårdnande konkurrens, där utbudet ofta är större än efterfrågan, tvingas organisationer till effektivisering. Därav har vikten av att implementera ett starkt varumärke ökat, via denna kan kunden upplysas om produkt, kvalitet samt funktion. Efter den svenska skolreformen infördes, vilket innebar att skolväsendet öppnade upp sina portar för konkurrens, har betydelsen av varumä

Unhealthy workplaces can be seen as one of the leading issues regarding society’s high costs for ill health in Sweden. However research has shown that the personnel’s well-being has grown to be of bigger interest during the last few decades. The reason for this is that a connection has been made between the personnel’s well-being and the effectiveness of the organisation. Furthermore the responsib

Diseases and hunger is a cause of high infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsh environments in early life have been shown to leave the survivors permanently affected causing worse adult health and lower human capital. This environmental impact on health determined in early life can stretch over generations, e.g. through lower parental capabilities and socioeconomic status. In this

Sweden has approximately 20 200 kilometers of gravel roads, annually maintained at a great cost for society and entrepreneurs. Nowadays stakeholders agree on efficient ways on practicing the maintaining activities; however the knowledge has not yet been assembled. It is therefore in the interest of the entrepreneurs to gather valuable information from experts in order to distinguish the most profi

This master thesis evaluates a structured method presented by Nilsson et al. (2013) for development of fire scenarios for multifunctional buildings considering protection of functions as well as antagonistic exposures. The method is evaluated by implementing it practically on an existing multifunctional building. The master thesis also analyse exposures, both antagonistic and accidental, that can

In this study, I suggest that freegan practices can be studied in relation to primitivism––a cultural strategy that advocates a return to nature, or alternatively, a return to a more ‘wild’ state of being. Individuals known as freegans are primarily young westerners who choose to fulfill their needs––be it sustenance, desire, or other essential services––without participating in the formal economy

Syfte: Syftet med den här studien är att få en ökad insikt i hur sociala medier påverkar konsumenter och belysa hur företag kan tillgodose sig deras agerande för att bygga starka varumärken på dessa forum. Metod: Forskningen är av tolkande och kvalitativ karaktär, med ett reflexivt synsätt. Teoretiska perspektiv: Uppsatsens teoretiska perspektiv grundas i existerande litteratur rörande varumärk

Denna uppsats behandlar skydd för utländska investeringar och indirekt expropriation i internationell rätt. En erkänd regel inom internationell rätt föreskriver att egendom som tillhör utländska investerare inte får tillvaratas utan tillräcklig kompensation, oavsett om det är för ett offentligt ändamål eller inte. Medan en bedömning av direkt expropriation anses relativt okomplicerad att företa ha

In 2006 a new legislation regarding prohibition of discrimination and violations in schools was formed. A new conception regarding this, and the right for pupils to get damages, was also included in this new law. The thesis of this paper is to analyze the courts argumentation surrounding this new area of legislation. 14 sentences, both from upper and lower courts, have been the underlying empirica

Green IT is a concept that is being used more frequently in environmental work, which the municipality of Lund also has the ambition to work with (TCO Development, 2012b). The purpose of the essay is to investigate how the concept is interpreted and what actions within the municipalities IT-work can be related to Green IT. Furthermore the purpose is to investigate how the municipality of Lund’s in

Långtidsspektrum (L T AS) är ett effektivt sätt att dokumentera röststatus. Utseendet hos LT AS påverkas dock av hur starkt man talar, varrör syftet med denna studie är att bidra med normativa data för hur L TAS konfiguration förändras vid variation av röststyrkan, hos manliga och kvinnliga otränade röster. Kliniskt skulle dessa data kunna användas fur att ge en hänvisning om i vilken utsträckning

The aim of this intervention study was to investigate possible effects of dialectical behavior therapy skills training (DBT-ST) for staffs at a residential treatment center for patients with serious mental illness. Eighteen staffs divided in two groups were assessed before and after participation in DBT-ST. The intervention lasted one year for each group. Mean number of self-injuries each month we