Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have faced significant changes regarding workplace settings, primarily a shift from in-person to remote environments. The fact that remote work is generally increasing has impacted what employees experience in work and can potentially impact their job satisfaction. Therefore, it is important to learn what has changed and how to handle the change in t

Newspapers and media have always played a critical role in society and have come to shape the way we reflect and perceive news and societal issues. Journalists are conveyer of a message and act as a moderator to shape and set the agenda for the public opinion and the public discourse. This research paper examines the media portrayal of refugees from Ukraine and Syria through pictures. These confli

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a regional economic integration development model that stems from the economic cooperation and exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao, and the Pearl River Delta region over the past 40 years. The construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will enable the economic integration and development of this region and promote the constructio

This thesis aims to contribute to the discovered knowledge gap on the micro-perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within the hospitality industry, and the discovered lack of studies on the influence of the construed external image within this industry. Therefore, this thesis's purpose is to understand better the influence of the espoused values and the construed external image o

Projektet Intelligent Survey (IS) utvecklades för att predicera depression och ångest från naturligt språk genom att översätta individers kvalitativa svar från elva öppna frågor till kvantitativa värden som jämförs och prediceras mot skalorna; Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), Harmony in Life scale (HILS) och Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). I saThe project Intelligent Survey (IS) was developed to predict depression and anxiety from natural language by translating individuals' qualitative answers from eleven open-ended questions to quantitative values, which are compared and predicted against the scales; Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD -7), Harmony in Life scale (HILS) and Satisfaction Wit

As a result of 20th-century car-centric planning, many urban districts had emerged designed to serve only one function. Different residential suburbs and trade areas were dispersed scattered within and outside the cities. This has led to more dependence on private cars to meet people’s daily needs. Urban Ergonomics will discuss one type of these areas, the external shopping centers, or the big-bo

Den påtvingade digitaliseringen har lett till att rekryteringsprocessen har blivit mer digital, vilket har lett till att arbetsintervjuer idag, i stor utsträckning, sker virtuellt med hjälp av videokonferenssystem. Samtidigt presenteras skildrande forskning kring hur detta har påverkat rekrytering. Syftet med studien är att få en ökad förståelse för hur datormedierad kommunikation påverkar den upp

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

Distansarbete är en term som kommit att bli allt vanligare sedan Covid-19 pandemins början, och nu arbetar organisationer med att hitta sin nya identitet gällande tillvägagångssätt för arbete. Detta har lett till nya utmaningar för IT-säkerheten hos samtliga branscher då man nu bör se över sina rutiner, riktlinjer och tekniker för att förse sina anställda med vad de behöver för att arbeta ostört ä

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the inclusion of cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, affects downside risk in a diversified portfolio. The analysis utilizes a number of performance measures and combines Modern Portfolio Theory with a Post-Modern Portfolio Theory optimization in order to evaluate different portfolios. The portfolios are also benchmarked against a naive diversification

Companies are seeking new ways to analyse data, and network visualizations are a great tool to enhance the ability to understand relational data. The objective of this thesis project was to build an interactive network visualization of an insurance company’s portfolio. The resulting visualization helps users catch sight of patterns and outliers that might, otherwise, be overlooked. The results wer

The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how managers experience the transition into their first manager position. Through this study, we will explore how organizational-established resources influence the transition, as well as evaluate these resources through the lens of organizational control and identity regulation. Methodology: This thesis follows a qualitative research

Denna studie syftar till att få kunskap vad gäller hur myndigheter kan bedriva övertygande samhällskampanjer genom att nyttja digitala kommunikationsplattformar. Studien är genomförd med en kvalitativ metod, tillsammans med ett abduktivt tillvägagångssätt från ett digitalt kommunikationsperspektiv. För att kunna besvara forskningsfrågorna har sjutton Facebook-inlägg publicerade av myndigheten RegiThis thesis aims to gain knowledge regarding how authorities can run convincing public communication campaigns through the usage of digital communication platforms. The thesis is conducted qualitatively with an abductive approach from a digital communication perspective. In order to answer the research questions, seventeen Facebook posts published by the public organization Region Skåne were analy

The purpose of our study is to gain a better understanding of the influence of remote working on employees’ sense of belonging. A specific interest is shown in the variety of work relationships: those who are normally collocated and those who are normally remote.

Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, the system of fixed exchange rates amongst principal industrial countries, in the early 1970s, a new era began, introducing the floating exchange rate regime. Since the inception of the floating rate regime, the general interest in forecasting exchange rate movements has grown considerably. Yet, forecasting the exchange rate is extremely difficult, a

Determining whether the information read online is credible or not has become a crucial part of the process of consuming new information. With technology and the internet becoming all more advanced and developing continuously, the question regarding the influence of an argument’s strength on information credibility arose. The aim of this study was to contribute to the field of strategic communicat

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine how gender labelling leadership as female is perceived by women in leadership positions. We aim to establish a dialogue about this phenomenon in relation to women themselves to demonstrate that women play an integral role in leadership, not only secondarily but primarily - challenging the traditional discourse of leadership.

Two years ago, when the global pandemic began, working from home seemed to be mandatory in a lot of organizations because of the health protection of employees and ensuring the functions of the business. Since the pandemic has gradually cooled down, employees are expected to return to the office, thus several opinions on such a matter have emerged. To balance opposing perceptions, a hybrid work mo

Title: Nursing - A Work of Heart: An analysis of pediatric nurses’ perceptions of their working situation. Hand-in Date: May 20th, 2022 Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 15 credits Authors: Ásthildur Emma Ástvaldsdóttir & Molly Backman Supervisor: Stefan Sveningsson Keywords: pediatric nurses, professionalism, emotions, identity, identity work Research Que

Title: (un)coachable Authors: Lena Andres and Karlijn de Wijs Supervisor: Roland Paulsen Keywords: Organizational stress management, life coaching, work-related stress Thesis purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the experience of life coaching as an additional stress management strategy for organizations to prevent and reduce work-related stress. Therewith gaining a deeper understan