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Clients perceptions on personal treatment - from social workers´ perspective The aim of this study was to examine the client perception of six individuals contact with their appointed social workers when applying for social benefits, specifically economic aid. The main themes explored are how clients perceive the initial contact with social workers, how they perceive the ongoing relationships wit

The aim of this essay was to examine and problematize, based on current norms, how female rape victims have been portrayed in different selected judgments. This has been based on the following questions: - How is the female rape victim portrayed in the selected empirical data? - Why are the existing perceptions on female rape victims problematic? The study have had a gender theoretical basis with

In previous regulations a 1,20-meter-wide door in large halls could be exchanged with two 0,90-meter-wide doors. This exchange is not mentioned in current regulations but the concept may still be useful in buildings of today. The aim of this paper was to investigate if there were grounds for this regulation and if it is accepted by experts and the general public. Another aim was to investigate the

The studies about corporate social responsibility in developing countries are limited although it is seen as an effective tool for sustainable development. The existing literature about CSR in Turkey is business-driven and mostly focus on the motives and reasons for private enterprises to engage in CSR voluntarily without government regulations and law enforcements. Hence, recognizing the intensif

Authors: Jessie Vernersson & Mikaela Johansson Title: Freedom under control: A qualitative study of young adult men's experiences and views on their conditional release. Supervisor: Lotti Rydberg The aim of the study is to examine how the government's institution Probation Service can be perceived by its clients from a power perspective. The issues we intended to answer was how client

Hälso- och sjukvården präglas av stress och utmattningssyndrom hos sin personal, vilket kan leda till att sjuksköterskor begår medicinska fel samt ger ett oprofessionellt bemötande. Mindfulness kan tänkas vara en metod för att förebygga arbetsrelaterad ohälsa. Syftet var att undersöka hur personer verksamma inom mindfulness upplever metoden samt möjligheten för sjuksköterskor att använda metoden i

Uppsatsen avhandlar ett samtida växande fenomen som samlar miljoner deltagare världen över, militär fitness. I arbetet har jag undersökt militära fitnessarrangemang med syfte att förstå hur de organiserar deltagare och åskådares njutningar och hur dessa struktureras av den militära närvaron. Utifrån mitt material och den lacanska teorin formulerar jag en förståelse av militarism som ett särskilt s

The role of geographical distance on the flow of knowledge has been debated in empirical work over the past decades. The magnitude of this relationship is usually attributed to the type of knowledge in question; in which tacit knowledge—the focus of the thesis—is usually associated with a negative relationship. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate said role in the context of tacit knowledge f

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utifrån perspektivet att dokumentären Super Size Me är potentiellt ethosskadande, undersöka hur McDonalds har förhållit sig till detta genom deras reklamfilmer och en annons, och se ifall dessa kan ses som en apologia. Studien har även som syfte att undersöka vad människor som Morgan Spurlocks granskningar och anklagelser av multinationella företag kan bidra med. Ma

Student, daughter and prostitute - prostituted women creating their identeties online This study aims to understand how identity and the construction of identity occurs, the basis being online blogs written by women who sell, or have sold sexual favours. It aims to create an understanding of how women in their blogs define sexwork and define their identeties as “women who sell sex”. Sweden was th

Despite increasing focus on the role of fathers in the face of changing societal norms, we still do not understand men’s transition to fatherhood and how it may be related to his and other family members’ well-being. Given evidence of an association between psychological parameters of this transition and postnatal depressive symptoms, we explored longitudinal paths between expectant fathers’ paren

Bakgrund: Cervixcancer är idag en av de vanligaste cancerformerna bland kvinnor i världen och hälften av fallen leder till döden. Det finns ett starkt samband mellan det sexuellt överförbara viruset HPV och cervixcancer. En utbredd okunskap hos människor om HPV och dess skyddande faktorer har uppmärksammats. Syfte: Att undersöka hur sjuksköterskor kan arbeta preventivt mot cervixcancer. Metod: Lit

Normbrytande reklam, hur kan vi tolka den? Är det ett nytt fenomen? I denna uppsats studeras fyra av Åhléns reklambilder samt en reklamfilm från den uppmärksammade kampanjen ”bryt klädmaktsordningen”. Syftet är att studera den retoriska situationen som kampanjen produceras utifrån, samt bidrar till. För att göra det på bästa vis har ett diskursteoretiskt perspektiv också tillämpats med Norman Fair

The aim of this thesis is to present issues related to cross-border taxation of employee stock options and critically inquiring whether the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court’s reasoning about comparable situations in the two rulings concerning taxation of stock options is supported by ECJ case law. On 4th of November 2015, the Supreme Administrative Court in Sweden issued two rulings concerning

The aim of the present study is to identify the extent to which English conceptual metaphors presented in Lakoff (1980 & 1987) apply in the framework of Japanese. In addition to that, certain Japanese conceptual metaphors not present in English are identified and analyzed. The study uses mainly a corpus of written Japanese and a two dictionaries as data sources. The results have shown that the

Title: "Anyone can be seen standing on a skateboard" – Focusing on Class, Gender and Sexuality among Young Skateboarders in Lund. The skateboard scene has since its inception been a male dominated field, despite their successfull gender equality, Sweden is no exception. The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and approaches regarding class, gender and sexuality among you

The aim of this study is to examine the applicability of dehumanization theory in studying the role of prior knowledge in psychiatric practices. The focal point is to examine how professionals in the psychiatric field reason when sharing information about specific users with new employees. By interviewing six employees working with supportive housing who themselves had experience of introducing ne

Syftet med detta arbete var att med utgångspunkt i self-efficacy teori och individuella karaktäristika som kön och erfarenhet, undersöka upplevelsen av maktövertagande i en anställningsintervju. För att undersöka detta gjordes en kvantitativ studie med en enkätundersökning som hjälpmedel. Datainsamling från sammanlagt 52 respondenter som alla har, eller nu arbetar som rekryterare med intervjuledniThe purpose of this study was to, with basis of self-efficacy theory and individual characteristics such as gender and work experience examine the experience of seizure of power/takeover in a job interview. A quantitative study that included a survey was made to investigate this phenomenon. Data acquisition from a total of 52 respondents who all have or are now working as recruiters with interview

The aim of this study is to examine how women have proceeded to end an abusive relationship, the support and help they received and whether there were any difficulties during this procedure. Our study is based on qualitative interviews with six women. All of the women are over 18 years old and have been out of the relationship for more than two years. The data is analyzed based on thematic analysi