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

Vi som har skrivit det här arbetet älskar att sjunga. Sången är en del av vår vardag och vårt liv och är en stor källa till glädje. Vi har båda två stött på människor som inte har samma positiva förhållande till sång som vi och ville därför undersöka vidare vad det kan bero på. Vi har valt att kalla personer som anser sig inte kunna sjunga för ickesångare. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöWe who have written this study love to sing. Singing is a part of our everyday life and is a great source of joy. We have both come across people who do not have the same positive relationship towards singing as we have. Therefore, we wanted to investigate what could be the reason behind this more negative approach towards singing. We have chosen to call people who consider themselves unable to si

This project started in space and spacial jetlag, shifted towards SAD and the arctic till it landed to become a unisex watch for small to medium sized wrists. All in all, the amount of work done in the previous briefs have influenced the final result. The final result being an automatic retro-looking watch offered in five different colours as a way to cateer to a multitude of personalities wh

Denna studie syftar till att uppnå förståelse kring hur femvertising används för att porträttera kvinnan i reklam på ett icke-könsstereotypiskt sätt. En multimodal socialsemiotisk analys används för att undersöka vilka och hur det empiriska materialet använder semiotiska resurser för att kommunicera icke-könsstereotypisk reklam. Det empiriska materialet består av en reklamfilm Dream Crazier public

This research aims to examine how much impact social media channels have on stock returns during unusual market events. We do this by measuring the sentiment and activity on the Reddit forum wallstreetbets (WSB) regarding some of the six most mentioned companies during the first four months of 2021 and connect this to their relative stock returns. The sentiment is derived through a sentiment analy

Denna kvalitativa intervjustudie syftar till att undersöka hur arbete med sociala medier påverkar kommunikatörers arbetssituation samt att utforska strategier för att möjliggöra ett kommunikativt uppdrag som kan upplevas som påfrestande för individen. Genom djupintervjuer med praktiserande kommunikatörer visar studien hur arbete med sociala medier leder till en sammanblandning av den privata och pThis qualitative interview study aims to investigate how working with social media affects communication practitioners’ work situations. Moreover, it explores strategies for facilitating a communicative mission that may be perceived as stressful for the individual. Through in-depth interviews with communication practitioners, this study shows how working with social media leads to a merge of the p

Bakgrund: Barnmorskors upplevelser av att själva föda barn är ett relativt outforskat område. Befintlig forskning berör övrig vårdpersonals upplevelser av att vara patient. I Sverige sker de flesta förlossningar på sjukhus och en majoritet av alla yrkesverksamma barnmorskor är kvinnor. Detta innebär att många barnmorskor någon gång kommer att befinna sig i situationen som födande patient eller som

Framtidens kliniska prövningar - Konceptualisering av ett decentraliserat digitalt system Tolv år och 1336 miljoner dollar, det är vad som krävs i genomsnitt för att framställa ett nytt läkemedel. För att kunna erbjuda alla människor så bra behandling som möjligt skulle det skulle därför vara fördelaktigt om processen kunde effektiviseras och ett viktigt steg i att få en ny behandling godkänd ärDeveloping and getting a new medicine approved is a long and expensive process and it would therefore be beneficial if it could be streamlined. In order to control the effect and safety of a new treatment, clinical trials are performed. Traditionally, these have been performed at physical clinics, but with digitalization the option to collect clinical data remotely has been presented. This thesi

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in years of education for men and women, and how these differences affect economic growth. The author believes there is a significant loss of human capital in the world, when girls for different reasons do not reach the same level of education as boys. This loss becomes clear by inspecting the literacy rate for each gender, and when viewing the o

The main objective of this paper is to investigate price determining factors in Swedish grocery retailing. By combining economic theory with linear regression analysis the paper wishes to shed light on what kind of factors that are affecting Swedish food retailers when they are pricing food products. Different food retailers face different conditions when it comes to competition, demand, locality

Micropollutants in our sources of freshwater is an issue which requires immediate attention. The presence of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting agents, pesticides and other harmful compounds have proven to have impact on the aquatic as well as on human life. Treated wastewater being a major source of ingress of micropollutants into the aquatic environment, the current standards do not stipulate

Detta examensarbete handlar om fukthantering i träkonstruktioner. Det blir vanligare att använda sig av korslimmat trä (KL-trä) i konstruktioner idag och syftet med arbetet är därför att fördjupa sig mer i ämnet och undersöka vilka orosmoment som kan uppstå när man bygger med trä och hur man hindrar att orosmomentet uppstår på ett optimalt sätt. Frågeställningarna som togs fram var: • Vilka typeThis thesis deals with moisture management in wooden structures. In modern society it is currently common to use cross-laminated timber wood (CLT) in constructions. As the new technologies advances every day, moisture management needs to be streamlined. The purpose of the work is to delve deeper into the subject and investigate which concerns can arise when building in wood and how to prevent the

This essay explores the magistratal lists (fasti etcetera) covering the period of 509 to 219 BC by looking at an accumulation of political capital and the length of magistratal careers. This essay attempts to give evidence to several theories for the early and middle Republic, primarily the fact that retirement of consulars occurs around the age of 60-65 and that one started one's consular car

Alltsedan konstruktivismen under 1990-talet etablerat sig inom disciplinen Internationella Relationer har en myriad av forskare däribland Alexander Wendt, den mest inflytelserika av de alla, studerat internationell politik med ett konstruktivistiskt sätt att tänka. Föreliggande studie behandlar vidare å ena sidan på vilket sätt det wendtianska identitetsbegreppet kan förstås som underteoretiserat