The aim of this study was to investigate the motivational work in needle exchanges. The analysis was based on two theories; a theory of Per Revstedt and the pygmalioneffect. The study is based on qualitative interviews with seven person (six women and one man) who work in needle exchanges. The interviews is later analysed. The results show that the respondents express that the goal with the motiva

I denna kvalitativa studie intervjuades 17 beställare av ledarskapsutbildningar i Skånes näringsliv om deras syn på sitt företags behov av ledarskapsutveckling. Resultaten vittnar om behov av självinsikt, perspektiv, bekräftelse, stöd i rollen och ledarförmågor på individnivå och kulturell samsyn, välfungerande personal, affärsstrategisk stringens, effektiva arbetsprocesser och attraktivitet som a

The aim of this study was to examine how middle managers experience the impact of internal and external stakeholders bound to the organizations and how middle managers form their legitimacy. The study examined the complex situation of social workers in a middle managing position using stakeholder theory and legitimacy. The middle managers are working in Swedish welfare organizations providing supp

The aim of this study was to examine the employees experiences of the collaboration between the probation service, the social service and the labor office within the organization Krami. The study relies on six qualitative, semi structured interviews with two employees from each authority at two separate Krami offices. The organization aims to guide and help persons with former criminal backgrounds

The aim of this study is to investigate how school counselors describe control over their work situation and to conclude which factors compicate and ease the counselors to feel in control. This study is empirically based on semi-structured interviews of seven school counselors. The conclusions indicates that the counselors generally though they had control over their work although there were uncle

The aim of this study was to explore sea-level rise (SLR) exposure in South-East England by conducting a broad analysis of some of the possible impacts of inundation in the region under different SLR scenarios in a warming climate. The potential effects of coastal inundation were mapped and quantified by applying a modified bathtub modelling approach in GIS to a low-elevation coastal Digital Terr

It is still not well defined how the anatomy of the hip in healthy pediatric patients develop. Defining the span of normal anatomical development could help identify patients that deviate from healthy development and enable early diagnosis of certain pathological conditions of the hip. To study the normality range of the 3D morphology of the hip for pediatric patients, a statistical shape model (

Recently heavy rainfall frequency in Kyushu Island, the southwestern part of Japan, during the rainy season, has been increasing due to possibly climate change, global warming. Owing to the recent increase of heavy rainfall frequency, natural disasters related to heavy rainfall including flooding and landslides have occurred and caused serious damages to infrastructures and human lives. Therefore,

Which question is more pressing today than the ongoing environmental destruction and the renegotiation of the relationship between man and nature that needs to follow? An early critic of this destruction of nature by the hand of man was the French 19th century geographer Elisée Reclus. Since Reclus was a politically active anarchist, well known in his day, most often only his political ideas are e

Syftet med denna studie var att utifrån en hermeneutisk ansats tolka och förstå tjejer på behandlingshem, deras upplevelser av motivation och skola, då skolan har stor betydelse för motivation och hur denna skapas och formas (Davidsson & Flato, 2010). Ett bekvämlighetsurval användes för att välja behandlingshem och tjejernas medverkan i studien utgjordes av ett strategiskt urval. SemistruktureThe purpose of this study was to interpret and understand girls at treatment homes, their experiences of motivation and school, as the school is of great importance for motivation and how it is created and shaped (Davidsson & Flato, 2010). To interpret this, the study used a hermeneutic approach. A convenience sample was used to select treatment homes and the girls participating in the study w

De olympiska sommarspelen arrangerades i Los Angeles 1984, och i samband med dem tog kommersialiseringen runt spelen fart och har därefter utvecklats till en mångmiljardindustri. Detta har inneburit att fler länder är intresserade av att stå värd för spelen, men även att det finns en möjlig ekonomisk vinning för värdlandet. Frågan som ställs i studien är ”Hur påverkas BNP-tillväxten och arbetslösh

Syfte: Att undersöka om insynshandel genererar överavkastning på den svenska aktiemarknaden. Undersökningen kommer att skilja på stora och små bolag för att se eventuella skillnader. Metod: Med en deduktiv forskningsansats och en kvantitativ studie har effekterna av insynshandel undersökts. Med en eventstudie har statiska data framtagits och beräknats. Resultatet har jämförts mot hypoteser. TeorPurpose: To see if insider trading generates abnormal returns on the Swedish stock market. The study will separate big and small companies to evaluate potential differences. Method: With at deductive approach and a quantitative study the effects of insider trading has been analyzed. Statistical data from Nasdaq has been calculated. The results have been compared with stated hypothesis. Theoretic

The aim of this essay is to analyze the contemporary historical fictional novel The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak through the perspective of New Historicism. The investigation seeks to investigate if this particular novel can be used in English education in a Swedish upper secondary school to promote learning and discussion of human rights, values and democracy. This essay also researches if t

Synthesis of linearly fused heptakis-Tröger’s base has been completed, following a 12 step reaction route. Additionally, characterizations of reaction intermediates have been completed, while sufficient amount of material of different reaction intermediates is available for the characterizations that remain. Tröger’s Base, with predetermined substitution pattern was formed, functionalization of th

Partikelfysik, också kallat högenergifysik, är studiet av de minsta partiklarna: elementarpartiklarna och deras växelverkan med varandra. Genom att accelerera partiklar till höga energier och låta dem kollidera, med ett fixerat mål eller en annan skur av partiklar, skapas tillstånd och partiklar som vanligtvis inte förekommer i vår värld. Partikelfysikforskning bedrivs i huvudsak genom att studeraHeavy-flavor hadrons, containing charm and bottom quarks, serve as a tool available for the characterization of the hot and dense strongly interacting Quark Gluon Plasma state of matter, produced in heavy-ion collisions. As a benchmark for heavy-ion collision measurements, proton-proton collisions are also studied. This thesis reports on the analysis of proton-proton collisions, reconstructed with

When Elias Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981 it made him famous to a wider reading public, but his personal acquaintance with a range of European writers had already made him one of the central intellectuals of his time. His works include the novel Auto da Fé and his tour de force, a collection of aphorisms called Crowds and Power. Despite examining the eponymous themes and

Syfte: Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka om kvinnliga plus size-konsumenter i Sverige har lägre kundnöjdhet än de som handlar från ordinarie sortiment samt undersöka huruvida detta har ett samband med konsumentens kroppsuppfattning, upplevelsenöjdhet och produktnöjdhet. Metod: Kvantitativ metod med deduktiv ansats. Uppsatsen bygger på en tvärsnittsstudie med enkätundersökning för insamPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether female plus size consumers in Sweden have lower customer satisfaction than those who shop from the regular assortment, as well as investigate whether this relates to the consumer’s body perception, experience satisfaction and product satisfaction. Methodology: Quantitative method with a deductive approach. The paper is built upon a cross

Att möta morgondagens utmaningar som tennistränare innebär att ta på sig ett helhetsansvar för de aktivas prestationsutveckling. Det krävs en bred kunskapsbas för att bygga en organisation som gynnar klubb och spelare. Bredden i de arbetsuppgifter tränaryrket innehåller krav från arbetsgivare, spelare och föräldrar, då kan förväntningarna på kompetens leda till stress. Kvantitativ arbetsbelastning