With reach far beyond the borders of one's own country, manipulative information influence can be used to threaten international security. Still, despite this threat, both researchers and practitioners are puzzled by how information influence is conducted. This study aims to contribute to this puzzle solving by, using China as empirical base, analyzing the procedure of one known case of infor

In Sweden, the child perspective in social services has become greater and more acknowledged over the years. Today, social services have a child perspective in which the children's best always should be the main issue in an investigation. However, this also means that the social service workers must adapt to the working conditions in which they can feel compassion, anger, and sadness, all whil

This study aimed to explore which understanding social work professionals have of sugar dating among youth under the age of 18. Furthermore, the purpose of the study was to discover which children engage in sugar dating from the perspective of professionals. We conducted six semi-structured interviews with different social work professionals. The findings from our interviews were analyzed through

The aim of this study is to analyze how discourses around the stigmatization of sex work are expressed by examining how people that post on internet forums discuss and reason about female creators on OnlyFans. The method that was used is a qualitative ethnography where we investigated how people on the online forums of Flashback and Reddit published and presented their opinions about females. We h

Denna studies avsikt var att bidra till integrationen mellan personlighetspsykologi och kognitiv psykologi genom att undersöka vilka personlighetsfaktorer som potentiellt kan vara särskilt utsatta för kognitiva biases. 380 respondenter deltog i undersökningen genom en enkät, som bestod av självskattningsfrågor på Bias Blindspot Scale, Confirmation bias scale (Confirmation Inventory: CI), CorresponThe aim of this study was to contribute to the integration between personality psychology and cognitive psychology by studying which factors of personality that could potentially be particularly prone to cognitive biases. A total of 380 participants completed an online survey consisting of a Bias Blindspot Scale, Confirmation Bias Scale (Confirmation Invertory: CI), Correspondence Bias (NED-scale)

Titel: Compensation management - en studie av det eventuella sambandet mellan rörlig VD-ersättning som andel av total VD-ersättning och earnings management för bolag i Sverige Seminariedatum: 2023-01-11 Kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Edvin Melz, Gustaf Bülow, Peter Handrup Handledare: Maria Gårdängen Nyckelord: Earnings management, disTitle: Compensation management - a study of the potential relationship between variable CEO compensation as a part of total CEO compensation and earnings management for companies in Sweden Seminar date: 2023-01-11 Course: FEKH89, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Financial Management, Undergraduate Level, 15 credits (ECTS) Authors: Edvin Melz, Gustaf Bülow, Peter Handrup Advi

Ekonomiska svårigheter och skuldsättning är associerat med försämrad fysisk och psykisk hälsa. Denna studie ämnade undersöka hur unga vuxnas privatekonomiska situation är associerat med upplevelse av relativ deprivation, tendenser till social jämförelse liksom målsättningar, välmående och upplevd ensamhet. Dessutom undersöktes hur användning av sociala medier är relaterat till dessa faktorer. DennEconomic difficulties and indebtedness are associated with impoverished physical and psychological health. The present study aimed to explore how the economic situation of young adults is connected to feelings of personal relative deprivation, tendencies to make social comparisons as well as life aspirations, well-being, and perceived loneliness. How the usage of social media is related to these v

Den aktuella studien syftade till att undersöka medförälderskapsrelationen och hur denna återspeglas i den enskilda förälderns omvårdnadsrepresentationer hos mammor till barn med autism, samt hur föräldraskapsroller tar sig uttryck i dessa familjer enligt mammors utsagor. Datainsamling skedde genom den standardiserade intervjun Parental Attachment and Caregiving Interview (P-CAI) och självskattninThe aim of the present study was to examine the coparenting relationship and its role in parental caregiving representations as seen in mothers with autistic children, as well as gender roles in these families based on mothers’ perspectives. Data collection was carried out with Parental Attachment and Caregiving Interview (P-CAI) and the self-report measure Coparenting Relationship Scale (CRS). El

Titel: Är det värt att lägga resurser på ESG-arbete? Seminariedatum: 11/1-2023 Kurs: FEKH89 Examensarbete i finansiering kandidatnivå Författare: Alicia Leissner, Sara Lindner och Carl Tegnér Handledare: Anamaria Cociorva Nyckelord: ESG, ESG disclosure, ROA, Tobin’s Q Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka huruvida det finns ett samband mellan ett företags ESG disclosure-betyg och dess finansiellaTitle: Is it worth spending resources on ESG-work? Seminar date: 11/1-2023 Course: FEKH89 Examensarbete i finansiering kandidatnivå Authors: Alicia Leissner, Sara Lindner and Carl Tegnér Advisor: Anamaria Cociorva Key words: ESG, ESG disclosure, ROA, Tobin’s Q Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a connection between a company's ESG disclosure score and its financi

Domestic violence is an extensive social problem that family law secretaries are familiar with. Yet there seems to be a blindness and ignorance to subsequent violence that is not established within the practice as a matter of course and is not given any decisive importance in family law secretaries' assessments. The purpose of our study is to understand how family law secretaries reason about

“Together for belonging” : A case study in a not-for-profit group for immigrant mothers in Rosengård This essay examines how immigrant women in Malmö (Rosengård), use a not-for-profit group to find ways to navigate their everyday lives. The aim of the study is to get a deeper understanding of the functioning of the group. As an ethnographic case study, I participated as an observer during group me

Ett anställningsavtal förutsätter att arbetsgivaren och arbetstagaren respekterar och agerar lojalt gentemot varandra. Som en konsekvens av internets intåg och märkbara ökning de senaste åren har en debatt uppstått mellan en arbetsgivares krav på lojala arbetstagare utanför arbetstid i kontrast den anställdes rätt till personlig integritet. Denna uppsats avser att analysera och jämföra rättsläget

Den 30 juni 2022 trädde nya lagförändringar i kraft efter att förslaget om reformerad arbetsrätt antagits. En av lagförändringarna var 12 a § i lag (2012:854) om uthyrning av arbetstagare. Denna innebär att kundföretag ska erbjuda tillsvidareanställning för inhyrda arbetstagare som utfört arbete åt företaget på samma driftsenhet i sammanlagt mer än 24 månader under en 36-månaderperiod. LagförändriOn the 30th of June 2022, new law amendments entered into force after proposals for a reformed labor law. One of the proposals was 12 § a in the Agency Work Act. This section determines that client companies must offer permanent employment for hired workers who have worked for the company at the same operating site for a total of more than 24 months during a 36-month period. The legislation is bas

Animals have become more commonly used in social work, yet there is no definitive evidence of the positive effects of animals on a group level. The aim of this study was to understand the function and role of animals in social work, specifically within the context of daily activity centers for people with different kinds of disabilities. We wanted to understand why the animals were used and what d

Since Ethiopia has a high number of recorded adverse birth outcomes, the city of Adama was subjected to a study (Flanagan et al., 2022) that gathered data from 2085 pregnancies. This thesis utilizes that data to investigate the usage of machine learning in environmental epidemiology. Using the classification methods logistic regression, random forest, support vector classifier, and k-nearest neigh

In the spring of 2022 Sweden experienced several riots among counter-protesters in connection with a Danish politician's Islamophobic manifestations. A societal debate was sparked around control, police capabilities and the limits of freedom of expression. The purpose of the current study is to, based on Anne Nassauer's theory from 2019 of paths to protest violence, with the support of pre

The unsustainable work environment of social workers in Swedish social services has been highlighted frequently through various reports. According to various reports, first-line managers in social services seem to play an important role in how to approach an unsustainable work environment. The aim of this study was to analyze how first-line managers in Swedish child social services reflect on soci

In families where parents abuse narcotics, children can be prone to in some aspects taking on their parent's responsibilities. The aim of this study is to explore social workers’ perceptions and experiences of how responsibilities can shift from parents to children in families where the parents abuse narcotics. A qualitative method consisting of semi-structured interviews with six social worke

The aim of this study has been to understand how social workers within financial social assistance reflect in cases where gambling occurs. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted. The sample consisted of six social workers working withing financial assistance from two municipalities. The results show that a client’s account statement was central to discovering the occurrence of gambling duri