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The phenomenon of gender-based violence (GBV) and the magnitude it takes in Argentina is raising great concerns within the country, intergovernmental organisations and women’s movements. Since 2015 a women’s movement named Ni Una Menos was established to create visibility and fight for the eradication of gender-based violence in the country. Building upon the Integrative Ecological Framework, usin

This thesis examines the creation and development of the modern Chilean Food System. Providing a description of the system focused on the production and consumption areas, the fruit export complex and the salmon industry are characterized. They are situated within the context of the process of neoliberalization experienced by the Chilean society after the Military Coup of 1973. The priority given

The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship between contemporary French luxury fashion and political struggles by examining the garments with explicit political statements from the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2015 Chanel runway, the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017 Dior runway and the menswear fall/winter 2017 Balenciaga runway analysis as to discern the possible reasons and effects

De senaste åren har strejkrätten varit uppe på agendan i offentlig debatt och media. Efter en tid av utdragna konflikter på containerterminalen i Göteborgs hamn tillsatte regeringen en utredning för att undersöka möjligheten och lämpligheten att inskränka arbetstagares och arbetstagarorganisationers rätt att vidta stridsåtgärder i vissa situationer. Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera hur den föThe right to undertake industrial actions has been subject for public discussion in Sweden the past years. After a long period of conflict in the port of Gothenburg the government appointed an enquiry to investigate the possibility and suitability to restrict the rights to undertake industrial actions in certain situations. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how the proposed legislation is legit

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur dokumentärfilmen Avicii: True Stories förhåller sig till myten om den lidande artisten. På vilket sätt verkar filmen för att befästa alternativt utmana idén om psykisk ohälsa som en naturlig och tidvis konstruktiv del av artistens konstnärskap? Studien grundar sig i Stuart Halls teori om representationer och Roland Barthes mytologi - båda förstår meninThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the documentary Avicii: True Stories can be related to the myth of the suffering artist. In which way does the movie consolidate with the notion of mental illness being a fundamental and constructive part of creativity; conversely, how does it challenge the myth? The study is based on the theory of Representation by Stuart Hall and the theory of Mytholog

Honour related violence has been up for political discussion in the last two decades in Sweden, a discourse primarily concerned with girls. In the absence of a legislation concerning honour related violence, children in need of protection can receive it through the Care of Young Persons Act (CYPA). The purpose of this thesis is to study how the second paragraph in the CYPA is applied by Administra

The aim of this study was to investigate school counselors perspective and their view of the concept honour-related violence and oppression. We have explored how school counselors perspective are taken into consideration when they define the students who live under honour-related violence and oppression. Furthermore the study also aims to describe the school counselors comprehension on their work

This study aimed to investigate the value of HEXACO personality traits in predicting job crafting, as well as the relationship between the proactive dimensions of HEXACO (extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness) and job crafting, work engagement and employment types. Based on previous literature findings, this study proposed that job crafting will mediate the relationship between personality

In 1994 Rwanda was consumed by one of the bloodiest genocides in modern times, culminating in 800,000 dead after twelve weeks. As the country has taken significant strides towards uniting the country across ethnic lines, Rwanda has seen a clear increase in women’s representation in decision-making positions. This has been hallmarked by the inclusion of women in the post-genocide reconciliation pro

Leadership is often proposed as a key solution for social change, although the actual meaning remains unclear. By studying leadership in the context of Indian feminist NGOs’ hybridity, situated in-between Western structures and the values of the Indian Women’s Movement, I intended to deepen our understanding of the lived meaning of leadership and followership, beyond its buzzword character. Throug

In this essay I attempt to bring clarity to the discourse production within Zlatan Ibrahimović and David Lagerkrantz biography: Zlatan Ibrahimović: min historia (I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field). The biography describes the history of the football player Zlatan Ibrahimović, his background in the suburban area of Rosengård in Sweden, and his relationship towards football to mention a few

Based on the imbalances caused by asymmetric information and opaque supply chains, this study aims to contribute to the research field of logistics and supply chain management by exploring the potential of blockchain technology within logistics. The main focus is on increasing supply chain transparency for both suppliers and consumers, and improving contractual coordination in order to secure fulf

Denna studie ämnar öka förståelsen för hur content marketing och relationsskapande kan ges uttryck i digital kommunikationen mellan ett tjänsteföretag och dess kunder. Studien är av kvalitativ fallstudiekaraktär och det empiriska underlaget består av inlägg publicerade på fallorganisationen Avanza Banks sociala mediekanaler samt delar av företagets hemsida. Materialet har analyserats ur ett sändarThe aim of this study is to increase the understanding of how content marketing and relationship building can be expressed in digital communication between a service company and its customers. The study was conducted as a qualitative case study and the empirical material consists of web content gathered from the social media accounts and website of the case organization, Avanza Bank. The empirica

We conducted a qualitative study in the consultancy SoftConsulting and took an interpretative and critical perspective to analyze our findings. The main purpose of this thesis is to develop a more nuanced understanding of consultancies in terms of organizational culture and of consultants’ identity and motivation. Further, to find out how organizational culture and performance management systems i

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om beteendeintentionen att följa rekommendationer i ett Public Service Announcement (samhällsinformation/PSA) publicerat på Instagram påverkades beroende på om avsändaren angavs som en fiktiv myndighet eller en fiktiv influencer samt att undersöka om negativt emotionellt bildmaterial påverkar beteendeintentionen att följa rekommendationerna. Studien syftadThe purpose of this study was to investigate whether the behavioral intention to follow recommendations in a Public Service Announcement (PSA) published on Instagram is affected depending on whether the publisher was listed as a fictitionalauthority or a fictitional influencer and to investigate whether negative emotional imagematerialaffects the behavioral intention to follow the recommendations.

Juvenile delinquency has become an obvious and recurring issue in the daily debate and emerges as one of the most controlling and dominant societal problems. There are various reasons why people choose to commit crime and there is no easy answer to the question why young people commit crime. A fundamental but crucial distinction to be made regarding crime is the difference between deviant acts and

Digitalisering, teknikutveckling och globalisering gör att Sverige tar stora steg från industrisamhälle till kunskapssamhälle. I takt med den förändringen ökar också kravet på arbetstagaren, arbetsgivaren – och på samhället. Arbetstagarnas kunskap utgör den viktigaste resursen i samhället, och det är en resurs som hela tiden måste återerövras. Det räcker inte att utbilda nya generationer – välfärdDigitization, technology development and globalization mean that Sweden is taking big steps from an industrial society to a knowledge society. In line with this change, the demands on the employee, the employer – and on society increase. Workers' knowledge is the most important resource in society, and it is a resource that is constantly being recaptured. It is not enough to educate new genera

The aim of this study was to examine school counselors’ experiences of relationship building with students in online counseling during the covid-19 pandemic. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with six school counselors from different municipalities. The empirical data was analyzed and discussed using past research, Carl Roger’s theory on client-centered therapy and Erving

Traditionella binära könsstereotyper utmanas idag allt mer av könsöverskridande uttryck i ett pågående globalt samhällsskifte som i synnerhet märks av i Sverige. Parallellt med detta samhällsskifte utmanas även tidigare forskning i hur varumärken kommunicerar könsuttryck, vilket möjliggör för ett ökat antal varumärkesgenuspositioner. Trots att en androgyn genusposition beskrivs som mest gynnsam ärTraditional binary gender stereotypes are increasingly being challenged by gender fluid expressions in an ongoing global societal shift that is particularly noticeable in Sweden. Parallel with this societal change, previous research on how brands communicate gender expressions is also being challenged, which enables an increased number of brand gender positions. Although an androgynous brand gende