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This paper integrates the concepts of first and second stories as well as Symbolic Interactionism and provides a framework that emphasizes the local rationality of practitioners and the social construction of meaning within their organizations. This paper will first consider some of the assumptions that characterize today’s safety discourse(s) because they inform how CS works with clients. What Sy
The rapid expansion of the mobile telephony sector in African countries has been accompanied by the establishment of a wide range of informal support businesses, mostly run by young people. Little is known, however, about the lived experiences of young entrepreneurs working in this rapidly changing, technologically-driven sector. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in Accra, this paper explo
we propose to fully integrate EHRDs rights in the roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels with the aim to uphold a pace that is required to catalyse climate justice for the most affected peoples and territories. A phase-out fossil fuel roadmap should consider the central role they have in protecting life on Earth, safeguarding the climate and environment, thriving biodiversity and leading pathways to
PurposeTo explore the cultural embeddedness of (un)welcome experiences among ethnically marginalized consumers in retail spaces.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on Arjun Appadurai's notion of the ethnoscape, the study is empirically grounded in critical-incident interviews with consumers from multiethnic backgrounds in Sweden.FindingsThree dimensions through which (un)welcome is negotiated are i
The aviation business has gone through a process of radical restructuring during the latest decades. De-regulation and fierce competition from low-cost carriers have put traditional flag carriers under pressure, resulting in falling fares. In this cost cutting process, service quality aboard has in many cases fallen at the same time as the glamorous image of aviation partly remains. This process h
The preschool years presents an important opportunity to support children’s social and emotional development. Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) have gained an increased interest due to its potential to improve child health and educational outcomes. We aimed to identify existing systematic reviews on universal, curriculum-based SEL interventio
Sweden is a diverse and multilingual place. Today’s students represent a broad spectrum of cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Sweden is also a site for mobility as people flow in and out through processes of migration, tourism, international trade, and study abroad. It is in this context that English is taught in Swedish upper secondary schools. The subject of English in Swede
The aim of this study is to better understand the goals and tasks of municipal activation workers, inquire into their perceived ability to establish their clients on the labor market, and examine their handling of hard-to-activate clients. The data was gathered through individual interviews with six activation workers who were all part of the same municipality. Four of them worked with youths and
Immigrant entrepreneurs who get involved in the restaurant industry face different challenges to promote their restaurants and attract new customers. However, immigrant entrepreneurs’ cultural capital is an important asset that can be exploited to overcome these challenges. This paper seeks to identify and explore what is the cultural capital that immigrant entrepreneurs use as marketing strategie
Based on Kristianstad municipality, this study examines the issue of allowing temporary privatization at Åhus beach. The study utilizes both a literature review and document analysis to analyze its content, and an interview was conducted as well. The theoretical framework introduces entrepreneurial urbanism, privatization and public space. In summary, it can be concluded that Evenemangsstranden in
This study aimed to investigate how healthcare counsellors experience the on-call assignment. This was done by examining how the healthcare counsellors described their assignment, how they managed it, and what knowledge they used in the assignment. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with seven healthcare counsellors employed at two hospitals in southern Sweden. The analysis
Abstrakt The Grand Ethiopian Millennium Dam (GERD) är ett pågående statligt projekt som ska fördämma Blå Nilen. Detta stora utvecklingsprojekt förväntas lösa Etiopien och regionens grava elektricitetsunderskott och lyfta nationens ekonomiska tillväxt. Då dammen konstrueras på Nilen som är världens längsta flod har den skapat kontovers mellan Etiopien, nedströmsländerna och miljöaktivister. Som
This study focuses on the embedding of new biotech solutions into three business landscapes - US, China and Taiwan. A "state-of-the-art" chromatography system tuned for operating in the step between laboratory and large-scale production is used as the common point of departure to investigate the supplier-user interfaces involving biotechnology in each of the three countries; the resource interacti
School fires are a considerable problem in many Western countries. The cost of arson in Swedish schools is over 300 million Swedish kronor per year. Since the end of the 1990s, a fire occurs on average once per day, and every second fire is an arson. Malmö is one of the most affected municipalities in Sweden. The causes of arson are difficult to elucidate but can be related to factors such as indi
