Syftet med studien var att utifrån en kvalitativ ansats undersöka högstadielärares motivation i deras dagliga arbete. I undersökningen har lärarna fått reflektera och berätta om sin självupplevda motivation, hur de upplever sina arbetsuppgifter och hur deras yrke påverkar dem personligen. Undersökningen har gett en djup bild av lärarnas egna upplevelser av sin arbetssituation. Genom semistrukturerThe purpose of this study was to examine motivation of high school teachers in their daily work. The teachers in the study have been given an opportunity to reflect and describe their work motivation, how they experience their work and how their profession affects them personally. The survey has given a deep picture of the teachers' own experiences of their work situation. Through semi-structu

Scania Commercial Vehicle Aktiebolag, Scania CV AB, is a manufacturer of heavy vehicles, busses and engines for industry and marine environments. The comprehensive projects at Scania CV AB are led by a main office which coordinates work between different units. This case study was performed at the department for engine assembling at Scania, and consists of five project leaders who lead the engine

Authors: Sara Engdahl and Nina Wensmark Title: "... at the same time it depends on me. I can’t be sulky and angry ... and then in the next minute they are supposed to learn something. "- A qualitative study of teachers' attitudes towards disruptive student behaviour. Supervisor: Anders Östnäs A disruptive classroom environment could be a dilemma for a teacher: who should the teacher

The purpose of this study is to analyze how deacons embody their second ordination vow concerning ‘helping those in need and standing by the oppressed ones’ side’. We conducted seven semi-structured interviews with deacons from one diocese in the Church of Sweden. The empirical material for this study is based on previous research about diaconia and analyzed through theoretical concepts of calling

Earlier studies have shown that when assessing explanations of psychological phenomena, there is a bias for explanations including references to neuroscience, even when these references contain logically irrelevant information (Fernandez-Duque, Evans, Christian & Hodges, 2015; M inahan & Siedlecki, 2016; Weisberg, Keil, Goodstein, Rawson and Gray, 2008; Weisberg, Taylor & Hopkins, 2015

The problem with adolescents who do not want to participate in investigation processes as witnesses, is a recurring problem for investigators with the police in Örebro. A problem that contributes to many disused investigations, despite the known existence of potential witnesses to the different crime events that involve youths. The purpose of this study is to analyze the causes that contribute to

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an understanding of the way in which a brand is developed in a dyadic relationship with an external stakeholder. Theoretical: This thesis bases its theoretical framework on two main theoretical fields: Actor-Network Theory and dialectics. Methodology: The thesis is an explorative qualitative study espousing an interpretivist view of the social wo

Purpose – The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the impact of gender neutral communication on brand image. Methodology – This study was conducted using the experimental design framework of pre- post random group. The respondents were assigned into two groups: control and intervention. In the control group the respondents were shown a gender stereotyped advertising and the intervention grou

Sustainability philosophers claim that we are at the impasse of stories, finding ourselves in a blank chapter between the old and the new. The old story, characterized by separation, technological arrogance and human superiority over nature, is unfolding in an ecological crisis giving space for a new narrative defined by inter being, cooperation and balance. It has been put forward that this crisi

Background The thesis was initiated by Alfdex, an oil mist separator manufacturer, to explore the organisation’s possibility for expansion by adapting their product to separate air and solid particles. They are currently prototyping a new product without knowing what markets it would succeed in and thus have the need for an expansion strategy. The market possibilities for the new product were exam

RPS (Real Person Slash) refers to the fandom in which female fans form homoerotic fantasies based on two real men such as actors, politicians and historical figures. This paper tries to see this group of women under power structures of sexuality in China and how such structures influence their fan practices. Through online observations, group discussion and in-depth interviews with 16 fans in tota

The situation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is nowadays a global issue affecting an important number of children all over the world. Nevertheless, the special needs and vulnerabilities of this group of children have not yet been effectively assessed. In fact, unaccompanied minors constitute the most vulnerable group among all asylum seekers and face human rights’ violations continuously

This thesis looks at climate change adaptation strategies in the Inner Forth region in Scotland. The region is expected to suffer from climate change induced stresses such as flooding, sea level rise and storm surges. To cope with these changes, a new coastal adaptation strategy has been suggested, based on soft solutions such as wetland creation and managed realignment. This has caused a dispute,

In the 2016 fall issue of ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, a themed section in the journal was dedicated to a revisiting of Friedrich Engels’s pamphlet The Housing Question, written in 1872. Six articles were published where the authors were asked to frame their analyses in reference to Engels’s pamphlet and the subsequent intellectual engagements with it. My teachers, Henr

China’s influence on the global stage is constantly expanding. Recently, a considerable amount of attention has been paid by the Chinese officials to the developments in the Arctic region. Majority of scientific works which have focused on the underlying rationale behind Chinese presence in the Arctic used theoretical tools provided by either liberal institutionalism or realism. Consequently, the

E-book reading is not as widespread in Sweden as in other technically comparable countries such as the USA, England and Germany. This has to do partly with a limited commercial market, as well as with the nature of distribution of e-books through libraries which are at the forefront of making e-books accessible in Sweden. Although e-books and the Swedish e-book market have gained attention among r

In order to few an equal society is the important to work actively with equality work within all areas. Within the misuse care it has long been a discussion if the treatment staff sees different on female and male drug miss farmers and about they to be treated differently on the basis of its sex. The essay`s aim is to analyze how sexes to be designed within the misuse care. The survey bases itself

Women’s empowerment is important for gender equality and development (Sen 1999) and has been recognised by the international society as a Millennium Development Goal (UNDP 2008). This thesis investigated how male migration and remittances affect the empowerment of the women left behind in urban Lebanon. The literature review showed a gap in the research on the social impacts of migration and remit