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There is a tendency for organizations to draw on social and political issues to make brands relevant to consumers, among which the appropriation of women empowerment discourse has attracted considerable attention because of its success in practice. Give the paucity of studies both in strategic communication to evaluate consumers responses to organizations’ communication strategies and in advertisi
Framtidsångest är bland studenter ett bestående samt växande problem som har en betydande påverkan på dels den mentala hälsan men även den akademiska framgången. Hur den hanteras och motverkas skiljer sig således beroende på olika faktorer, denna studie kommer att belysa vilken roll self-efficacy, locus of control (intern/extern) och problem- samt emotionsfokuserad coping spelar i detta. Metoden sFuture anxiety is an existing and continuous issue that has a significant impact on the mental health and academic success among university students. How it is handled and counteracted thus differs depending on various factors such as self-efficacy, locus of control (internal/external), emotion focused and problem focused coping, which are highlighted in this study. The method used to investigate
In many countries, the oil and gas industry (OGI) faces a sociotechnical problem related to illegal tapping, a complex phenomenon involving stealing products from pipelines. This study analyses the network constitution to understand and tackle this phenomenon, called ”clandestine diversion” (CD), which is the theft of oil and its derivatives products through illegal tappings of onshore pipelin
Unga vuxnas skuldbelopp ökar i Sverige, samtidigt som ett växande forskningsfält visar att skuldsättning är förknippad med psykisk ohälsa. Syftet med denna tvärsnittsstudie var att undersöka prevalensen av snabblåneskulder bland unga vuxna, samt att identifiera livshändelser som föregick att snabblånet togs. Därutöver var syftet att undersöka sambandet mellan skulder från snabblån, psykisk ohälsa,Young adults’ debts are increasing in Sweden, while a growing body of research shows that indebtedness is associated with psychological distress. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the prevalence of debt from payday loans among young adults, as well as to identify life-course events that preceded taking on such loans. In addition, the study aimed to investigate the association wi
This study explored the struggles of countertransference (i.e., psychotherapist’s feelings and reactions) through interviews with 20 mental health therapists. Thematic analysis resulted in four themes: (1) personal vulnerability activated in the therapeutic relationship, (2) difficult-to-endure or obstructive feelings (e.g., aversion or burdening discomfort), (3) secondary distressing reactions el
The case presents Sardex, a local complementary currency in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia designed to alleviate the economic hardships brought by the economic crisis of 2008.The reader gets an insight into the economic contexts of these currencies, the functioning of one of its most common designs (mutual credit systems or LETS), as well as the work of embedding these local currencies into
Performing The Other. Report on workshops on observing and imitatingThe lecture will present the experience, results and challenges arising within a series of workshops that were investigating the role of observation, copying and imitation in the actor’s work, activities close to Brecht’s aesthetic focus. Claiming that “people will observe you, in order to investigate how well you have observed”,
An ideal form of smart city planning would focus on the availability of urban amenities that can meet the basic needs of a resident’s material life, civil connections, and humanistic spirit. Previous studies have concentrated on analyzing the spatial distribution of urban services, with less attention on their contribution as local urban amenities. In this study, we propose a spatial dynamic model
This single case study illuminates the complexity of successful classroom management. Framing classroom management as ritualized community building (Bell, 2009), we show how a teacher’s interaction rituals (Collins, 2004), emotional labor (Scheff, 1994), and professional improvisation (Sorensen, 2023) are integrated in this process. Based on observations of a primary schoolteacher’s classroom mana
An ‘implementation gap’ between law and practice has long been noticed by scholars and practitioners of children’s rights. This chapter goes beyond critiquing such a gap by unpacking and deconstructing the very notion of ‘implementation.’ It empirically studies how India’s national child helpline, and thereby children’s protection rights, are implemented in the state of Madhya Pradesh in North Ind
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has been influenced by the „What Works‟ agenda since the late 1990‟s and an orientation towards risk and risk management has gradually become visible in the organization. But there is, within the probation service, a discrepancy between two types of logics – an organizational logic and a professional logic. Although guidelines prescribe the use of risk-asse
This research investigates the relationship between trade credit financing and firms’ financial distress using a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2000 to 2020. Our results reveal a significant U-shaped relationship between firms’ trade credit financing and the likelihood of financial distress and that social trust moderates this curvilinear relationship. Our evidence suggests that firm liqu
During the last decade or so, most aspects of world politics have become saturated with digital-technological devices and platforms such as smartphones and social media. Yet, practice-oriented International Relations (IR) scholarship has not adequately accounted for the profound impact of this technological transformation on how world politics is ‘done’ within, across and beyond the traditional in
BACKGROUND: Pesticides play a crucial role in pest control; however, exposure remains high, particularly among smallholder farmers in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) with little access to pesticide safety training. This study aimed to provide comparative biomarker-based evidence from Latin America and Africa and identify actionable determinants of exposure to inform context-specific
In this eighth edition of the Excellent MSc Dissertation series, five students present condensed versions of their Master’s theses, completed for the MSc degree in Media and Communication Studies at Lund University. These students presented their dissertations in May 2023 and earned the highest mark. During the Fall of 2023, the dissertations were revised to a shorter length of 14,000 words for pu
