Search for dissertations about: "Globalisation Cultural differences"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Globalisation Cultural differences.

  2. 1. Managing Competence Development Programs in a Cross-Cultural Organisation : What are the barriers and enablers?

    Author : Mi Sook Park; Birger Rapp; Ethel Brundin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Competence; Competence Development; Competence Development Programs; Culture; Cultural Diversity; Southeast Asia Case Study; Cross-Cultural Organisation; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : During the past decade, research on competence development and cross-cultural organisation has been acknowledged both in academic circles and by industrial organisations. Cross-cultural organisations that have emerged through globalisation are a manifestation of the growing economic interdependence among countries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health and welfare among Thai migrant women in Sweden : Lived experiences of transnational marriage migration. A dissertation in caring science

    Author : Weerati Pongthippat; Gunnel Östlund; Lena-Karin Gustafsson; Mehrdad Darvishpour; Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; marriage migration; domestic violence; women’s health and wellbeing; Äktenskapmigration; våld i hemmet; kvinnors hälsa och välmående; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : Background:This dissertation uses Betty Neuman’s nursing theory within the caring sciences to enable in-depth knowledge regarding Thai women’s health in the context of marriage migration. Globalisation has provided new opportunities for marriage migration, for example for Thai women to move to Western countries to improve their lives and wellbeing. READ MORE

  5. 3. Genomic insights into the population history of circumpolar Arctic dogs

    Author : Tatiana Richtman Feuerborn; Anders Hansen; Love Dalen; Mikkel Holger Strander Sinding; Kerstin Liden; Matthew Collins; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dogs; Arctic; Inuit; Migration; Siberia; Greenland; Sled Dog; arkeologi med inriktning mot laborativ arkeologi; Scientific Archaeology;

    Abstract : The Siberian and North American Arctic have both borne witness to numerous migrations of humans and with them their dogs. This PhD thesis is based on whole genome data from 22 Siberian dogs and 72 North American Arctic dogs, in addition to 186 mitochondrial genomes Siberian and North American Arctic dogs. READ MORE

  6. 4. The mediation of affect : security, fear and subversive hope in visual culture

    Author : Rodrigo Ferrada Stoehrel; Simon Lindgren; Eric Carlsson; Kari Andén-Papadopoulos; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affect; emotion; aesthetics; visual culture; discourse; Otherness; power; security; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overarching purpose of this study has been to problematise how visual practices and the mediation of affect is linked to the capacity to produce (new) perceptual realities, sensations and imaginaries, ultimately aiming to legitimate or counter-legitimate the hegemonic discourses and practices mobilised in the name of security. The first part of my thesis approaches this matter through an analysis of media cultures and discursive systems circulating within the court and the state military. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State - The Case of the Baltic States : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    Author : Jolanta Aidukaite; Sven Hort E O; Joakim Palme; Stein Kuhnle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Socialist Welfare state; Social Policy; Baltic States; Eastern Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation takes a step towards providing a better understanding of post-socialist welfare state development from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. The overall analytical goal of this thesis has been to critically assess the development of social policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using them as illustrative examples of post-socialist welfare state development in the light of the theories, approaches and typologies that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. READ MORE