Search for dissertations about: "individual perceptions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 332 swedish dissertations containing the words individual perceptions.

  1. 1. Employability perceptions : Nature, determinants, and implications for health and well-being

    Author : Erik Berntson; Magnus Sverke; Staffan Marklund; Jan Johansson Hanse; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employability; employability perceptions; flexibility; individualisation; changing labour market; self-evaluation; self-efficacy; dual labour market; human capital; health; well-being; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The general aim of the present thesis is to increase our understanding of perceived employability. Employability perceptions refer to individuals’ beliefs about their possibilities of finding new, equal, or better employment. READ MORE

  2. 2. Enabling Perceptions of Management Controls : Evidence from International Development Programs

    Author : Raymond Ndikumana; Tobias Johansson-Berg; Lili-Anne Kihn; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Enabling control; perceptions; development programs; PLS-structural equation modeling; empowerment; performance;

    Abstract : A key challenge for management accounting and control is the extent to which the control’s intentions correlate with how it is received and perceived by those who are subject to it. Building on Adler & Borys’ (1996) enabling and coercive bureaucracy, this thesis explores the role of perception; that is, local actors consider controls as enabling their work instead of privileging only those at the top. READ MORE

  3. 3. Caring for foreign‐born persons with psychosis and their families : Perceptions of psychosis care

    Author : Sally Hultsjö; Katarina Hjelm; Carina Berterö; Hans Arvidsson; Hans Hansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Qualitative methods; migrants; psychosis care; Delphi technique; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse perceptions of psychosis care among those involved in care, foreign-born persons with psychoses, their families and health care staff, and further to reach agreement about core components in psychosis care. This was in order to find out whether current psychosis care in Sweden is suitable for foreign-born persons and their families. READ MORE

  4. 4. Strategic Communication Found in Translation : Practices, Practitioners and Perceptions

    Author : Christina Grandien; Catrin Johansson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation seeks to explore how institutional, organizational and individual factors influence the development of strategic communication. The dissertationillustrates how new institutional theory can be applied to address the development of strategic communication as a process that is produced on different interrelated institutional levels. READ MORE

  5. 5. Voters' Perceptions of Party Politics - A Multilevel Approach

    Author : Stefan Dahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policy representation; voter perceptions; voting behavior; left-right ideology; perceptual agreement; political parties; party systems; electoral systems; institutions; multilevel;

    Abstract : Modern representative democracies are often described as government by the consent of the governed rather than government by the people. Elections play a central role in this context and several theorists of modern democracy have struggled to determine the circumstances under which effective political representation can exist. READ MORE