Search for dissertations about: "intergroup relation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words intergroup relation.

  2. 1. Intergroup Relations : When is My Group More Important than Yours?

    Author : Luisa Batalha; Bo Ekehammar; Henry Montgomery; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attitude ambivalence; intergroup bias; ingroup favouritism; outgroup favouritism; ethnic prejudice; social identity; social dominance orientation; system justification; conservatism; sexism; prejudice; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Intergroup relations are characterised by favourable and unfavourable biases. Towards one’s own group these biases are mostly favourable – ingroup favouritism. Research has, however, shown that outgroup favouritism, that is, the preference for a group to which the person does not belong, also permeates intergroup relations. READ MORE

  4. 2. Heteronormativity in a Nursing Context : Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Experiences of Lesbians and Gay Men

    Author : Gerd Röndahl; Marianne Carlsson; Sune Innala; Kerstin Segesten; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; lesbians and gay men; homosexual; social norms; heteronormativity; intergroup relation; attitude; communication; nursing; Vårdvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The general aim of the project was to describe the situation of lesbians and gay men in a nursing environment by studying the attitudes of nursing staff and students, and the experiences of gay nursing staff in their work environment and of gay patients and partners in their encounters with nursing. The study for papers I and II had a descriptive, comparative design. READ MORE

  5. 3. ‘Collaborative Competition’ : Stance-taking and Positioning in the European Parliament

    Author : Nazli Avdan; Leelo Keevallik; Angelika Linke; Frank Baasner; Jan Anward; John DuBois; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parliamentary Interaction; Questions and Questioning; the European Parliament; Stancetaking; Intergroup Positioning;

    Abstract : The European Parliament (EP) is the scene where certain issues concerning over 500 million ‘Europeans’ are publicly debated and where politically relevant groupings are discursively coconstructed. While the Members of the Parliament (MEPs) pursue their political agendas, intergroup boundaries are drawn, reinforced, and/or transgressed. READ MORE

  6. 4. How does the job applicants' ethnicity affect the selection process? : Norms, Preferred competencies and expected fit

    Author : Sima Wolgast; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Arab; systematic recruitment; Organizational norms; Person Environment fit; organizational psychology; intergroup relations; in-group and out-group; in-group favoritism; stereotypes; Social psychology; diskriminering; etnicitet; arab; systematiskt rekrytering; organisations normer; Person-miljö matchning; organisations psykologi; intergrupp relationer; in-grupp och ut-grupp; in-grupps favouritism; Stereotyper; social psykologi;

    Abstract : The present thesis aimed to study different factors influencing recruiters when recruiting from an applicant pool with applicants from an ethnic ingroup and outgroup. Ethnicity was predicted to influence recruiters’ perception and behaviour in different phases during recruitment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Bad Death at Sandby borg : A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Intergroup Violence and Postmortem Agency of Unburied Corpses

    Author : Clara Alfsdotter; Anders Högberg; Alison Klevnäs; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sandby borg; Migration period; Iron age; Massacre; Mass violence; Conflict; Unburied corpses; Postmortem agency; Taphonomy; Archaeothanatology; Forensic taphonomy; Trauma; Öland; Treatment of corpses; Folkvandringstid; järnålder; Öland; obegravda kroppar; våld; massaker; politiseing av lik; tafonomi; arkeothanatologi; Humaniora; Humanities; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The subject of corpses from mass violence is surprisingly unexplored, even though the materiality of the corpse carries strong symbolic capital in conflicts. The aim of my PhD research is to create new knowledge about the implications of unburied corpses that stem from intergroup conflicts, and subsequently to add knowledge concerning how intergroup violence is organised to achieve desired social agendas. READ MORE