Search for dissertations about: "Carl Cederström"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Carl Cederström.

2. 1. The Other Side of Technology: Lacan and the Desire for the Purity of Non-Being

   Author : Carl Cederström; Institutionen för informatik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lacan; psychoanalysis; information systems research; critique; fantasy;

   Abstract : Against the deeply ingrained belief that technology is instrumental and neutral, this thesis argues that our relation to technology is inextricably bound up with fantasies. But what is the nature of these fantasies and where do we find them? Are they strictly reserved to the domain of Science Fiction, or can we also find them in more mundane contexts, like the business organization? These are some of the central questions of the present study. READ MORE

4. 2. Paradoxical consumer enjoyment : A cultural perspective on cigarette consumption

   Author : Anna Felicia Ehnhage; Jacob Östberg; Carl Cederström; Andreas Chatzidakis; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paradoxical enjoyment; cigarette consumption; consumer culture theory; consumer enjoyment; pleasure; psychoanalytically informed theories; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : In a time when health is seen as an important personal achievement, it is difficult to understand why people consume cigarettes. The explanations for cigarette consumption tend to be one-sided and the most common explanation are addiction and compulsive personality. READ MORE

5. 3. Lonely in Company : A qualitative study of loneliness, belonging, and the passion for recognition at work

   Author : Markus Oljemark; Carl Cederström; Torkild Thanem; Peter Case; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Workplace; Loneliness; Belonging; Recognition; Qualitative Method; Work; Lonely; Arbetsplats; Ensamhet; Gemenskap; Erkännande; Kvalitativ Metod; Arbete; Ensam; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Loneliness is a common experience in the workplace. Although one in two office workers reporting loneliness, the phenomenon has received little qualitative attention within management and organization theory. READ MORE

6. 4. The Ecstasy of Tragedy : An Ethnography of Hospice

   Author : Oscar Wandery; Christian Maravelias; Carl Cederström; David Knights; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational culture; hospice care; health care; affect research; ecstatic rituals; cultural reproduction; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Culture is a double-edged sword in organizational research. Certain researchers consider culture the key to understanding organizations while others see it as a pseudo-scientific and faddish term. READ MORE