Search for dissertations about: "Contextual factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 323 swedish dissertations containing the words Contextual factors.

  2. 1. A model of contextual factors and inter-organizational integration : A Ground Theory study of two supply chains

    Author : Hana Hulthén; Dag Näslund; Helena Forslund; Teknisk logistik; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Inter-organizational integration; contingency theory; grounded theory; contextual factors; Logistics; Logistik; Logistics; Logistik; supply chain integration; inter-organizational integration; structural contingency theory; grounded theory; contextual factors; fit;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to understanding of the effect of organizational context on supply chain integration. One result is a context- based model that can provide support for practitioners regarding what level of integration to establish with suppliers and customers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Knowledge Utilisation in Swedish Neonatal Nursing : Studies on Guideline Implementation, Change Processes and Contextual Factors

    Author : Lars Wallin; Uwe Ewald; Karin Wikblad; Alison Kitson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pediatrics; neonatal nursing; knowledge utilisation; quality improvement; change processes; clinical practice guidelines; evidence-based nursing; contextual factors; research utilisation; Pediatrik; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study the implementation of guidelines, change processes and contextual variables from the perspective of improvements and neonatal nursing care’s endeavours to be more evidenced-based. Because health care is exposed to extensive change pressure and because the impact of effectiveness research on clinical practice is limited, it becomes urgent to understand how knowledge utilisation initiatives can be facilitated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Childhood Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa : Individual and Contextual Risk Factors

    Author : Ismail Yahaya; Gloria Macassa; Joaquim Soares; Antonio Ponce De Leon; Antony Beech; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; child sexual abuse; demographic and health survey; multilevel; neighbourhood; sexual violence; smoking; social disorganisation; socio-economic status; sub-Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : Background and objectives: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a substantial public health and human rights problem, as well as a growing concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has both short and long term effects on girls: physical and psychological, including negative sexual outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Individual differences in the aging memory : Mediation accounts, moderators, and contextual factors

    Author : Ola Sternäng; Åke Wahlin; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Nancy Pedersen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive aging; interactions; context; mediation accounts; cross-cultural; longitudinal; individual differences; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Within the field of cognitive aging, mediation accounts propose that age affects cognitive abilities through a mediator variable. Most of these mediation accounts are developed based on studies with cross-sectional designs. READ MORE

  7. 5. The importance of being thin : perceived expectations from self and others and the effect on self-evaluation in girls with disordered eating

    Author : Sanna Aila Gustafsson; Claes Norring; Lars Kjellin; Birgitta Edlund; Per Johnsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Eating disorders; risk factors; protective factors; sociocultural factors; gender; perfectionism; personal standards; competitiveness; phenomenography.; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to examine personal standards, self-evaluation and attitudes to eating and weight in the development of disturbed eating in adolescent girls, and to examine how adolescent girls with a clinical eating disorder reflect upon and deal with perceived expectations in daily life.Studies I and II were quantitative studies, conducted in a population-based longitudinal study. READ MORE