Search for dissertations about: "Domestic workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Domestic workers.

2. 1. "How dare you talk back?!" : Spatialised Power Practices in the Case of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Malaysia

   Author : Patricia Yocie Hierofani; Aida Aragao-Lagergren; Irene Molina; Linda McDowell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist geography; paid domestic work; Indonesia; Malaysia; gender; migration; space; power; resistance; intersectionality;

   Abstract : By taking the experiences and narratives of Indonesian women in Malaysia as the empirical material, this dissertation offers an analysis on spatialised power practices in the context of paid domestic workers. Family survival prompts these women to work abroad, but patriarchal norms shift their economic contribution as supplementary to the men’s role as the breadwinner. READ MORE

4. 2. Det besvärliga våldet : Socialtjänstens stöd till kvinnor som utsatts för våld i nära relationer

   Author : Veronica Ekström; Martin Börjeson; Magnus Karlsson; Maria Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; social services; domestic violence; need interpretations; street-level bureaucrats.; Socialtjänst; våld i nära relationer; gatubyråkrater; behovstolkningar;

   Abstract : I avhandlingen analyseras hur våldsutsatta kvinnors behov tolkas, omförhandlas och anpassas för att kunna hanteras inom socialtjänstens organisation. Avhandlingens övergripande frågeställningar fokuserar på insatser och behov, betydelsen av socialtjänstens organisering och betydelsen av socialarbetarnas handlingsutrymme. READ MORE

5. 3. Individual and environmental risk factors for hand eczema in hospital workers

   Author : Eskil Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hand eczema; prospective study; hospital workers; irritants; contact allergy; contact urticaria; atopy; metal dermatitis; multivariate regression analysis; evaluation of risk factors; microflora; S. aureus in hand eczema;

   Abstract : Individual and environmental risk factors in hand eczema have been investigated in a prospective cohort study of 2452 newly employed hospital workers with a follow-up time of 20 months. Current hand eczema was analyzed in 142 wet hospital workers from this cohort with respect to the etiologic importance of irritants, allergens and contact urticants. READ MORE

6. 4. From exclusion to inclusion : Young people’s trajectories from home to street to reintegration in the Kagera region, Tanzania

   Author : Jeanette Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reintegration; children on the streets; child domestic workers; orphans; agency; resilience; social capital; life course perspective; Tanzania;

   Abstract : This thesis examines what causes children and young people to leave their homes, how they experience their situation on the streets and as domestic workers, and what facilitates them to reintegrate into their local community. A mixed methods approach was used, combining both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. READ MORE

7. 5. The economics of sickness absence : social interactions, local cultures and working conditions

   Author : Kristin Ekblad; Mikael Svensson; Lars Hultkrantz; Mats Persson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer effect; absence; sickness absence; social norms; gender; age; municipality; domestic migration; working conditions; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the study of social and psychosocial aspects of sickness absence. In Essay 1, Sickness Absence and Peer Effects – Evidence from a Swedish Municipality, detailed employment records from a Swedish public employer are used to investigate whether sick leave among work group colleagues influences individual sick leave. READ MORE