Search for dissertations about: "Information behaviour and use"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 418 swedish dissertations containing the words Information behaviour and use.

2. 1. Tensions and Contradictions in Information Management

   Author : Karen Nowé Hedvall; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information management; information behaviour; information strategies; activity theory; voluntary organisations; peace organisations;

   Abstract : The thesis aims to contribute to the research on the management and use of information in organisations by providing a holistic understanding of the various information practices and needs as well as attitudes towards information at different levels in the broader socio-historical context of a specific organisation. To this end, findings and approaches from research traditions in library and information science, management studies and organisational theory are combined in an activity-theoretical approach with some neo-institutional aspects. READ MORE

4. 2. Individual information system acceptance behaviour : An electronic ordering system case

   Author : Katarina Arbin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information system; e-procurement; e-ordering; individual; acceptance; adoption; continued use; behaviour; structures; routines; longitudinal; case study;

   Abstract : Organizations have spent and continue to spend millions of dollars on information systems (IS) in order to enable business success. Information systems have long been used to help managers make better decisions, better understand the nature of customers and improve employee productivity. READ MORE

5. 3. Search Processes, User Behaviour and Archival Representational Systems

   Author : Anneli Sundqvist; Karen Anderson; Viveca Asproth; Thomas C. Nesmith; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; access; activity theory; information behaviour; records; representation; users; handlingar; användare; informationsbeteende; tillgänglighet; aktivitetsteori; representationer; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Information technology and political motives, e.g. e-governance, freedom of information legislation, has recent years lead to an increasing emphasis on users and access to records, but little research based knowledge about those issues exist so far. The main focus of the previous research is the use of non-current records in archival repositories. READ MORE

6. 4. Information Needs for Water Resource and Risk Management : Hydro-Meteorological Data Value and Non-Traditional Information

   Author : Marc Girons Lopez; Jan Seibert; Sven Halldin; Thomas Grabs; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Elena Toth; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; water management; data resolution; non-traditional data; floods; modelling; social memory; precipitation; runoff; social media; interpolation; data value; gestió de l’aigua; resolució de les dades; dades no tradicionals; inundacions; modelització; memòria social; precipitació; escorrentia; xarxes socials; interpolació; valor de les dades; avrinning; befolkningars minne; dataupplösning; datavärde; interpolering; mjuk information; modellering; nederbörd; sociala medier; vattenförvaltning; översvämning; gestión del agua; resolución de los datos; datos no tradicionales; inundaciones; modelización; memoria social; precipitación; escorrentía; redes sociales; interpolación; valor de los datos; Hydrology; Hydrologi;

   Abstract : Data availability is extremely important for water management. Without data it would not be possible to know how much water is available or how often extreme events are likely to occur. The usually available hydro-meteorological data often have a limited representativeness and are affected by errors and uncertainties. READ MORE

7. 5. User trust here and now but not necessarily there and then - A Design Perspective on Appropriate Trust in Automated Vehicles (AVs)

   Author : Fredrick Ekman; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Automated Vehicles AV ; Design Variables; Trust Framework; Appropriate User Trust; User-Centred Design Perspective; Contextual Aspects; Trust Factors; Information;

   Abstract : Automation may carry out functions previously conducted only by humans. In the past, interaction with automation was primarily designed for, and used by, users with special training (pilots in aviation or operators in the process industry for example) but since automation has developed and matured, it has also become more available to users who have no additional training on automation such as users of automated vehicles (AVs). READ MORE