Search for dissertations about: "Information behaviour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1086 swedish dissertations containing the words Information behaviour.

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. Lock-free Concurrent Search

   Author : Bapi Chatterjee; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Wait-free; Help-aware; Non-blocking; Concurrency; Linearizability; Lock-based; Lock-free-kD-tree; Amortized Complexity; Data Structure; Binary Search Tree; Blocking; Search; Concurrent; kD-tree; Linked-list; Lock-free; Range Search; Language-portable; Help-optimal; Nearest Neighbour Search; Linearizable; Synchronization;

   Abstract : The contemporary computers typically consist of multiple computing cores with high compute power. Such computers make excellent concurrent asynchronous shared memory system. READ MORE

6. 4. A Value Perspective on Information System Security : Exploring IS security objectives, problems and value conflicts

   Author : Ella Kolkowska; Åke Grönlund; Jonathan P. Allen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information security; values; value conflicts; behaviours; Informatics; Informatik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Statistics; computer and systems science; Statistik; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; informatics; informatik;

   Abstract : The inability to understand the social aspects in IS security is pointed out as one of the biggest and most difficult problems in the IS security area. By applying a value perspective on IS security this thesis contributes to increased understanding of social aspects in relation to IS security and peoples’ security behaviours. READ MORE

7. 5. 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