Search for dissertations about: "Knowledge workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 293 swedish dissertations containing the words Knowledge workers.

  2. 1. Mobile Knowledge

    Author : Henrik Fagrell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mobile CSCW; Knowledge management; Organisational memory; Ethnography; Empirically informed systems design; Handheld devices;

    Abstract : Both the issues of "knowledge management" and "mobility" have received much attention recently. The interest in these issues is often motivated by the fact that work, in many organisations, has become "knowledge intensive" and "mobile". However, so far these issues have been explored separately. READ MORE

  4. 2. Evidence in practice : On knowledge use and learning in social work

    Author : Gunilla Avby; Per- Erik Ellström; Per Nilsen; Lennart Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Knowledge; knowledge use; learning; evidence-based practice; social work practice; Kunskap; kunskapsanvändning; lärande; evidensbaserad praktik; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : Against the backdrop of the transformations in the entire framing of professional work, social work has come under close scrutiny in many countries, including Sweden. Doubts have been raised about practitioners’ existing knowledge base, and the importance of practitioners engaging in learning and the renewal and extension of professional capacities has been emphasized. READ MORE

  5. 3. Everyday Knowledge in Elder Care : An Ethnographic Study of Care Work

    Author : Ulrika Börjesson; Elisabet Cedersund; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ethnography; knowledge; care work; elder care;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about how knowledge is constructed in interactions and what knowledge entails in practical social work. It is about how a collective can provide a foundation for the construction and development of knowledge through the interactions contextualized in this study on Swedish elder care, organized by the municipality. READ MORE

  6. 4. Knowledge, Product Differentiation and Trade

    Author : Sara Johansson; Åke Andersson; Börje Johansson; Volker Nitsch; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accessibility; Export; Human Capital; Innovation; Knowledge; Product Differentiation; Product Quality; Regional trade; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the influence of knowledge on the export performance of firms in different regions. More specifically, this study focuses on the impact of knowledge on the structure of regional export flows, in terms of horizontal and vertical product differentiation, as well as the geographical distribution of export flows. READ MORE

  7. 5. Locating Biotech Innovation : Places, Flows and Unruly Processes

    Author : Henrik Mattsson; Anders Malmberg; Dominic Power; Peter Dicken; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social and economic geography; Biotech; Biotechnology; Innovation; Creativity; Clusters; Innovation systems; Technology policy; Regional development; Economic spaces; Time-geography; Time-space; Mobility; Knowledge; Knowledge workers; Agglomeration; Talent; Biotech firms; Innovation Policy; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This thesis begins by making two observations. First, that the regional economic landscapes in which we all live our daily lives, and which provide the basis for employment and prosperity, are constantly changing. READ MORE