Search for dissertations about: "Legitimization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word Legitimization.

2. 1. Legitimacy for Sale : Constructing a Market for PR Consultancy

   Author : Anna Tyllström; Linda Wedlin; Nils Brunsson; Lars Strannegård; Roy Suddaby; Klaus Weber; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; PR consultancy; Legitimization; Legitimation; Social Construction of Markets; Public Opinion; Organization Theory; Market Categorization; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Categories are semantic objects that create order in markets. By categorization, market actors and products become comparable and understandable to various audiences. READ MORE

4. 2. Unpackaging IT Governance : A study of Chief Information Officers in Large, Swedish Organizations

   Author : Johan Magnusson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IT Governance; Translation; Unpackaging; Chief Information Officer; Legitimacy; Institutional Theory; Marginal Man; Professionalization;

   Abstract : Information Technology (IT) has during the last decades become a central tenet in the infrastructure for value-creation. To manage and successfully ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of IT as a corporate resource, organizations have turned to what is referred to as “IT Governance”. READ MORE

5. 3. The language of change : the roles of methods in the work of management consultants

   Author : Andreas Werr; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Large multinational consulting organizations have rapidly expanded during the 90s. A central phenomenon in these organizations are formalized methods for carrying out consulting processes. READ MORE

6. 4. Genre Transfer : Indie Music in Istanbul (1990s-2010s)

   Author : Safa Canalp; Ulrik Volgsten; Sam de Boise; Martin Stokes; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; genre; indie music; Istanbul; music sociology; cultural transfer; relational sociology; sociology of knowledge;

   Abstract : This thesis sheds light on border crossings of popular music genres and proposes a novel approach to studying circulation of popular music across the globe. It propounds a critical discussion on the conventions and politics of knowledge production and dissemination within the scholarship that lies in the intersection of popular music studies, ethnomusicology and music sociology. READ MORE

7. 5. In Want of a Sovereign : Metapolitics and the Populist Formation of the Alt-Right

   Author : Karl Ekeman; Mats Rosengren; Maria Karlsson; Yannis Stavrakakis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; populism; post-politics; metapolitics; Alt-Right; Ernesto Laclau; discourse theory; post-foundationalism; masculinity; humor; laughter; memes; Trump; rhetoric; Rhetoric; Retorik;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the politico-rhetorical dynamics around the 2016 US presidential election through the lens of the Alt-Right, not as a movement but as a signifier in broader political struggles to shape the political space of representation. It employs Ernesto Laclau’s post-foundationalist theory of populism to challenge the conventional perspectives that the Alt-Right was an extension of a radical right-wing movement or ideology. READ MORE