Search for dissertations about: "Performance Criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Performance Criticism.

2. 1. Psychological perspectives on performance-based compensation : Implications for work-related and health-related outcomes

   Author : Alexander Nordgren Selar; Magnus Sverke; Helena Falkenberg; Johnny Hellgren; Tomas Jungert; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; compensation; financial incentives; health; income; job performance; need satisfaction; pay dispersion; performance-based pay; self-determination theory; turnover intention; well-being; work motivation; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : In the past decades, the contributions of individuals have come into greater focus on all levels of employment in many types of organizations. For example, this is manifested through an increased use of individual performance-based pay setting, where individual evaluations of employees’ contributions lead to diversified pay raises among peers. READ MORE

4. 2. Cultivating the Sacred : Ritual Creativity and Practice among Women in Contemporary Europe

   Author : Åsa Trulsson; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dance; sacred places; authority; pilgrimage; power; intersubjectivity; somatic modes of attention; the body; embodiment; habitus; goddess spirituality; new age; paganism; practice; ritual criticism; multi-sited fieldwork; ritual; anthropology of religion; performance; music; healing; gender; sacralisation; everyday spirituality;

   Abstract : Ritual creativity may seem like a contradiction in terms, yet the religious landscape in contemporary Euro-America is permeate with experimentation of ritual forms, different modalities of action, imagination and play as routes to authenticity. The present study examines different settings in Europe involved in such ritual creativity, which would commonly be classified as postmodern spirituality, new age or Paganism. READ MORE

5. 3. The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance

   Author : Johan Petri; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; artistic research; co-composition; collective processes; compositional structure; dramaturgy; ethics; hierarchy in collective creation; immanent collective creation; instant collective composition; multiplicity; music theater; performance philosophy; performative critique; process ontology; process philosophy; relation of non-relation; theater; theater directing; theatrical composition; Rosi Braidotti; John Cage; Gilles Deleuze; Brian Massumi; Mathias Spahlinger;

   Abstract : The dissertation The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance is an artistic research project in the field of theater, with directing and theatrical composition and dramaturgy as its main points of focus. The critical exploration is based on the experience of conceptualizing and directing three different theater performances. READ MORE

6. 4. High-performance and self-compacting concrete in house building. Field tests and theoretical studies of possibilities and difficulties

   Author : Markus Peterson; Avdelningen för Byggnadsmaterial; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Multi-storey residential buildings; Structural frames; SCC; Self-compacting concrete; High-performanceconcrete; HPC; Concrete; Building materials; Cast in-situ concrete;

   Abstract : Cast in-situ concrete is the most frequently used materials technology worldwide within production of structural frames in multi-storey residential buildings. In Sweden, this technology dominates the market but is challenged by other competitive production methods. READ MORE

7. 5. Stage Appropriations of Shakespeare’s Major Tragedies, 1979-2010

   Author : Mette Sjölin; Engelska; []
   Keywords : Appropriation in literature; Appropriation of Shakespeare; Shakespeare in performance; Feminist re-vision; Women in Literature; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines appropriations of five of Shakespeare’s tragedies (King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet), written for the stage between 1979 and 2010 and set in Shakespeare’s playworlds. The aim of the study is to investigate how these appropriations are used as a strategy for discussing issues that are central both to Shakespeare’s plays and to the present gender-political climate, with particular focus on the depiction of women and familial relationships. READ MORE