Search for dissertations about: "Personnel strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words Personnel strategy.

  2. 1. Development of the Stress Strategy Test as a personnel selection instrument

    Author : Rolf Federmann; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; military personnel selection.; stress; cognition; personality; personnel selection; Serial Colour Word Test; Stroop effect; Stroop test; Stress Strategy Test;

    Abstract : The thesis concerns the development of a computerised test, termed the Stress Strategy Test (SST), intended for use in a personnel selection and placement context. A similar but less extended form of that test, termed the Stroop Strategy Test, developed first, was adjudged to be somewhat less effective as a selection instrument. READ MORE

  4. 2. On maintenance optimization for offshore wind farms

    Author : Francois Besnard; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; life cycle cost; optimization; maintenance; maintenance planning; Offshore wind energy; maintenance strategy; maintenance support organization; reliability;

    Abstract : The maintenance cost is known to be an important part of the levelized cost of energy generated by wind parks. Operational costs can be significantly reduced by optimizing decisions for maintenance strategies, maintenance support organization and maintenance planning. READ MORE

  5. 3. Activation Policy in Action : A Street-Level Study of Social Assistance in the Swedish Welfare State

    Author : Katarina H. Thorén; Sydney Hans; Tapio Salonen; Jennifer Mosley; Jeanne Marsh; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Activation policy; social assistance; street-level bureaucracy theory; front-line workers; implementation; welfare state; coping strategy; discretion; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : Work-related activation policies are currently developing in most western welfare states. Sweden is no exception and activation policies were introduced in the 1990s in many municipal social services organizations in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Trust as a strategy for handling uncertainty in private savings choices

    Author : Anders Carlander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trust; Uncertainty; Investments; Delegated portfolio management;

    Abstract : This thesis examines trust in banks and financial expertise as a way of coping with the uncertainty involved in financial decision making. Trust is considered to be beneficial in general and uncertainty is assumed to induce adverse feelings that people will want to get rid of. READ MORE

  7. 5. Being able to be stable : exploring primary weight maintenance as a public health strategy for obesity prevention

    Author : Kristina Lindvall; Lars Weinehall; Mai-Lis Hellenius; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Overweight; Obesity; Weight maintenance; Primary weight maintenance; Sweden; US; Middle-aged; Obesity prevention; Public health; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background Overweight and obesity are considerable public health issues internationally as well as in Sweden. On a global level, the obesity prevalence has nearly doubled over the last 30 years. Currently in Sweden, more than one third of all women, and slightly more than half of all men, are either overweight or obese. READ MORE