Search for dissertations about: "Social Norms"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 636 swedish dissertations containing the words Social Norms.

  1. 6. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility : Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts

    Author : Brita Backlund Rambaree; Barbara Hobson; Charlotta Stern; Dima Jamali; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corporate social responsibility; CSR; institutional theory; Foucault; context; embeddedness; institutions; new institutionalism; institutional complementarity; discursive institutionalism; institutional work; responsible investment; SRI; social constructionism; discourse; power; qualitative content analysis; self-reporting; abductive approach; interpretative repertoires; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. READ MORE

  2. 7. Norms in Prosocial Decisions : The Role of Observability, Avoidance, and Conditionality

    Author : Per A Andersson; Daniel Västfjäll; Gustav Tinghög; Arvid Erlandsson; Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Prosocial behavior; Norms; Observability; Information avoidance; Prosocialt beteende; Normer; Observerbarhet; Undvikande av information;

    Abstract : Prosocial behaviors benefit other people and range from donations to charity to behavior limiting the spread of disease, such as masking and vaccination. The overarching purpose of this thesis was to contribute to our understanding of how social norms and conformity affect prosocial behavior. READ MORE

  3. 8. Negotiating normality and deviation : father's violence against mother from children's perspectives

    Author : Åsa Källström Cater; Lars Oscarsson; Bengt Börjeson; Hannele Forsberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social service; children; children s perspectives; family relations; violence; family violence; meaning; fatherhood; childhood; Socialt arbete; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; Socialt arbete;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to contribute to understanding of how children try to understand and interpret their own father and his (possibly) violent actions against their mother in relation to their general conceptualizations concerning fathers and violence. A general social psychological and interactionist approach is related to the children’s selves as the organizing and experiencing structures, the family as the arena for experiences and communicative interaction, and society as a structure of norms and general ideas. READ MORE

  4. 9. The Rationale of Taking Social Responsibility: Social Embeddedness of Business Owners in Uganda

    Author : Malin Nystrand; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social responsibility; business; business owners; social embeddedness; Uganda; moral economy; SME; development; Africa; private sector;

    Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the research on small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in Africa. It focuses on resource redistributions in social groups, a practice that often has been seen as an obstacle to business development in the African context. READ MORE

  5. 10. Ambivalent Ambiguity? : A study of how women with 'atypical' sex development make sense of female embodiment

    Author : Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Karin Zetterqvist-Nelson; Cynthia Kraus; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex; sex development; ‘atypical’ sex development; female embodiment; adolescence; women; Sweden; uterine and vaginal agenesis; Turner syndrome; intersex; DSD; qualitative methodologies; sense-making; narratives; norms; normality; heteronormativity; resistance; relations; sexual practice; diagnosis; treatment; critique; Kön; könsutveckling; kvinnlig kroppslighet; ”otypisk” könsutveckling; normalitet; tonår; kvinnor; Sverige; MRKH syndrom; uterus och vaginal agenesi; Turner syndrom; intersex; DSD; meningskapande; relationer; kvalitativ metod; narrativ; normalitet; heteronormativitet; sexuell praktik; normer; ifrågasättande; diagnos; behandling; kritik;

    Abstract : Against a backdrop of feminist and social scientific research on sex, female embodiment, and normality this thesis aims to discern how young women, who in adolescence have learned that their bodies are developing in ways considered ‘atypical’ for the female sex, make sense of their bodies and their situation. In focus are the ways in which the women make sense of and negotiate female embodiment; how they, particularly in stories about their interactions with others, position their embodied selves; and how norms and beliefs about sexed embodiment, heterosexual practice, and in/fertility are strengthened and challenged in the interviewees’ sense-making. READ MORE