Search for dissertations about: "academic identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words academic identity.
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1. Reframed Identity : Red Cross nurses' identity formation between 1945 and 1977
Abstract : The overall aim is to explore the construction of nurse identity at the Red Cross Nursing School (RCNS) in Sweden, between 1945 and 1977, when nursing became part of the system of higher education in Sweden. Occupational identity is understood as a construct both of social learning and of a self-image. READ MORE
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2. Uncertainty, Worth, Identity : How Early Career Academics Navigate Evaluative Landscapes
Abstract : This dissertation explores the interplay between valuation and academic socialization, addressing the question: how do early career academics navigate evaluative landscapes? Having completed their doctoral education but yet to find stable employment, early career academics are generally viewed as the most vulnerable group of academic staff. Comparing how individuals within this group seek to demonstrate their worth in order to be recognized by others and advance in their careers, I try to make sense of their world. READ MORE
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3. The Lived Experience of Academic Entrepreneurship: The interplay between practice, identity, and context
Abstract : This thesis explores how academic entrepreneurs experience and practically manage the combination of research and business, with special emphasis on the interplay between practice and identity and the effects of institutional context. Empirical focus is on university researchers who co-found companies while remaining in academia. READ MORE
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4. Teacher Identity as Discourse : A Case Study of Students in Swedish Teacher Education
Abstract : This thesis comprises three separate studies that together explore how Swedish student teachers construct or produce professional identity in interaction while navigating different institutional and professional instances of teacher education. As a discourse analytical contribution to research on teacher identity, the main theoretical framework is mediated discourse theory (e. READ MORE
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5. Negotiating Multiple Identities at Work: The Case of Academic Entrepreneurship
Abstract : This thesis explores how individuals negotiate multiple work-related identities with special emphasis on the combination of entrepreneurship and another occupational role. A growing share of the modern workforce is made up by individuals who do not settle for a single-occupation career but instead opt for more flexible and diverse working arrangements, often combining entrepreneurship with an existing work role. READ MORE