Search for dissertations about: "ambiguity"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 217 swedish dissertations containing the word ambiguity.

2. 6. Gendered experiences of work environment : A study of stress and ambiguity among dental students in Sweden

   Author : Ingrid Schéle; Leif Hedman; Anne Hammarström; Eva Bejerot; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dental students; Swedish dental education; work and organisational theories; gender power relations; ambiguity; perceived stress; satisfaction; grounded theory; content analysis; SEM; cluster analysis; tandläkarstudenter; svensk tandläkarutbildning; arbets- och organisations teorier; genus och makt relationer; ambiguitet; upplevd stress; nöjdhet; grundad teori; innehållsanalys; SEM; kluster analys; Applied psychology; Tillämpad psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how dental students experience their education. We aim to generate ways to understand which elements relate to the students’ experience based on current theories and models regarding the quality of working life and gender (and) power relations. READ MORE

4. 7. Ambiguities Thereafter - An Interpretive Approach to Acquisitions

   Author : Anette Risberg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mergers; employee experiences; communication; Acquisitions; ambiguity; Organizational science; Organisationsteori;

   Abstract : While the human side of mergers and acquisitions is increasingly focused in both research and practice, it still suffers from several forms of oversimplifications. This study addresses the problem of how various employees interpret objectives, corporate identity and other meanings associated with the post-acquisition process, and what roles these multiple interpretations play during this critical process. READ MORE

5. 8. IT-adaptation as sensemaking : inventing new meaning for technology in organizations

   Author : Ola Henfridsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT-adaptation; sensemaking; information systems; ambiguity; identity; meaning; interpretive case study; email and conference systems; software support systems;

   Abstract : Noting how organizations today are increasingly dependent on IT for a broad range of organizational activities, the thesis starts from the observation that many IT-related endeavors nevertheless fail. In tracing part of the problem to the inability of many organizations to cope with changes in the surrounding material and social context, the emphasis is put on the processes by which IT-artifacts are adapted and re-adapted, after they have been put into daily use. READ MORE

6. 9. Essays on Behavioral Economics and Fisheries: Coordination and Cooperation

   Author : Lisa Björk; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public good; conditional cooperation; experiment; uncertainty; risk; ambiguity; common pool; TURF; co-management; coordination; shrimp; ITQ; fisheries; social network;

   Abstract : Kapitel 1: Samarbete under risk och sann osäkerhet (ambiguity). Avkastningen på investeringar i kollektiva nyttigheter är nästan alltid osäker till skillnad från den design som används i ekonomiska experiment i den rådande empiriska litteraturen. READ MORE

7. 10. Essays on Field Experiments and Impact Evaluation

   Author : Remidius Denis Ruhinduka; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation to climate change; ambiguity; artefactual field experiment; behavioraleconomics; charcoal; credit; deforestation; endogenous switching regression; field experiment; guilt; honesty; impact evaluation; kindness; liquidity constraint; LPG stoves; rice marketing; risk preferences; system of rice intensification; Tanzania; time preferences;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice Intensification We use rich survey data to investigate the economic impact of a climate-friendly rice farming method known as the system of rice intensification (SRI) on the welfare of rain-dependent small-holder farmers in Tanzania. SRI reduces water consumption by half, which makes it a promising farming system in the adaptation to climate change in moisture constrained areas, and it does not require flooding of rice fields, resulting in reduced methane emissions. READ MORE