Search for dissertations about: "career experience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words career experience.

2. 1. Social representations of career and career guidance in the changing world of working life

   Author : Ingela Bergmo-Prvulovic; Christina Chaib; Mohamed Chaib; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : Career; career development; career guidance; career guidance practice; educational and vocational guidance; guidance counselling; changing world of working life; European policy; lifelong learning; human resource strategies; human resource profession; social representations; document analysis; free associations method; qualitative content analysis; subjective career; objective career;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the meaning of career as a phenomenon and its implication for career guidance. In 1996, career as a phenomenon was more or less considered to be an obsolete or even extinct phenomenon. Since then, career guidance has received increased attention along with the increased interest in lifelong learning strategies. READ MORE

4. 2. Entrepreneurship, Career Experience and Learning - Developing Our Understanding of Entrepreneurship as an Experiential Learning Process

   Author : Diamanto Politis; Richard Harrison; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; management; Företagsledning; Management of enterprises; entrepreneurial knowledge; experiential learning; Entrepreneurial learning; career experience; Entrepreneurial Learning;

   Abstract : Why are some individuals more successful in recognizing and exploiting new venture opportunities than others? The common view is that successful entrepreneurs have acquired and developed specific types of knowledge through their previous career experiences, which in turn facilitate their involvement in the entrepreneurial process from opportunity recognition to opportunity exploitation. If this is true, how can we understand the learning mechanisms that underlie this experiential learning process? The overall purpose of this dissertation is to develop concepts that enhances our understanding of entrepreneurship as an experiential learning process, and based on this development to empirically test a conceptual framework that explains how individuals develop entrepreneurial knowledge through experiences acquired in their careers. READ MORE

5. 3. Global careerists’ identity construction : A narrative study of repeat expatriates and international itinerants

   Author : Malin Näsholm; Nils Wåhlin; Tommy Jensen; Christopher Brewster; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; global careers; repeat expatriates; international itinerants; narrative; career; identity construction; social identity;

   Abstract : Research on international work experiences has to a great extent focused on an international assignment as a single event, and on how to optimize it from the organization’s perspective. This thesis addresses individuals’ subjective experiences of international work experiences and focuses on individuals with global careers, who see working abroad as a major element of their careers, involving several international assignments or international work experiences. READ MORE

6. 4. Profession on the move : Changing conditions and gendered development in physiotherapy

   Author : Ann Öhman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : career; gender; division of labour; physiotherapy; health care; professional socialisation; professional development; gendered habitus; field; symbolic capital;

   Abstract : Physiotherapy in Sweden has developed from a practical, hands-on, assistant job predominantly taught at college level to a university-based academic discipline emphasising evidence-based practice and research. Women are in majority although an increasing number of men have entered the profession. READ MORE

7. 5. A Career Beyond Startups: Entrepreneurial Competencies in the Careers of Venture Creation Program Graduates

   Author : Martin Stockhaus; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurial competencies; venture creation program; entrepreneurial career; entrepreneurship education;

   Abstract : The entrepreneurial career is an emerging concept in entrepreneurship research. When aiming to understand the trajectory of those embarking on entrepreneurial careers, research has predominantly focused on those who found start-ups. Firm founding is also widely used in research to assess outcomes of entrepreneurship educations. READ MORE