Search for dissertations about: "empowerment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 215 swedish dissertations containing the word empowerment.

  2. 1. Empowerment a question about democracy and ethics in everyday life : ICT and empowering relationship as support for persons with intellectual disabilities

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Stockholm Institute of Education Press (HLS förl.)

    Author : Karin Renblad; Jane Brodin; [2003]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information management; Communication; Mentally disabled persons; Personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning; delaktighet i samhället; Personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning sociala nätverk; Informationsteknik;

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  4. 2. Seeking empowerment asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden

    University dissertation from Umeå : Department of Sociology, Umeå university

    Author : Jonny Bergman; Lars Dahlgren; Åsa Gustafson; Peo Hansen; [2010]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; asylum-seekers; refugees; refugee migration; empowerment; grounded theory; constructionist grounded theory; Afghanistan; Swedish asylum policy; SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Sociology; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Socialvetenskap Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how asylum-seeking refugees manage their lives in the situation they are in, a situation in which they are dependent and have to wait for decisions on whether or not they will get to stay in the country in which they have made their application for asylum. The elaboration upon these questions and the purpose of the study is approached through a field study of asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. A Sociology of Empowerment The Relevance of Communicative Contexts for Workplace Change

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

    Author : Linda Weidenstedt; Charlotta Stern; Jens Rydgren; Jean Bartunek; [2017]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; empowerment; disempowerment; paradox of empowerment; empowerment orientation; human resource management; organizational behavior; psychological contract; sociological theory; communication; interaction; quantitative survey study; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Empowerment has been a popular concept in management and leadership practice and research for more than forty years. The intentions behind empowerment at the workplace are positive: empowered employees should experience a greater degree of influence, decision-making latitude, and meaningfulness. READ MORE

  6. 4. Designing for Online Youth Counselling Empowerment through Design and Participation

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

    Author : Sofia Lundmark; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Gustav Lymer; Åsa Mäkitalo; [2016]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Empowerment; Participation; Design practice; Participatory design projects; Norm-critical design; Norms in design; Ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Online youth counselling; Pedagogik; Education; Patologi; Pathology; Patologi; Pathology;

    Abstract : More and more people are using the internet to access various societal functions. In recent years, municipalities and private enterprises have increasingly begun to explore and develop internet-based services to support public health in general and to disseminate health information in particular. READ MORE

  7. 5. Designing for Online Youth Counselling : Empowerment through Design and Participation

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Uppsala universitet

    Author : Sofia Lundmark; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Gustav Lymer; Åsa Mäkitalo; [2016]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Empowerment; Participation; Design practice; Participatory design projects; Norm-critical design; Norms in design; Ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Online youth counselling;

    Abstract : More and more people are using the internet to access various societal functions. In recent years, municipalities and private enterprises have increasingly begun to explore and develop internet-based services to support public health in general and to disseminate health information in particular. READ MORE