Search for dissertations about: "identity construction"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 144 swedish dissertations containing the words identity construction.

2. 6. Construction of Transnational Identities? : a study of how multiple international assignments influence individuals' identity processes

   Author : Malin Näsholm; Nils Wåhlin; Tommy Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international assignments; identity construction; career; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis examines multiple international assignments from an identity construction perspective, and identification or social identities as part thereof. A distinction is made between repeat expatriates, employed by the same company over several assignments abroad, and international itinerants, who move abroad working for several different companies. READ MORE

4. 7. Identity construction and memory after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage : Patients' accounts and relatives' and patients' statements in relation to memory tests

   Author : Elisabeth Berggren; Albert Westergren; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAH; Stroke; Pain; Memory; Decisions; Meaning-making; Identity-construction; memory tests; interviews; Medical sciences; Medicin;

   Abstract : Background: A Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a complex pathophysiological event and most patients have, before the onset, felt completely well. Being stricken by a SAH is a dramatic event, often followed by unconsciousness and memory problems. This may influence the adjustment to daily life. READ MORE

5. 8. Exploring the concept of strategy using a practice lens: The case of a large construction company

   Author : Martin Löwstedt; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategy-as-Practice; Self-reinforcing mechanism; Practice; Narratives; Identity; Construction; Interpretative approach;

   Abstract : Ever since its origins back in the 1960´s, strategy researchers have been engaged in an ongoing discussion about what strategy actually means. Over the historical development of the strategic-management field strategy has gone from something that top managers formulated; it has gone from including a rather limited analytical process, to being a pattern in streams of actions and to encompass a myriad of strategic micro processes. READ MORE

6. 9. Off the Edge of the Map: A Study of Organizational Diversity as Identity Work

   Author : Viktorija Kalonaityte; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist theory; mock bureaucracy; identity work; Organizational diversity; identity construction; postcolonial theory; institutional process;

   Abstract : “Diversify or die” is a recurring and rather dramatic call for organizations to recruit, retain and manage a demographically diverse workforce, advocated by the business case for diversity, also known as diversity management philosophy. Diversity management places diverse social identities at the heart of organizational success and has gained much attention from management consultants and managers in North America and Europe. READ MORE

7. 10. Teacher Identity as Discourse : A Case Study of Students in Swedish Teacher Education

   Author : Johan Christensson; Mona Blåsjö; Anna Edin; Rodney H. Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; teacher identity; teacher education; mediated discourse theory; nexus analysis; social action; oral presentation; essay writing; teaching placement; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

   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