Search for dissertations about: "identity theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 280 swedish dissertations containing the words identity theory.

2. 1. Through the Looking Glass : An Identity-Based View of Place Branding

   Author : Carola Strandberg; Maria Ek Styvén; Åsa Wallström; Eric Braun; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Place branding; identity-based place branding; place identity; place’s identity; places identity; places identities; place brand identity; place image; place brand image; self-congruity; self-congruence; place attachment; positive word-of-mouth; word-of-mouth; place advocacy; place ambassadorship; likelihood to stay; intention to stay; resident retention; stakeholders; residents; citizens; inhabitants; visitors; co-creators; co-creation; place brand; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

   Abstract : Places of today face intense global competition for crucial resources. Attracting visitors and retaining residents is vital especially for post-industrial cities and rural places facing a loss of traditional industrial jobs, and urbanization and centralization of the population and economy. READ MORE

4. 2. Rethinking Ontological Security Theory : Conceptual Investigations into 'Self' and 'Anxiety'

   Author : Nina C. Krickel-Choi; Karl Gustafsson; Sebastian Larsson; Brent J. Steele; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anxiety; body; concepts; embodiment; existentialism; Giddens; identity; IR theory; Japan; Laing; North Korea; ontological security; phenomenology; psychological constructivism; recovering meaning; security studies; self; sovereignty; states; Taiwan; internationella relationer; International Relations;

   Abstract : The growing literature on ontological security has generated important insights about the behaviour of individuals, groups, and states in international politics. It has thereby greatly contributed to the discipline of International Relations (IR), especially to IR theory and the sub-field of Security Studies. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Role, Identity and Work : Extending the design and development agenda

   Author : David Dinka; James M. Nyce; Toomas Timpka; Sture Hägglund; Bengt Sandblad; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Role; Identity; Usability; Safety; User-centred design; Medical Informatics; Informatics; Informatik;

   Abstract : In order to make technology easier to handle for its users, the field of HCI (Human- Computer Interaction) has recently often turned the environment and the context of use. In this thesis the focus is on the relation between the user and the technology. READ MORE

7. 5. Univalent Types, Sets and Multisets : Investigations in dependent type theory

   Author : Håkon Robbestad Gylterud; Erik Palmgren; Nicola Gambino; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; type theory; homotopy type theory; dependent types; constructive set theory; databases; formalisation; agda; Mathematics; matematik;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers on type theory and a formalisation of certain results from the two first papers in the Agda language. We cover topics such as models of multisets and sets in Homotopy Type Theory, and explore ideas of using type theory as a language for databases and different ways of expressing dependencies between terms. READ MORE