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2. 1. Discursive practices in strategic entrepeneurship : discourses and the use of repertoires in two firms

   Author : Linda Höglund; Claes Hultman; Maria Mårtensson; Björn Bjerke; Bengt Johannisson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship in established firms; organisational entrepreneurship; opportunity; advantage; discursive psychology; discursive practices; interpretative repertoires; positioning; discursive devices; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This is a thesis in marketing concerned with entrepreneurship in established firms and the discursive practices that take place within a perspective of strategic entrepreneurship. The study of discursive practices in this context assumes a concern with how different aspects of entrepreneurship are produced and consumed by people in text and talk. READ MORE

4. 2. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility : Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts

   Author : Brita Backlund Rambaree; Barbara Hobson; Charlotta Stern; Dima Jamali; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corporate social responsibility; CSR; institutional theory; Foucault; context; embeddedness; institutions; new institutionalism; institutional complementarity; discursive institutionalism; institutional work; responsible investment; SRI; social constructionism; discourse; power; qualitative content analysis; self-reporting; abductive approach; interpretative repertoires; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. READ MORE

5. 3. Negotiated knowledge positions : communication in trauma teams

   Author : Maria Härgestam; Maritha Jacobsson; Christine Brulin; Magnus Hultin; Eric Carlström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; communication; discourse psychology; ideological dilemma; interpretative repertoires; leadership; non-verbal communication; position; power; team work; time; trauma team; trauma team training; silence;

   Abstract : Background Within trauma teams, effective communication is necessary to ensure safe and secure care of the patient. Deficiencies in communication are one of the most important factors leading to patient harm. Time is an essential factor for rapid and efficient disposal of trauma teams to increase patients’ survival and prevent morbidity. READ MORE

6. 4. Decision-making in health issues : Teenagers' use of science and other discourses

   Author : Mats Lundström; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : discourse; epistemological resources; health literacy; identity construction; interpretative repertoire; pseudoscience; science; scientific literacy; trustworthiness; video diary; video diary; pseudoscience; interpretative repertoire; identity construction; health literacy; epistemological resources; discourse; scientific literacy; science; trustworthiness;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to develop knowledge about young individuals’ reasoning and how they justify their standpoints concerning trustworthiness and decision-making in issues connected to health where available information is contradictory or uncertain. This purpose has been addressed in three different steps. READ MORE

7. 5. Language practices in Swedish-English families

   Author : Tim Roberts; Erica Sandlund; Marika Kjellén; Silvia Kunitz; Elizabeth Lanza; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family language policy; bilingualism; conversation analysis; rhizome; linguistic repertoires; Swedish; English; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the family language practices of Swedish-English families using an interdisciplinary and mixed-method approach. The principal aim is to empirically document what these practices are, as well as how practices interact with various ideological, conceptual, and contextual factors. READ MORE