Search for dissertations about: "kindness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word kindness.

  2. 1. Going Above and Beyond : An Assessment of Paying it Forward Behaviour in the B2B Marketing Context

    Author : Maria Theresa Eriksson; Tim Foster; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Julie Tinson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paying it Forward; Ecosystem Citizenship Behaviour; Employer Branding; Generalised Social Exchange; Ecosystems; Paying it Forward Mindset; B2B Marketing; Kindness; Helping Behaviours; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : Helping behavior and other acts of kindness are important in the business context as they lead to numerous positive outcomes for organizations and individuals and they can help form the foundation needed for meeting organizational goals. Acts of kindness can have a multiplying effect which can be achieved by kindness being paid back to the individual who conducted the act of kindness or paid forward to others. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Field Experiments and Impact Evaluation

    Author : Remidius Denis Ruhinduka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation to climate change; ambiguity; artefactual field experiment; behavioraleconomics; charcoal; credit; deforestation; endogenous switching regression; field experiment; guilt; honesty; impact evaluation; kindness; liquidity constraint; LPG stoves; rice marketing; risk preferences; system of rice intensification; Tanzania; time preferences;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice Intensification We use rich survey data to investigate the economic impact of a climate-friendly rice farming method known as the system of rice intensification (SRI) on the welfare of rain-dependent small-holder farmers in Tanzania. SRI reduces water consumption by half, which makes it a promising farming system in the adaptation to climate change in moisture constrained areas, and it does not require flooding of rice fields, resulting in reduced methane emissions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Police interviews with victims and suspects of violent and sexual crimes : interviewees' experiences and interview outcomes

    Author : Ulf Holmberg; Sven Å. Christianson; Ray Bull; Sven-Åke Christianson; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Police interview; police officers; crime victims; suspects; stress; attitude function; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The police interview is one of the most important investigative tools that law enforcement has close at hand, and police interview methods have changed during the twentieth century. A good police interview is conducted in the frame of the law, is governed by the interview goal, and is influenced by facilitating factors that may affect the elicited report. READ MORE

  6. 4. Police Interviews with Victims and Suspects of Violent and Sexual Crimes : Interviewee's experiences and interview outcomes

    Author : Ulf Holmberg; Sven-Åke Christianson; Ray Bull; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Police interview; police officers; crime victims; suspects; stress; attitude function; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The police interview is one of the most important investigative tools that law enforcement has close at hand, and police interview methods have changed during the twentieth century. A good police interview is conducted in the frame of the law, is governed by the interview goal, and is influenced by facilitating factors that may affect the elicited report. READ MORE

  7. 5. Persons who frequently use psychiatric emergency services : perspectives on who they are, what their needs are and howthey are encountered by healthcare professionals

    Author : Manuela Schmidt; Ann-Christin Janlöv; Pernilla Garmy; Sigrid Stjärnsvärd; Psykisk hälsa och psykiatrisk hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The overall objective of the thesis was to describe who persons that frequently use psychiatric emergency services (PES) in Sweden are, to explore what needs they experience as well as how healthcare professionals working at PES view the needs of those persons and experience encounters with them.This thesis includes both quantitative (I, II) and qualitative (II, III, IV) research designs and applies a broad range of data collection methods, such as use of register data (I), use of survey data (II), individual interviews and focus group interviews (III, IV). READ MORE