Search for dissertations about: "professional associations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words professional associations.

  2. 1. To Blend in or Stand out? - Hospital Social Workers' Jurisdictional Work in Sweden and Germany

    Author : Manuela Sjöström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-national case study; health care; hospital social work; jurisdiction; profession; professional association; professional subgroup; subordination;

    Abstract : This dissertation describes, analyses, and compares the means by which hospital social work associations in Sweden and Germany pursue their members’ professionalization through ‘jurisdictional work’. The time period covered by the research is 1989 through 2008. READ MORE

  4. 2. Expert performance in golf

    Author : John Hellström; Leif Isberg; Johnny Nilsson; Debbie J. Crews; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Golf; professional; world-class; expert; psychology; physique; technique; game statistics; tournament; Idrottsvetenskap; Sports Science;

    Abstract : The competition in elite golf is fierce. Players therefore often have psychological, physical, and technical experts supporting them. The associations between these experts focus areas and how they relate to the playing results are valuable to understand, in order to create more effective training programs. READ MORE

  5. 3. Technology Carriers: The Role of Engineers in the Expanding Swedish Shipbuilding System

    Author : Lars O. Olsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sociotechnical systems; shipbuilding; engineering education; 20-th century; user-producer interaction; professional associations; engineers; technological systems; technological knowledge; history of technology; systems of innovation; industrial research;

    Abstract : This study analyses the process which shaped the role or function of college-trained engineers within a technological system or innovation system during the period from the start of the 20th century until the 1950s and 1960s. With a conceptual framework of sociotechnical systems and of engineers as a social group of technology carriers this process is studied in one particular system, namely the Swedish shipbuilding system. READ MORE

  6. 4. A professional community goes online - a study of an online learning community in general medicine

    Author : Urban Carlén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Online learning communities; online participation; general medicine; e-mailing list; professional association; general practice;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how an e-mailing list, organised and managed by a Swedish professional association of general medicine, functions as an online learning community (OLC). In a contemporary networked society, people participate online in order to share knowledge and experiences about shared interests. READ MORE

  7. 5. Gendering the sociology profession : Sweden, Britain and the US

    Author : Sanja Magdalenić; Barbara Hobson; Joan Acker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology; professions; organizations; gender; professional project; history of sociology; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The dissertation explores the relationship between gender and professions with a historical sociological analysis of the sociology profession in Sweden, Britain and the US. The theoretical framework draws upon three conceptual terrains: professions, organizations and gender. READ MORE