Search for dissertations about: "project work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1488 swedish dissertations containing the words project work.

2. 1. Turning Work Inside Out : Exploring Outdoor Office Work

   Author : Charlotte Petersson Troije; Lena Wiklund; David Redmalm; Ebba Lisberg Jensen; Andreas Wallo; Mälardalens universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Outdoor office work; Interactive Research; Human-nature relation; Sustainable work life; Work norms; Urban greenspace; Working Life Studies; arbetslivsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Why don't we usually work outdoors? While some professions require it, most white-collar workers remain indoors, sedentary, and screen-bound. Yet, the potential benefits of outdoor work on health, well-being, learning, and creativity are significant and underexplored, especially given the demands of today's knowledge-intensive work life. READ MORE

4. 2. Liminality at Work : Mobile Project Workers In-Between

   Author : Elisabeth Borg; Jonas Söderlund; Karin Bredin; Torbjörn Stjernberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mobile project workers; liminality; project-based work; contingent workers; liminality practices; liminality competence; Mobila projektarbetare; liminalitet; projektbaserat arbete; konsulter; liminalitetspraktiker; liminalitetskompetens;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis addresses how mobile project workers; technical consultants working in projects, experience and deal with project-based work. The thesis consists of a compilation of five papers and an extended summary. It is based on three qualitative studies including methods like interviews, diaries, and observations. READ MORE

5. 3. Project Becoming and Knowing Trajectories. : An Epistemological Perspective on Human and Nonhuman Project Making

   Author : Camilla Niss; Lars Bengtsson; Matti Kaulio; Fredrik Tell; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; project; knowing; project making; nonhuman agency; knowing trajectory; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract :   In our ‘projectified’ and ‘knowledge-intensive’ society, industrial projects have been proposed as important “journeys of knowledge creation” or “places for knowledge integration”. To date, such perspectives have mainly used traditional cognitive and contextual theories of knowledge and have thus mostly been focused on human actors and their interaction. READ MORE

6. 4. Work Liminality and Liminality Competence : a study of mobile project workers

   Author : Elisabeth Borg; Jonas Söderlund; Karin Bredin; Eskil Ekstedt; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Liminality; Work liminality; Mobile Project Workers; Technical consultants; Project-Based Work; Competence;

   Abstract : This thesis is about people engaged in project-based work, a work context that is becoming increasingly common since more and more firms are relying on project-based forms of organization. More specifically, the thesis deals with a specific condition arising in projectbased work, namely that of ‘work liminality’. READ MORE

7. 5. Digital Work : Coping with Contradictions in Changing Healthcare

   Author : Helena Vallo Hult; Martin Gellerstedt; Katriina Byström; Tina Blegind Jensen; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital work; Information Systems; physicians; professionalism; workplace learning; flipped healthcare.; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

   Abstract : Digital work is bringing significant change to all professions, as established work settings are replaced by remote work and digital teamwork and collaboration. Contradictions arise when work is no longer bounded in time or space and personal and professional life merge. This raises several issues. READ MORE