Search for dissertations about: "social capital theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 179 swedish dissertations containing the words social capital theory.

2. 1. Trust in Different Types of Organizational Relationships : A Social Capital Perspective

   Author : Sedigheh Sarah Ebadzadeh Semnani; Staffan Brege; Hossein Dadfar; Amjad Hadjikhani; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to expand the understanding about the concepts of trust and social capital, and to explore their role in achieving desired organizational outcomes. The research followed a multiple case study approach, focusing on Iranian service providers. READ MORE

4. 2. Lifelong learning, intergenerational learning, and social capital : from theory to practice

   Author : Ann-Kristin Boström; Tom Schuller; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lifelong learning; intergenerational learning; social capital; granddad intervention; transmission of skills; attitudes; values and norms; Stockholm; International education; Internationell pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between lifelong learning, intergenerational learning and social capital by reporting on an analysis of the concepts and an investigation of one instance of intergenerational interaction, namely “the granddad programme” – an intervention project run by a limited number of schools in the Stockholm area. The theoretical background concerns both the lifelong perspectiveand the lifewide perspective of learning across the lifespan. READ MORE

5. 3. Mutual benefit : Rethinking social inclusion

   Author : Lina Martinson; Göran Cars; Judith Allen; KTH; []
   Keywords : Social sciences; Social inclusion; integration; segregation; social exclusion; social capital; governance; value-creation; value-creating processes; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : geography, where segregation and social exclusion of neighbourhoods and marginalised groups are mounting problems. Concurrently, globalisation and structural changes have altered the conditions for the national state and the public sector as well as for other actors. READ MORE

6. 4. Making their minds up : Students´ choice to study social work in Iraklio, Greece

   Author : Vasileia Papadaki; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social service; educational choice; occupational choice; social work students; practice tutorials; habitus; field; gendered habitus; turning points; routines; misrecognition; educational fetishism; Socialt arbete; Social work; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : The present thesis examines the possible reasons social workers have for entering and eventually graduating from the Social Work Department in Iraklio, Greece. It is a three-phase study, consisting of three distinct but related research parts; each research part is built upon knowledge, issues and questions derived from the preceding part. READ MORE

7. 5. Where from and by whom? Tracing academic and practitioner visions of energy systems change related to lower income countries

   Author : Samuel John Unsworth; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociotechnical imaginaries; temporality; sociotechnical change; agency; directionality; lower income countries; knowledge politics; spatiality; innovation; framing;

   Abstract : Dominant agendas of global sustainable development broadly emphasise the urgency of a transition towards an environmentally, socially and economically preferable future. Critical scholars have raised concerns that this transition either produces new environmental, social and economic problems or reproduces those problems of the present system. READ MORE