Essays about: "Hierarchical culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 74 essays containing the words Hierarchical culture.

  1. 6. Bibliophiles : Amateur Reviews in a Media Compact Society

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alva Svenning; [2022]
    Keywords : Literary field; Bourdieu; social media logic; user agency; Facebook groups; readers; mediatization; book industry; amateur reviews; literary critics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bourdieu once spoke of ‘autonomy’ as a cornerstone to the making of a field, an element that demands the creation of contextually tied social values and hierarchies. Within the literary field, these hierarchical structures have been embedded for a long time, ranking cultural producers and other industry-leading agents above the social and the common; the ordinary reader. READ MORE

  3. 7. Swedish, Polish or Swolish? Cultural perceptions from a Swedish start-up expanding into Poland: A qualitative case-study examining cultural differences in a Swedish firm with a Polish office

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Max Knutsson; Anton Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Organizational culture; Culture; Perceptions; Cultural strategy;

    Abstract : Through a qualitative case study this thesis aims to answer how cultural differences are managed and interpreted in a tech start-up operating in two countries, Sweden and Poland. The case study examines the company Astros (fictitious name) and is based on 11 in-depth semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  4. 8. Who can “I” or “we” be without Gender? An online ethnographic study to understand identity inside the alchemy of agender

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Felicity Markdal; [2022]
    Keywords : Agender; Non-binary; Phenomenology; Genderqueer; Alchemy; Eidetic reduction; Queer theory; Husserl; Braidotti; Irigaray;

    Abstract : This research is a curiosity for the spaces outside the gender binary, the spaces where an “I” and a “we” could manifest unencumbered by this hierarchical binary[1]. The binary is often in gender research considered a system of understanding sexed peoples in this world based on their differential position in relation to one another. READ MORE

  5. 9. The effects of remote work on organizational culture and innovation : A case of the technology sector

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Jeff Nkandu; Evripidis Karatsivos; [2022]
    Keywords : organizational culture; innovation; remote work; COVID-19;

    Abstract : Since the 1970s, remote work had been considered as a niche approach to work. However, that changed in 2020 with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote work became a necessity for most organizations amid a worldwide crisis. READ MORE

  6. 10. Managing an Environmental Jolt- A Case Study of How a Swedish SME Made Sense of a Sudden Increase in Demand from the Global Covid-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anna Skarin; Emma Lejonmark; [2021-06-29]
    Keywords : Environmental Jolt; the Covid-19 Pandemic; ; SME; Sensemaking Perspective; Collective Sensemaking; Prospective Sensemaking; Culture; Improvisation Bricolage; Updating;

    Abstract : In today’s society organisations frequently have to cope with and respond to unexpected events. This study aims to investigate how a sudden increase in demand from an environmental jolt, in this case, the global Covid-19 pandemic, was managed by a Swedish small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). READ MORE