Essays about: "Hybrid-identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Hybrid-identity.

1. 1. ”It’s a blessing and a curse for us”. Negotiating postcolonial identity in the context of Greenlandic climate discourses

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Karoline Tolstrup Sørensen; [2022-08-10]
   Keywords : Greenland; identity; climate discourses; independence and senses of belonging;

   Abstract : The original decision by the Greenlandic government to abstain from the Paris Agreement in 2016, following COP21 was justified with criticism of the Agreement not protecting Indigenous rights to development and thus impeded Greenlandic goals of independence from the Danish Realm. This argument was utilised again at the recent announcement at COP26 in November 2021, by the Greenlandic Premier, to remove previous territorial reservations and now sign the Agreement. READ MORE

3. 2. The Secret Architects of Corporate Sustainability

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Sandra Alpsten Andén; Linn Eriksson; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate sustainability; Sustainability consultants; Big four; Institutional work;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how Big Four sustainability consultants form corporations' sustainability work through a single case study of a Big Four division working with sustainability consulting. As the field of corporate sustainability has evolved dramatically in recent years, it is prominent to believe that the role of consultants has changed since prior scholars examined the area. READ MORE

4. 3. Crossing the River : An Example of Black Politics of Resistance

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Anders Wåke; [2021]
   Keywords : African diaspora; hybridity; unhomeliness; postcolonial; slavery; colonial discourse.;

   Abstract : Caryl Phillis’s novel Crossing the River tells a story of the African diaspora caused by the slave trade. The novel not only depicts the physical aspect of diasporic life, but also sheds light on the cognitive aspects. READ MORE

5. 4. Identity Formation Among Kurds in Sweden: A study on second-generation immigrants

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Lawen Karim; [2020]
   Keywords : Identity; ethnicity; culture in-between; belonging; Kurdish; cultural hybridity; diaspora; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns theories of identity formation and feeling of belonging amongst people in Sweden with Kurdish background. The purpose of this thesis is to study the processes of identity and feelings of belonging among second-generation immigrants of Kurds in the Swedish society. READ MORE

6. 5. Organizational Values in a Family-Owned Aquatic Center A Case Study : A Neo-Institutionalist view on the influence of meaning systems, as manifested by organizational values, in a Family-Owned Aquatic Center

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Ernesto Hoyos de la Garza; [2020]
   Keywords : organizational values; organizational; values; neoinstitutional; neo; institutional; neo-institutional; sociological institutionalism; sociological; institutionalism; hybrid; identity; organization; hybrid identity organization; HIO; NIT; family; business; family business; family company; institutional logic; meaning systems; enforcement mechanism; normative; coercive; mimetic; aquatic center; organizational culture;

   Abstract : The main objective of this case study is to understand how organizational values of a family business are influenced – or are the outcome of – the interactions between the controlling family, their employees, and the social context by which they are surrounded. To investigate this topic a case study research design was applied and a family-owned and -managed Aquatic Center was selected as the company in focus. READ MORE