Essays about: "Subject positions"

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  1. 11. The Law of Small Numbers in Skewed Hiring Distributions: Consequences for Perceived Ethnicity Discrimination

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Oscar Bauer; Castiau Lucie; [2023]
    Keywords : Law of small numbers; perceived ethnic discrimination; prototypical discrimination; observing discrimination; subjective probability.;

    Abstract : The law of small numbers bias is a representativeness heuristic that often leads individuals to draw extensive conclusions from small samples while underestimating the generalizability in larger ones. This study investigated whether individuals overestimate perceived discrimination in small employment samples and underestimate it in large ones. READ MORE

  3. 12. Is this a threat to my individual self-perception, or an opportunity? A qualitative study unfolding the effects of generative AI chatbots on students' individual self-perception in the process of revising and updating their "selves"

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

    Author : Wilma Augustsson; Karin Östberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Self-Perception; Identity Work; Identity Opportunities; Identity Threats; Generative AI Chatbots;

    Abstract : For long, scholars have been interested in the concept of identity and its continuous development, conceptualized as identity work - emphasizing its ongoing process rather than a fixed state. As a subject to change, our identities are seen to be influenced by various factors, playing a significant role in shaping our self-perceptions and determining who we are, as well as who we aspire to become. READ MORE

  4. 13. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Femke Podsedkowska; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital feudalism; social media; power relations; Instagram; influencers; medievalism; algorithms; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE

  5. 14. Motivated to sell : What motivates women in leading sales positions in tech organizations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Livman; [2022]
    Keywords : Work motivation; hygiene-motivator theory; expectancy theory; intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation; tech industry; business to business sales; women in sales;

    Abstract : This thesis explores what motivates women in a leadership position, in a sales role and in the technology industry. The field lacks previous research on this specific subject. Using one need-based and one process-based work motivation theory, the study aims to identify and map motivational factors that are regarded by women. READ MORE

  6. 15. New Holocaust Literature: Third-Generation Identity, Memory, and the Reader in Hanna Rajs' Under Månen (2020)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Anna Hofman; [2022]
    Keywords : poetry; Holocaust literature; third generation; Jewish writing; collective memory; Hanna Rajs; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the functions of memory, collective identity, and communication of those same categories to the reader by means of the poetic form in Hanna Rajs’ poetry collection Under månen (2020). Situated or framed within a discussion on Holocaust Literature, Rajs’ poetry is considered in the light of a general historical purview of Holocaust writing, and her specific place within an authorial Jewish third-generation tradition in diaspora, specifically in Sweden and in Europe. READ MORE