Essays about: "arbetslivssociologi"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word arbetslivssociologi.

  1. 1. Buzz marketing and the loss of authentic self: an investigation of the motivational structure of marketing in the personal sphere and its potential consequences on social relations.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Peter Bengtsen; [2008]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; buzz marketing; Buzzador; cultural capital; friendship; Habermas; habitus; marketing; Marx; personal sphere; public sphere; surplus value; symbolic capital; viral marketing; word of mouth; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social economics; Social ekonomi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Social structures; Sociala strukturer; History and Archaeology; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I begin my thesis by linking the rise of buzz marketing in recent years to general economic, medial and social developments in society, while mainly focusing on the shift from a modern to a post-modern pattern of production and consumption. I also point out the great symbolic significance that consumption has as a signifier of a personal identity in contemporary society. READ MORE

  3. 2. Newcomers in Malmö: people with globalized experiences and their expectations of the local labor market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anastasia Chekalova; [2006]
    Keywords : people with globalized biographies; work experience; career expectations; labor market; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates a group of globalized foreign-born people among the new residents in Malmö who came to Sweden mainly in 2005. The life situation of this group of immigrants is not as well studied as the integration problems of refugees. READ MORE

  4. 3. Contracts, Markets, Power and Institutionalism - Explaining CEO Compensation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Alexander Jerneck; [2006]
    Keywords : CEO compensation; agency theory; resource dependence; transaction costs; institutionalism; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation is an issue of great public concern, one which involves acute stratification, and is a question at the heart of theoretical and social characetarizations of the contemporary capitalist system. Yet is is an issue around which there exists no empirical, and to a lesser degree, no theoretical consensus. READ MORE

  5. 4. Globalisation, organisational culture and workplace safety : is there a connection?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Bengt Olof Åradsson; [2005]
    Keywords : sjukskrivningar; arbetsmiljö; organisationskultur; företagskultur; arbetslivssociologi; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study is an effort to find a connection between the high number of people on sick leave, the occupational health situation at the workplace, and stronger market competition and globalisation forces. The basis for the study is statistics, mainly on injuries and diseases, interviews with people in different positions with either long experience within the safety and health situation or otherwise having insight into organisations? internal situation, and a literature review. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender Equality in the Codes of Conduct of Multinational Companies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Holmqvist; [2004]
    Keywords : genus; jämställdhet på arbetsmarknaden; multinationella företag; diskriminering på arbetsmarknaden; gender equality; code of conduct; corporate social responsibility; Sociology of labour; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis has been to describe whether aspects on gender equality is addressed in the codes of conduct of multinational corporations. A code of conduct is a document where principles on corporate social responsibility are formulated. I have focused on four Swedish multinational corporations and their codes of conduct. READ MORE