Essays about: "counterproductive"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 75 essays containing the word counterproductive.

  1. 1. Working hard or hardly working. A critical discourse analysis of the quiet quitting phenomenon in the past decade.

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

    Author : Julia Lundberg; Petter Winberg; [2024]
    Keywords : Quiet quitting; Discourse; Counterproductive work behavior; Empty labor; Meaning of work;

    Abstract : The concept of "quiet quitting," characterized by employees merely fulfilling minimum work requirements without going above and beyond, gained widespread attention on TikTok in 2022, however, the behavior existed before this. Surveys suggest that Sweden is one of the countries where quiet quitting is most prominent in the workforce. READ MORE

  3. 2. Working with Mentors in Violence Prevention: The experiences and understandings of professionals

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Meron Temesgen; [2023-02-08]
    Keywords : Mentors in Violence Prevention MVP ; Youth; Social Norms; Hegemonic Masculinity; Bridging and Bonding;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and analyse the understanding the professionals’, who work with youth at one of the schools where Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) was implemented, have of their work. Particular emphasis was made on the professionals’ own positioning in relation to the gender theoretical starting points and structural perspective of the MVP-programme. READ MORE

  4. 3. The ambiguity of gender equality in the contemporary ACW Work Plan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Moa Malmström; [2023]
    Keywords : ASEAN; Gender equality; Discourse Analysis; WPR method; postcolonial feminism; ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study examines how gender equality is represented and problematized in the ASEAN Committee on Women Work Plan 2021-2025. The study seeks to explore discourse of gender equality present in the work plan, by employing Carol Bacchi’s “What is the problem represented to be” method. READ MORE

  5. 4. Akrasia and Addiction in the age of Social Media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Benjamin Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Akrasia; Weakness of will; Freedom of the Will; Addiction; Social Media Addiction; Dopamine; Dual system theory;

    Abstract : The concept of weakness of will, or Akrasia, relates to questions regarding the rationality of our choices. Philosophers such as Richard Holton and Alfred Mele have spearheaded the debate since the turn of the century, but quite recently arguments put forth by Nick Heather and Edmund Henden have catapulted the question into a subgenre between the medical, psychological, and philosophical fields. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dagvatten som berikar : en gestaltning av stadsdelsparken Ekebydalen i Uppsala innefattande integrering av dagvattenanläggningar och sociotopvärden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sofia Andersson; Ellica Ericsson; [2023]
    Keywords : dagvatten; dagvattenhantering; hållbar dagvattenhantering; skyfall; klimatanpassning; nature-based solutions; sociotopvärden; Ekebydalen Uppsala; stadsdelspark; gestaltning;

    Abstract : Klimatförändringarna leder till skyfall och en ökad risk för översvämningar i våra städer som därmed behöver klimatanpassas för att hantera detta. Kravet på en hållbar dagvattenhantering ökar vilket innebär att vattnet fördröjs och renas på ett sätt som är inspirerat av naturen. READ MORE