Essays about: "professionalization"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the word professionalization.

  1. 21. The Gentleman, The Rebel and The Villain: A comparative study of the scandal-sensitivity of athlete personalities in sports marketing

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

    Author : Anthony Grivas; Fabian Bratell; [2018]
    Keywords : sports marketing; celebrity-athlete endorsement; social psychology; scandals; consumer response;

    Abstract : Celebrity athletes have been powerful marketing tools throughout the professionalization and commercialization of sports. During the last couple of decades, the amount of sponsorship money allocated to the sports industry has rapidly increased, outplaying other sectors of entertainment. READ MORE

  3. 22. Disciplining Rural Cadres: Anti-corruption and Party Building in North China, 1979-1981

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Long Yang; [2018]
    Keywords : Anti-corruption; Rural Cadres; Party Building; State Building; Institutional Change; North China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s reestablishment of disciplinary organs from the central to township/commune levels in the early post-Mao era (1979-1981). It set out to show why such organs came into being and how, with their help, the party attempted to strengthen its infrastructure and adopt specific measures to prevent the abuses of power at the grassroots level. READ MORE

  4. 23. Numerical professionalization - The role of calculative practices in governing the individual football player

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

    Author : Carl Grant; Marcus Skantze; [2018]
    Keywords : Popular culture; Performance measurement systems; Individuals; Emotions; Foucault;

    Abstract : In a time of pervasive quantitative performance regimes and numerical professionalization, an investigation of individual accountability seems timely. This paper seeks to investigate the role of calculative practices in governing the emotions and performances of individuals within popular culture. READ MORE

  5. 24. Controlling the journey from amateur to pro - Institutional work in sport organizations

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

    Author : Rikard Edvardsson; Michael Kestad; [2017]
    Keywords : Management Control; Sports; Professionalization; Institutional Work; Isomorphism;

    Abstract : In light of the professionalization of elite sports, the field has become divided into two parts, the amateur and the professional level, with differing conditions and logics that affect the design and use of management control systems (MCS). Taking a holistic view on how MCS develop in sport organizations that move from amateur to professional, we add to previous research on management control and sports that mainly has explored narrow topics of control. READ MORE

  6. 25. By whose rules, for whose needs? The power of elites, livelihood implications and potential for resistance in two Nepalese community forest user groups

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Constantin Harrer; [2017]
    Keywords : community forestry; power; recentralization; professionalization; elite capture; livelihoods; resistance; Nepal;

    Abstract : The Nepalese community forestry program entitles user groups to autonomously manage their forest within the confines of an officially approved operational plan. While widely considered a conservation success, recent discourses on elite capture, professionalization and recentralization question the program’s anticipated social outcomes. READ MORE