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  1. 1. “A guy got to sometimes” : Hegemonic masculinity and male homosociality in Of Mice of Men, by John Steinbeck

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Abigail Piper Sandström; [2024]
    Keywords : Masculinity; Steinbeck; Homosociality; American Literature; Hegemonic masculinity; Gender; Male Studies;

    Abstract : John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men explores themes of morality and masculinity through its many male characters. With the use of hegemonic masculinity theory, this essay analyzes how different elements of masculinity are characterized, constructed, and valued in relation to one another. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Friend, the Influencer, the Lawyer: a Qualitative Case Study of IKEA’s Identity Expressions on Facebook

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Sara Fregert; [2023]
    Keywords : Organizational communication; Corporate identity; Organizational identity; Sensemaking; Impression management; Marketing; Social media; Identification; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With the increased loss of control over the organizational identity (OrI) in social media, research has started to encourage organizations to hand over control of the OrI to the creation and distribution of stakeholders. This has created challenges for the strategic communicator in managing the OrI internally, as the employees adapt to the OrI in the mind of the stakeholder rather than the OrI set by the dominant coalition. READ MORE

  4. 3. Towards Understanding Factors that hinder The Sustainable Growth of Gambian-owned SMEs

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Musa Darboe; Isatou B. Jallow; [2023]
    Keywords : Gambian-owned SMEs; co-opetition; Sustainability; entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : Our study aims to establish facts not fictions regarding micro and macro factors affectingthe sustainable growth of small and medium size enterprises that are owned by Gambiansin the Gambia. The life cycle of a business demonstrates how entrepreneurs turn ideas intostartups that go through a survival stage which they later transform into a rapid growthstage until they reach the maturity stage where they can either diversify or start whole newventures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Extremal Mechanisms for Pointwise Maximal Leakage

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Leonhard Grosse; [2023]
    Keywords : Privacy; mechanism design; information leakage; convex optimization; information-theoretic utility; Integritet; Mekanismdesign; informationsläckage; konvex optimering; informationsteoretisk användbarhet.;

    Abstract : In order to implement privacy preservation for individuals, systems need to utilize privacy mechanisms that privatize sensitive data by randomization. The goal of privacy mechanism design is to find optimal tradeoffs between maximizing the utility of the privatized data while providing a strict sense of privacy defined by a chosen privacy measure. READ MORE

  6. 5. Från expansion och äventyr till revolution och landsflykt : svenska sågverk och sågverksarbetare i norra Ryssland 1898–1925

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Ylva Kungsman; [2023]
    Keywords : sågverk; sågverkspatroner; sågverksarbetare; timmerfront; Ryska revolutionen; historiskt källmaterial; intervjuer;

    Abstract : Under den expansiva industriella utvecklingen i Ryssland i början av 1900-talet flyttade flera stora svenska företag sina verksamheter dit. Bland dem fanns LM Ericsson, ASEA, (Electro)Lux och Nobel bröderna. READ MORE