Essays about: "the Swedish self-image"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the words the Swedish self-image.

1. 11. Being polite : An experimental study of request strategies in Swedish EFL classes

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

   Author : Christopher Ekelund; [2019]
   Keywords : Pragmatics; Politeness theory; Face threatening acts; Swedish upper-secondary school; Requests;

   Abstract : In a world which continuously becomes more globalised, the need to adapt one's language depending on context becomes increasingly important. This is acknowledged in the Swedish syllabus for the upper-secondary school, which emphasises communicative competence and the need to adapt to situation and hearer. READ MORE

3. 12. Let's Face Yoga - A Quantitative Study of the Priming Effect of Yoga on People's Beliefs and Behavior

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

   Author : Jenny Boberg; Frida Änges; [2017]
   Keywords : Priming; Yoga; Behavioral effects; Yogi stereotype;

   Abstract : Due to the rapid growth of yoga in terms of popularity, academic interest, and rising market value, it was hypothesized that the mere presence of yoga in society induced the opportunity for priming to significantly affect individual's behaviors and beliefs. Building upon the divergent research foundations of yoga and priming, the experimental study examined whether yoga priming would generate positive effects on the variables of mood, self-image, materialistic behavior, self-esteem, and prosocial behavior. READ MORE

4. 13. Private Labels and Generation Dislo(Y)al - The impact of private labels on store loyalty within the Swedish grocery retail industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Petrea Godderidge; Nicole Johansson; Lina Larsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Generation Y; store loyalty; private labels; grocery retailer; quantitative research method; marketing; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Course: FEKN90, Degree project for Master of Science in Business and Economics (30 ECTS) Authors: Petrea Godderidge, Nicole Johansson and Lina Larsson Supervisor: Annette Cerne Key words: Generation Y, store loyalty, private labels, grocery retailer Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what impact private labels, in relation to other store loyalty driving factors within the Swedish grocery retail industry, have on consumers within Generation Y’s store loyalty. Methodology: This study has a quantitative research strategy with a deductive research approach. READ MORE

5. 14. Are you Closing your Borders? A study on the impact of the migration crisis on the work with promoting the image and interests of Sweden abroad

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Alexandra Olofsson; [2016]
   Keywords : nation branding; public diplomacy; migration crisis; refugee crisis; Brand Sweden; the Image of Sweden; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Swedish Institute; strategic public relations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Image of Sweden abroad usually comes with positive connotations. Some of Sweden’s perceived strengths, e.g. being open, authentic, caring, and innovative, are represented in the Strategy for the Image of Sweden (2013). READ MORE

6. 15. Diagnostic Powers : What a new diagnosis tells us about current workings of medicine.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Malin Lorensson; [2016]
   Keywords : Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; PMDD; Biomedicalisation; Biopower; Contested Diagnosis;

   Abstract : This essay researches current workings of medicine in relation to contested, female diagnoses. This is made by looking at the construction of the new psychological diagnosis Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Swedish media, and relating it to a current trend seen in medicine; to medicalize women’s underperformance. READ MORE