Essays about: "Ideological change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 essays containing the words Ideological change.

1. 1. Rethinking performance: Managing socio-ideological tensions with technocratic controls - A qualitative study of the effects on PMS in an organization with a strong culture post-acquisition.

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

   Author : Kajsa Björklind; Kajsa Thorselius; [2024]
   Keywords : Technocratic controls; Socio-ideological controls; Performance Management Systems PMS ; Cultural impact; Acquisition;

   Abstract : By conducting a qualitative single case study on a Swedish acquisition, this paper aims to examine the implications on Performance Management Systems post-acquisition, where the acquiree is characterized by a strong culture. By analyzing the findings from nine interviews using the framework of technocratic and socio-ideological controls by Alvesson & Kärreman (2004), we found a significant interplay in the controls. READ MORE

3. 2. THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL SYMPATHIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE PERCEPTION

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Safia Dindić; [2023-02-28]
   Keywords : Polarization; Political sympathies; Climate change perception; Left-wing; Right-wing;

   Abstract : In contemporary society, numerous countries are experiencing an upsurge in polarization and its advancement has made itself palpable in a number of topics of debate, one of which is climate change. The public opinion on the matter varies on aggregate and individual levels and previous research has found political sympathies to be one of the most prominent determinants for one’s climate change perception. READ MORE

4. 3. Second hand + Online + Gen Z = TRUE : A quantitative study on the motivations behind second-hand shopping for clothes online

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Amanda Häggmark; Fanny Olofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Online shopping second-hand; Generation Z; Impulse Buying Tendency; Perceived Risk; Shopping Motives;

   Abstract : The environmental issues in the world are critical and sustainability becomes more important. There is a certain lack in the textile industry, where the production of clothes is responsible for water pollution, landfill waste and greenhouse gas emission. READ MORE

5. 4. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

6. 5. Omnia Omnium Sunt – Everything Belongs to Everybody : Knowledge as a Nonpositional Good in an Education System Governed by Human Capital Theory

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

   Author : Maja Morsing; [2023]
   Keywords : Human Capital Theory; assessment; Spinoza; conatus; positional goods; nonpositional goods; standardized testing; assessment for learning; knowledge;

   Abstract : Starting from the experience of watching the role of the teacher turn into a bureaucrat, this work examines the factors dominating current education systems. It identies Human Capital Theory as a main inuence on policy and prioritization decisions in education. READ MORE