Essays about: "Johan Nordgren"

Found 2 essays containing the words Johan Nordgren.

1. 1. The Conjunction Fallacy from a Safety Culture Perspective - An Experimental Study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Alexander Nordgren; [2016]
   Keywords : Safety Culture; Blame Culture; Criticism; Negative feedback; mood; affect; CRT; Cognitive Reflection Test; The Conjunction Fallacy; Experiment; High reliability organizations; HRO;

   Abstract : Heuristic estimates of probabilities may be an obstacle to decision making within High Reliability Organizations. Accident reports have found that two from each other separate phenomenon, Blame Culture and Type 1 processing constitutes a particularily serious threat to decision making. READ MORE

3. 2. The Polite Press Release - Politeness in English/Japanese press releases following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Johan Nordgren; [2012]
   Keywords : Japanese; English; Polite; Politeness; Face; PR; Business Relationships; Keigo; Press Release; Brown and Levinson; TEPCO; BP; Deepwater Horizon; Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Fukushima Daiichi; Great East Japan Earthquake; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay attempts to distinguish differences in politeness in Japanese and English press releases, with a specific focus on TEPCO and BP in the aftermath of their respective environmental disasters. Through the use of discourse analysis, PR theory and the Brown and Levinson politeness model I find that the Japanese press releases favour negative politeness, whereas the English favour positive politeness. READ MORE