Essays about: "Neo-institutional theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Neo-institutional theory.

  1. 6. THE ROAD TO PROFESSIONALISM A qualitative study on the institutionalization of eSports

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Chalmet Xen; [2017-07-05]
    Keywords : institutional theory; institutional work; eSports; emergent sports;

    Abstract : ESports as an industry is a rapidly growing digital sport, with a multitude of different disciplines. While it is a vastly growing industry, it has as of yet seen limited academic attention. In this study, the development of one specific eSport is examined, namely Counter- Strike: Global Offensive. READ MORE

  3. 7. Children´s Rights Organisations in the Swedish Welfare State A qualitative, comparative study about the Swedish Children´s Rights organisations BRIS, Friends and Rädda Barnen

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Sandra Trygg; [2015-12-18]
    Keywords : Children´s rights; voluntary organisations; the Swedish welfare state; professionalization; institutionalisation.;

    Abstract : The aim with this study is to investigate the Swedish Children´s Rights organisations: BRIS, Friends and Rädda Barnen and how the professionals at these organisations perceive the organisations role in the Swedish welfare system. The design of the study is qualitative, where ten professionals have been interviewed using a qualitative semi-structure method. READ MORE

  4. 8. Corporate Social Responsibility in the tour operating sector: institutional arrangements and the shaping of agendas.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Backlund; [2015-08-12]
    Keywords : CSR; tourist sector; tour operators; sustainable tourism; institutional pressure;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this research is to explore how institutional arrangements for socially sustainable tourism influence the shaping of CSR agendas in the tour operating sector. Theory: Neo-institutional theory of organizational change / the Scandinavian branch. READ MORE

  5. 9. Rwandan womens's role in decision-making on central, local and household level.

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Cathérine Söderberg; [2012]
    Keywords : Rwanda; genocide; gender equality; parliament; political participation; gender roles.;

    Abstract : Nine years after the genocide in Rwanda, women won 48 per cent of the seats in the parliament. In the next election of 2008 they became the most gender equal parliament in the world. READ MORE

  6. 10. Sustainable development for tomorrow : Enabling local implementations of global issuesin Swedish schools

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Dag Holmsten; [2009]
    Keywords : “Sustainable development”; “Resilience‖ ; ―Learning organization‖; ―Actor- Network Theory‖; Neo-institutional theory; “School”; ;

    Abstract : This study investigates forces and organizational structures that facilitate or hinder sustainabledevelopment to be introduced and integrated in the core activities of public institutions.Specifically, the way global national sustainable development goals find their way into thelocal curriculum and overall-encompassing strategy of a few Swedish high-schools isidentified. READ MORE