Essays about: "Sense-making theory"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the words Sense-making theory.
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6. Symbolic coping in Canada’s coal phaseout : applying social representations dynamics to communities in transition
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The Canadian federal government has introduced policy to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of its climate change mitigation commitments under the Paris Agreement. The policy plan, positioned as a just transition, includes funding and measures to help workers and communities manage economic difficulties arising from the coal phaseout. READ MORE
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7. Making Sense of Fairness Perceptions in M&As; A People’s Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of what leads an employee to judge an event as fair or unfair through the lens of sense-making, sense-breaking and sense-giving, within mergers or acquisitions. This study had an abductive qualitative case-study approach, mainly focusing on semi-structured interviews. READ MORE
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8. The dominant media discourse of Swedish newspapers about Romanian beggars in Sweden and their perceived effects
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : The focus of the study is the representation in the Swedish Printed Media, of a group of Romanian beggars, living in Sweden. This research explores the relationship between the visibility of Romanian beggars in the Swedish media and its perceived effects on that group. READ MORE
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9. Melbourne’s ‘African gang crisis’: A content analysis comparing two Melbourne media outlets
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In this paper I argue that in a mediatized Australia, where media are increasingly constructing society and culture as a whole, racializing frames used by Melbourne newspapers The Age and Herald Sun during a two-month period in 2018 contribute to the continued ‘othering’ of the ‘highly visible’ Sudanese-Australian and Sudanese refugee communities, and the erosion of the policy, and lived reality, of multiculturalism in Australia. Building upon the existing extensive body of research about the representation of refugee groups in Australian media, I use media framing theory to inform my analysis. READ MORE
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10. Performing Sustainability in Fast Fashion Retailing
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : This paper stems from understanding how fast fashion retailers market their sustainability and how the retail space drives different forms of sustainable performances and consumption. Departing from a practice-based approach and practice theory, the study gives insights on how retailers actions in the production chain are translated in-store and online for consumers sense-making, performances and consumption practices. READ MORE