Essays about: "authority patterns"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words authority patterns.

1. 6. What’s in the News? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Czech-Language News Stories About Covid-19 Mis- and Disinformation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Molly Zimmerman-Feeley; [2021]
   Keywords : Library; Information Literacy; Information; Misinformation; Disinformation; Critical Discourse Analysis; Trust; Authority; Czech Republic; Covid-19; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic was accompanied by wide-ranging mis- and disinformation appearing largely on online platforms like social networking sites. The World Health Organization and the European Union urged citizens to be critical of sources and evaluate the information they were receiving about the pandemic. READ MORE

3. 7. Between Leaders and Followers: Developing a Relational Leadership Framework for a Virtual Work Context in Professional Service Firms

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Felizitas Wenzel; Artturi Pulkkinen; [2021]
   Keywords : Relational Leadership; Virtual Work; Followership; Leadership; Professional Service Firms;

   Abstract : Virtual work has steadily gained popularity in the last decades, and this development has been further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the first half of 2021. With clear benefits such as increased flexibility and reduced commuting times, it is speculated that a significant amount of work will continue to be virtual, even after the pandemic. READ MORE

4. 8. ‘It is they, the elders, that have thrown away the land’ : a case study on power hierarchies in the community of Babator, Northern Ghana

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Johanna Caminati Engström; [2020]
   Keywords : Ghana; customary land; global land rush; large-scale land acquisition; customary hierarchies; power; resource access; conflict and cooperation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In a global context of proliferating land-based investments, growing demographic pressure, and increasing urbanization, this thesis investigates a case of large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) in Babator, Norther Ghana. The objective is to provide a better understanding of how local power structures within affected communities influence the outcome of LSLAs. READ MORE

5. 9. The Ties that Bind Commanders : A study of sexual violence and restraint by rebel groups in Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Herman Wieselgren; [2020]
   Keywords : armed conflict; sexual violence; rebel commander; ethnicity; spatial data;

   Abstract : An emerging literature on rebel groups’ restraint in the use of sexual violence has begun to explore the role of the commander. This study seeks to build on this literature by investigating under what conditions rebel commanders will enforce restraint. READ MORE

6. 10. How Can Unit Pricing Be Employed and Improve Municipal Waste Management in Shanghai?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Lan Li; [2020]
   Keywords : Pay As You Throw; Unit Pricing; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Source Separation; Waste Reduction; Recycling Behavior; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : China is on a transition to waste management charging reform and pursuing effective eco-nomic incentives on an individual level. Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)/Unit pricing is recog-nized as an important and effective means to waste prevention and source segregation ren-dered by the government mostly in the developed countries. READ MORE