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  1. 1. Make Me Laugh and I’m Yours: A qualitative case study on how managerial humor influences organizational commitment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lucie Procházková; Manon Brouwer; [2022]
    Keywords : Humor; Managerial Humor; Commitment; Organizational Commitment; Affective Commitment; Leader-Member Exchange LMX Theory; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this master thesis is to develop a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of managerial humor in the workplace and find out how it influences employees' commitment in contemporary organizations. This report contains qualitative research in the interpretivist tradition in the form of a single case study. READ MORE

  3. 2. “She is active, eats well – I am not worried” : A Qualitative Study of Parental Challenges to Managing Childhood Weight Based on Online Parenting Discussion Forums

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Brenda Brouwer; [2017]
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    Abstract : Abstract Aim: This thesis explores parental challenges to managing childhood weight. Relevance: Childhood overweight and obesity is a global health issue with serious health and societal consequences. Parents play a key role in the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Short and Long Term Analysis of Energy Consumption, Energy Intensity and Carbon Intensity in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rene De Brouwer; [2014]
    Keywords : China Energy Carbon CO2 Intensity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to determine the short and long term determinants of carbon intensity, energy intensity and scale effects for China, with data on the provincial level from 1995 to 2010. The results show that measures which are taken to limit carbon emission increase with carbon intensity on the long run. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Introduction to the Fundamental Group and some Applications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik (naturvetenskapliga fakulteten)

    Author : Abdel Rahman Al-Abdallah; [2013]
    Keywords : fundamental group; homotopy; brouwer; game of hex; nielsen shreier; free group; van kampen; torus knot; covering space; covering transformations; borsuk ulam; ham sandwich; pancake sandwich; jordan curve; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis provides a self-contained introduction to the Fundamental Group and presents some of its applications, such as Brouwer fixed point Theorem,the Game of Hex, Nielsen-Schreier Theorem, the van-Kampen Theorem and some of its consequences, Borsuk-Ulam Theorem and some of its applications,the Jordan curve Theorem, and some other examples and applications.Some results in Group Theory will be introduced as necessary, in order to study the van-Kampen Theorem, which plays a key role in our proof of the Jordan Curve Theorem. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bitter Roots that Prevent the Sweet Fruits of Education

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Huub Brouwer; Jasper Buijnsters; [2013]
    Keywords : human capital; rising old-age dependency; borrowing constraints; tuition subsidy; education;

    Abstract : In nearly all developed countries, the fraction of elderly in the population will rise considerably during the next four decades. This rise in old-age dependency will have significant ramifications for welfare. READ MORE