Essays about: "critical social theory"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 585 essays containing the words critical social theory.

  1. 26. What Difference Does It Make? : Comparative Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship Between CSR Initiatives and Board Composition in Sweden and the United States

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Kristina Björling; Viktor Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : CSR; ESG; Corporate Governance; Gender Diversity; Board Independence; CEO Duality; Inclusion; Board Compositions; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Theory; Critical Mass Theory; Hofstede’s National Cultural Theory.;

    Abstract : More companies have responded to the call for action, increasing their attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Corporate governance structures have proven to have an effect on how well companies are able to facilitate a sustainable trajectory, all influenced by values and norms. READ MORE

  3. 27. How to Make a Narrative Fly?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Kevin Fritz; [2023]
    Keywords : Brand legitimacy; discursive theory; lexical choices; semiotic resources; narrative; multimodal critical discourse analysis; SAS; storytelling; strategic communication; digital media; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The airline industry has been heavily affected by crises that have occurred in the last years. By using the theory of brand legitimacy and storytelling, a multimodal critical discourse analysis was conducted. 2020 is a year by many seen as a paradigm shift, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  4. 28. Sharing Knowledge is Sharing Power : A case study on inter-organizational knowledge transfer within a destination

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

    Author : Pahlow Mariele; Cajsa Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Knowledge management KM ; Inter-organizational knowledge transfer; Destination management organization DMO ; Small and medium-sized enterprises SME s ; Destination development; Tourism stakeholders; Sustainable competitive advantage; Kalmar;

    Abstract : The key to an organization's long-term success is a sustainable competitive advantage. In a global market characterized by fierce competition, organizations differentiate themselves no longer through their competitive position or technological or human resources but through knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 29. Bengaluru burning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mahima Moolbharati; [2023]
    Keywords : heatwave vulnerability; sustainability science; critical urban theory; neoliberalism; gentrification; postcolonialism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate-changed induced extreme events like heatwaves have become increasingly critical issues in urban India. Rapidly growing cities are vulnerable to adverse effects of heatwaves exacerbated by inequalities embedded in urbanisation. READ MORE

  6. 30. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE