Essays about: "employer resistance"

Found 4 essays containing the words employer resistance.

  1. 1. “Staying home is easier than ever” : A qualitative study of experienced resistance at the pandemic workplace

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mohamed Hassan; [2022]
    Keywords : Resistance; routine resistance; Covid-19; pandemic; organizational change; remote work;

    Abstract : The goal of this thesis is to study changes that has happened regarding resistance, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose is to, from an employee perspective, study whether the pandemic has led to any alterations to the resistance that normally occurs in organizations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Intersecting Oppressions of Migrant Domestic Workers : (In)Securities of Female Migration to Lebanon

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Janine Gunzelmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Gendered Migration; Migrant Domestic Workers; Intersectionality; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis explores the intersection of powers that create (in)secure female migration to Lebanon. It contributes to a growing literature corpus about the lives of women, originating from South/ South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, who migrate to Lebanon to work in the domestic work sector. READ MORE

  4. 3. Obstructing unionisation among young workers : A qualitative study on individualistic attitudes and employer resistance towards unionism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Clementz; [2016]
    Keywords : trade union; union density; individualism; young workers; employer resistance;

    Abstract : Declining union density rates have been and continue to be an ongoing issue and worry around the world. In Sweden, union density remains high in comparison to other countries, although not an exception to the declining rates which have largely encompassed young workers. READ MORE

  5. 4. "I am not just a domestic worker" : A phenomenological study of organized Nicaraguan domestic workers in Costa Rica

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Lina Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Domestic work; Intersectionality; Migration; Costa Rica; Organization; Phenomenology; Agency; Nicaragua; Embodiment; Resistance;

    Abstract : In this study, I use semi-structured interviews in an intersectional and phenomenological theoretical framework, elaborating on analytical concepts such as belonging and translocational positionality, to investigate the lived experiences of Nicaraguan migrant domestic workers in Costa Rica who are organized in the association Astradomes. I explore if and how their experiences are connected to intersections mainly between nationality, class and gender, and examine in which spaces and contexts agency and resistance can be located. READ MORE