Essays about: "flexibilization"

Found 5 essays containing the word flexibilization.

  1. 1. Bureaucratic legacies in Peace Agreements: A study on the pervasiveness of New Public Management doctrines in the Colombian Peace Agreement (2016)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alejandra Lucia Figueredo Rodriguez; [2022]
    Keywords : Peacebuilding; New Public Management; Bureaucratic legacy; Peace Agreement; Ideational Peace;

    Abstract : Ideas matter. Thus, approaching peacebuilding efforts from an ideational perspective can contribute to a deeper understanding of their meanings and legacies. Traditionally, the liberal peace paradigm has been prevalent in peacebuilding, translating into programs, projects, actions, and agreements that model liberal norms, values, and practices. READ MORE

  3. 2. Outdoors in the office? : A grounded theory study about the power of norms in the office working world

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Verena Herzhoff; [2022]
    Keywords : Outdoor Office Work; Office Work; New Ways of Working; Norms; Grounded Theory;

    Abstract : New ways of working with a flexibilization in time and space are characteristics of today’s office world, but at the same time stress-related health problems are on the rise. Nature contacts is shown to be a resource for health, and outdoor offices were invented to combine both flexible working and health resources at the workplace. READ MORE

  4. 3. Liberalization in times of crises? : A comparative study of labour market policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Öhman; [2021]
    Keywords : Liberalization; Institutional change; Path dependence; Drift; Labour market policy; Covid-19;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has generated a serious stress test for welfare states and welfare state institutions. This challenge has been met by unprecedented responses from governments, most notably countrywide shutdowns of substantial sections of economies to facilitate social distancing. READ MORE

  5. 4. How can organizations affect the working conditions and work experiences of freelancers: A case study in the Danish publishing industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kjeld Ivar van den Heuvel; Sofie Svendsen Jensen; [2020]
    Keywords : freelancing; cultural industries; organizational studies; publishing; flexicurity; working conditions; working experience; precarity; autonomy; isolation; creativity; recognition; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The working conditions of freelancers are widely debated as the flexibilization of labor markets has resulted in more insecure labor. On one side of the debate, flexibilization of the labor market in the cultural industries is seen as an important driver of economic growth. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nomad Cities : Investigating spatial practices within the fluid network societies of the American RV community

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Karl Landin; [2015]
    Keywords : Nomads; nomad cities; RV; trailer; motorhome; mobile home; mobility; desert; American dream; swarm; exurbia; decentralization; freedom; network; Instagram; Quartzsite; leisure; multitude; urban catalyst; California; Arizona; America; flexibilization; camper; trailer; trailer park; husvagn; husbil; camping; campingplats; mobilitet; migration; nomader; Amerika; USA; öken;

    Abstract : A new nomad society is colonizing the desert landscape of the American Southwest. It is a leaderless seasonal swarm, dispersed but densely connected socially, able to form and disband agile urban communities the size of large American cities. READ MORE