Essays about: "gratitude"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the word gratitude.

  1. 6. PRAGMATIC TRANSFER: A STUDY OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES AMONG CHINESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Yang Song; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : English; Cross-cultural refusals; Refusal strategies; Chinese learners of English; Pragmatic transfer; Language proficiency;

    Abstract : The present study aims at exploring how negative pragmatic transfer has affected Chinese learners of English in terms of the completion of cross-cultural refusals and the correlation between their linguistic proficiency and pragmatic competence. The empirical data were collected through an elicitation instrument, i.e. READ MORE

  3. 7. “The right thing to do” : COVID-19 emergency work as a migration experience for the international health care students of Hungary

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Ágnes Adél Phillips; [2021]
    Keywords : student mobility; migration experiences; emotions; qualitative migration studies; health care migration;

    Abstract : The case study of this thesis is the analysis of international health care students joined the emergency call of local authorities and performed emergency work during COVID-19 to help the Hungarian health care teams and facilities manage the pandemic. Through this case, the thesis puts an existing student interaction typology (Rose-Redwood and Rose-Redwood, 2013) to the test, and sets out to answer how the COVID-19-induced changes in their typology affected the students’ experience of being a migrant in Hungary. READ MORE

  4. 8. A Woman but also an immigrant : A qualitative study about Middle Eastern and North African women's work experiences in the Swedish healthcare sector

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Pedagogiska institutionen

    Author : Nour Mohamad; [2021]
    Keywords : culture; difficulties; ethnicity; gender; intersectionality; motivation; opportunities; stereotypes.;

    Abstract : This intersectional study focused on Middle Eastern and North African women's experiences working within the Swedish health care sector. Consequently, the study focused on three main aspects; motivation, difficulties, and opportunities. READ MORE

  5. 9. Consumer responsibilization in sustainable fashion communications on Instagram : A multimodal discourse analysis

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Vera Sofie Thallinger; Lusanda Ntintili; [2021]
    Keywords : Instagram; Social Media; Multimodal Discourse; Consumer Responsibilization; Sustainable Fashion; Cultural Marketing;

    Abstract : Background, Problem Statement and Gap - Political agendas informed by the negative impacts of increasing consumption (including fashion consumption) have allocated major parts of the responsibility to contribute to sustainable development to individual consumers. These agendas subsequently highlighted the need to provide more information, including through media and social media, about the negative impacts of fashion consumption - and consumption at large - to the consumer. READ MORE

  6. 10. Can Anonymous, Positive Feedback From Your Coworkers Give You More Than Just a Smile? A Mixed-Method Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Gratitude Intervention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Evamaria Rauen; Lina Balciunaite; [2021]
    Keywords : positive psychology; gratitude; intervention; workplace well-being; mixed methods; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Gratitude, one of the key concepts in the growing field of positive psychology, has been shown to be beneficial for organizations by improving employees’ well-being. However, scientific research of gratitude interventions in the organizational field is still scarce. READ MORE