Essays about: "homecoming"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word homecoming.
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1. Taking off the Tourism Hat : An Exploratory Analysis of Bi-national Partnerships in the Swedish Tourism-migration Nexus
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turismAbstract : What is the definition of being a tourist, and when do you stop being one? Does it depend on your intention or duration of a visit, or is it when you are no longer legally regarded as such? The definition of tourism is slowly changing. Some types of tourism already transcend tourism’s traditional boundaries, such as Visiting Friends and Relatives [VFR] travel. READ MORE
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2. Arbetsmiljö och säkerhet till skogs : en enkätstudie om skogsentreprenörers arbetsmiljöarbete
University essay from SLU/Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (from 131204)Abstract : Trots ökande krav på arbetsmiljö och säkerhet för anställda inom skogsbruket så sker fortfarande allvarliga olyckor årligen. En övervägande del av arbetet i det svenska skogsbruket utförs av entreprenörer. READ MORE
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3. Staying, Sane, on a Planet Dying Fast : Art and Eco-Psychology in Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay analyzes Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions (1973) in relation to eco-psychology. First, Dwayne Hoover is diagnosed with solastalgia; second, the narrator is shown to suffer from ecological PTSD; and, lastly, the novel is considered in light of the ecological uncanny and the ecological homecoming narrative. READ MORE
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4. The Impossible Homecoming? : A Study of the Evolution of the French Government’s Discourses on French ISIS Returnees Between 2017 and 2020.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Over 5,000 European citizens joined the ranks of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the early 2010s. Since the rollback of the terrorist organization in 2016, European Union (EU) member states have had to decide whether or not to repatriate these individuals who were made prisoners mainly by Iraqi, or Kurdish authorities. READ MORE
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5. What happens in expatriation, stays in expatriation - A study of how absorptive capacity enables organizational learning from repatriate knowledge
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In today’s globalized and knowledge driven business landscape, many MNCs make heavy investments in sending international assignees to transfer intra-firm knowledge between organizational units. Though, high turnover rates among homecoming international assignees, i.e. repatriates, imply that MNCs often fail to tap into their knowledge. READ MORE