Essays about: "human capital theory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 191 essays containing the words human capital theory.

1. 21. Tracing the Experiences of Nigerian Women Migrants Beyond the Category of ‘Irregular’ Migration.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Chibuikem Emmanuel Anyanwu; [2022]
   Keywords : Migration; Women; irregular Migration; Nigeria; Sweden.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As globalization and development seem to have “removed geographical boundaries between countries”, the resulting patterns of human mobility (Gomory, 2002; Leach, Scoones & Stirling, 2010) have attracted the discursive study on the topic of migration. There are migration aspects that categorize migrants as regular, irregular, voluntary or involuntary. READ MORE

3. 22. Female Migrants in Search of Jobs: The Role of Social Capital in Labor Market Integration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Lisen Löwstedt; [2022]
   Keywords : migration; integration; social capital; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The labor market integration of immigrants in general, and female migrants in particular, remains a central developmental objective for counteracting inequalities within societies across Europe. Previous studies put forth the concept of social capital, the resources linked to an individual's network of social connections, to explain immigrants’ diverging labor market trajectories. READ MORE

4. 23. Non-fungible tokens: tracing shifts in the art market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Julius Woeste; [2022]
   Keywords : NFT; art market; actor-network theory; Bourdieu; cartography of controversies;

   Abstract : Given the advent and market boom of NFTs, this thesis concerns itself with observing how NFTs are shifting the art market, and how those shifts can be explained, as the two seemingly disparate markets have different actors, processes and characteristics. In order to answer these questions the thesis takes an abductive case study design and employs an actor-network theory (ANT) approach to observe shifts in the markets by both human and non-human actors. READ MORE

5. 24. Education for refugee children : A case study on UNHCR´s strategy

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Linda Ahlman; [2022]
   Keywords : Education; primary school; UNHCR; refugee children.;

   Abstract : The subject being studied is education for refugee children. Today, there are many children that are not allowed, or have the possibility to go to school and get an education which is a failure towards children's development in relation to human rights. READ MORE

6. 25. The Neglected Entrepreneur : A qualitative study on the individual transnational entrepreneur in Sweden

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Daniel Hellström; Daniel Wiklund; [2022]
   Keywords : International Business; Migrant Entrepreneurship; Transnational Entrepreneurship; Social Human capital; Embeddedness; Cultural adaptation;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how differences in personal attributes and cultural adaptation affect transnational entrepreneurs' embedding process in Sweden. This paper uses empirical data collected from four small transnational entrepreneurs in Sweden as well as secondary data collected on the topic. READ MORE