Essays about: "instrumentality"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word instrumentality.
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1. Beyond the Bonus Check: A qualitative study unraveling the complexities of employee motivation in a PFP environment
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This thesis is a qualitative single-case study of employee motivation in a PFP environment within a Swedish business unit of one of the world's largest project development- and construction companies. The aim is to investigate how employees perceive and experience the impact of a PFP bonus system on their motivation. READ MORE
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2. The Role of Literature in Character Education: On the Formation of the Modern 'Self' in Contemporary Liberal Schooling
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)Abstract : With the liberalisation of the society and education in the Western Countries, new development horizons have emerged thus altering our expectations from the younger generation and our vision of human fulfilment and happiness. As Dewey stressed, the current advance of technology and democratic ways of life results in the unprecedented rate and speed of changes and ‘it is impossible to foretell definitely just what civilization will be twenty years from now. READ MORE
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3. Turkish Yoke, Red Vampires, and Euro-Genderists: Strategies of de/legitimization in the debate around the Istanbul Convention in Bulgaria
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : In July 2018, Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejected the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (better known as the Istanbul Convention). This rejection came following a wave of civic activism, which scholars characterized as the first anti-gender campaign in Bulgaria. READ MORE
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4. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. READ MORE
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5. Artificial Resources : An Artistic Exploration of Material Subjectivity
University essay from Konstfack/ÄdellabAbstract : This essay investigates questions concerning the illusion of control and how a change of attitude can counteract an irreversible deterioration of our living environment. The key question is how an artistic practice can help to challenge contemporary attitudes and the assumption that the living planet is an inexhaustible and limitless resource. READ MORE