Essays about: "intercultural issues"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words intercultural issues.
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16. Idealized Paradise? : Leadership in international volunteer organizations in the sustainable development process
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : In the sustainable development process, international volunteer organizations are rapidly increasing in developing countries but have become criticized for having over promising benefits and neocolonialism impacts on the local population. In the combination with a discussed inefficient leadership in these organizations, this study aims to understand how international volunteer organizations, with the focus on Mauritius, through leadership more efficiently can maintain their vision to contribute to long-term socio, environmental and economic sustainable development by managing volunteer participants in ways that lead to productive and satisfied volunteers and in its turn result in an improvement of project outcomes. READ MORE
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17. When the mission of culture and diversity is put in the preschool teacher’s lap : A study of how preschool teachers work with intercultural issues in Swedish Preschools.
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Förskolepedagogisk didaktisk forskningAbstract : The aim of the research presented in this paper is to expand current understandings of how preschool teachers in Sweden work with and talk about intercultural issues in preschool, and how they interpret the curriculum working with respect to issues of cultural diversity. The study is based on data from two semi-structured focus groups with preschool teachers from preschools where the majority of the children were foreign born or were first generation Swedes. READ MORE
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18. Spaces and Narratives of Integration and Intercultural Dialogue in Malmö, Sweden.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In today’s Europe which is facing increased immigration flows and xenophobic attitudes, there is a growing pressure on creating integration policies which have the ability of dismantling negative attitudes. As intercultural dialogue is believed to decrease these attitudes and create an inclusive society, the aim of this thesis has been to critically review the Swedish multicultural integration approach and focus on the possibilities for increased intercultural dialogue. READ MORE
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19. Having a boat before the flood strikes will save you. Having a sail will take you places. : A qualitative study on how an effective crisis communication is impacted by intercultural competence, crisis leadership and social media.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)Abstract : Thirteen qualitative interviews have been conducted with key individuals who have profound knowledge and experience in the subject of crisis communication. The thesis used a theory testing approach and highlights the main issues regarding the influence of intercultural competence in crisis information, and to what extent social media channels are used for crisis communication. READ MORE
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20. Accountability, Sovereignty, Friendship : Inter-cultural Encounters in a Ugandan-Swedish Municipal partnership
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningenAbstract : The interest for international development partnerships has increased within the discipline of cultural anthropology hand in hand with growing globalisation. Through the study of how actors that have engaged in a Ugandan-Swedish Municipal Partnership experience, express and utilise cultural difference, this thesis aims to make a contribution to this research by examine activities that took place in a specific context of cultural intersection. READ MORE
