Essays about: "labour market"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 632 essays containing the words labour market.

1. 21. "A book is not like any other commodity" : A qualitative study on Swedish bookfluencers, labour, and aspirations.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Jonsson Martina; [2023]
   Keywords : bookfluencers; book content; aspirational labour; affective labour; gifted books; gifted content; social media marketing; attunement; work-net;

   Abstract : The thesis focuses on bookfluencers – content creators that create content about books and reading. The study explores how they perceive the gifted books they receive from book publishers and other actors, which they are expected to create content about – often unpaid. READ MORE

3. 22. Between career development and modern slavery : A netnographic exploration of how LinkedIn users conceptualise and experience the unpaid internship

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Tydesjö; [2023]
   Keywords : Unpaid internship; educational contract; employability strategy; modern slavery; career development;

   Abstract : Societal demand to enhance individual employability in an increasingly congested postgraduate labour market has led to a boom in unpaid internships in the 21st century. This has produced a continuum of attitudes, from perceiving the unpaid internship as an important career opportunity to perceiving it as exploitative slavery. READ MORE

4. 23. The Effects of Participation in Global Value Chains : A Study of the Effects of Participation in Intermediate Trade on the Value Added Through Services and the Relative Demand for Skilled Workers in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Maria Höijer; [2023]
   Keywords : Economics; labor economics; labor market; labor market economics; global value chain; supply chain; trade; commerce; international trade; specialization; servicification; Hecksher-Ohlin; Hecksher-Ohlin model; skilled labor; labor; labour; labor demand; labor supply; relative labor demand; wages; skill; upskill; intermediate trade; trade in value added; stolper samuelsson; stolper samuelsson theorem; servicification; factor abundance; comparative advantage; relative factor prices; fixed effects; panel data; Nationalekonomi; Arbetsmarknad; Internationell ekonomi; handel; internationell handel; Hecksher-Ohlin modellen; arbetskraftsutbud; arbetskraftsefterfrågan; servicifiering; relativ arbetskraftsefterfrågan; kompetens; värdekedjor; tillverkningsindustrin; specialisering; service; globalisering; Hecksher-Ohlin; lön; stolper samuelsson; komparativ fördel; relativpriser; paneldata; fixa effekter;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effects of the integration in global value chains on the specialization in the production of services and the relative demand for high-skilled labor in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The empirical model and the predictions are based on theories and findings such as the phenomenon of servicification, the Hecksher-Ohlin theorem, and the Stolper-Samuelsson theorem. READ MORE

5. 24. Internal mobility and Gender stereotypes : workers' acceptance and rationalisation of unequal internal mobility in low-skilled male-dominated occupations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Tilde Wismar; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender stereotypes; Internal mobility; Low-skilled male-dominated occupations;

   Abstract : The construction and usage of gender stereotypes are a continuous social process that occurs daily in the labour market. It is a common conception that negative stereotypes are harmful; however, they are still regularly used for decision-making. Gender stereotypes affect which occupations are interpreted as suitable for women and men. READ MORE

6. 25. Twice as good as others (and still discriminated) : Successful Romani Women representation in the Czech and Slovak media

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Eva Hnizdo Dianiskova; [2023]
   Keywords : Romani women; success; discrimination; media representation;

   Abstract : Stigmatisation of Romani women is the rule rather than the exception in many countries around Europe, something that has also been confirmed through research. That is one reason why I have chosen to highlight successful Romani women in this study. READ MORE