Essays about: "normative pressure"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the words normative pressure.

  1. 11. Anti-consumption and identity : How the rejection of consumption can be identity-constructing

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Hansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Anti-consumption; consumption; neoliberalism; identity; identity-construction;

    Abstract : The choice of anti-consumerism can be driven by both material and idealistic interests and just as for consumption, anti-consumption can be used in the construction of the individual’s identity. Only a few previous studies have looked at the connection between different identities in relation to anti-consumption (such as Cherrier, 2009) and even fewer looked at both the individuals’ perception of the process of becoming an anti-consumer as well as how anti-consumption can be used to build one’s identity. READ MORE

  3. 12. Can childfreedom be seen as an act of resistance? : An analysis of its effects on individual identity and the norm.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Asta Volunge (Volungeviciene); [2017]
    Keywords : Pronatalism; normativity; childfreedom; resistance; women; queer;

    Abstract : This thesis explores untheorized themes of pronatalism and childfreedom in Lithuania. Through an analysis of interviews of childfree women, I show the prevalence of a pronatalist norm in Lithuanian society, and how it’s challenged by the phenomenon of childfreedom. READ MORE

  4. 13. Organizational culture persistence versus change : How organizational culture is interpreted and formulated in the work life of a company with a cultural focus

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Lena Bischoff; [2017]
    Keywords : organizational culture; organizational culture change; organizational culture preservation; assessing organizational culture; normative control;

    Abstract : Background:  Organizational culture is one of the most prominent topics in academia and has gained its status due to the transferability from academia into managerial practice. Today, organizational culture has become an institutionalized topic and scholars call for a need to revive the topic (Chatman & O'Reilly, 2016). READ MORE

  5. 14. Cross-border Displacement: Prevent, Prepare or Adapt to?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Monica Sepka; [2017]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Migration; Displacement; Drivers; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the fact that some forecasts suggest that a large number of individuals could become displaced by 2050, the institutional and operational linkages between climate and cross-border displacement continues to be complex. While refugees and IDPs are treated according to specific treaties, the status of cross-border displacement as a result of disasters suffers from a normative gap and the linkages between disaster displacement, its drivers and risk reduction seems rather underrepresented in existing research. READ MORE

  6. 15. Pressure to Protest: Need to Belong and Rejection Sensitivity Predict Youth Participation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Julia Aspernäs; [2017]
    Keywords : political protest; collective action; non-normative; individualism; social identity; rejection sensitivity; need to belong; peer-pressure; violent extremism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Younger people are over-represented in political protests, and tend to mobilise via social ties. As previous research has found participation to be predicted by the pressure to conform to social norms, i.e. READ MORE