Essays about: "occupational identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words occupational identity.

  1. 1. It depends on herself/himself. : Parental Involvement in Education regarding Children Education in a Chinese Township High School

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ting Huang; [2023]
    Keywords : educational expectations; educational strategies; small-town China; cultural production;

    Abstract : This thesis is the first qualitative study of parental involvement in education regarding students in one key township high school in an undeveloped small town in southern China. This thesis aims to examine parental expectations and strategies in the voices of parents. READ MORE

  3. 2. Above all else: an innovative entrepreneur - A study of management accountants' occupational identity within a healthcare provider

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Hilda Hardell; Mikaela Holtsjö; [2023]
    Keywords : Occupational identity; management accountant; healthcare sector; organizational identity; entrepreneurial culture;

    Abstract : Through a single case study, this paper explores the construction of management accountants' occupational identity within a hybrid healthcare provider, pseudonymized as DigiCare. 15 interviews were conducted at DigiCare, covering employees from the finance function, medical operations, and senior management. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conservatism Beyond the Right : Exploring the Relationship between Conservatism and Work-Life Conflict.

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Simon Oberlechner; [2023]
    Keywords : conservatism; social; economic; work-life conflict; preference for stability;

    Abstract : The issue of work-life balance and work-life conflict has become increasingly important as the relationship between employer and employee becomes more flexible. This situation has blurred the line between what was once clearly the place of work and the place of life. READ MORE

  5. 4. Balancing the books and the planet: A single-case study investigating the relation between sustainability involvement and the occupational identity of management accountants

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Hedda Jonasson Blank; Jakob Söderblom; [2023]
    Keywords : Occupational identity; Sustainability reporting; Management accountant practices; Aspirational identities; Role enlargement;

    Abstract : Through practice of a single-case study, this paper aims to shed new light on the interdisciplinary area of management accountants' approach to, and involvement in, sustainability-related activities. Through the application of identity theory, with particular influence from Hughes' (1951) findings of a moral division of labour and Thornborrow and Brown's (2009) concept of aspirational identities, we show the existence of an interdependent relationship between the occupational identity of management accountants, and their engagement towards sustainability reporting and adjacent activities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Occupational justice and injustice in persons with mental disorders – a scoping review

    University essay from Jönköping University/Hälsohögskolan

    Author : Susanna Partti-Enkenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : environment; mental health; occupation; occupational problems; occupational therapy;

    Abstract : Background: Approximately 20-25 % of people experience mental health disorders globally and, therefore, have a higher chance of meeting occupational injustices in their everyday lives. Occupational injustice includes occupational deprivation, imbalance, alienation, marginalization and apartheid. READ MORE