Essays about: "what is a theory"

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  1. 16. S.O.S Support Of Supervisors - A qualitative study on how middle-level managers perceive support within their organization: A social exchange perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Kirstine Tatschke Gammelgaard; Emelie Karlsson Offerlind; [2024]
    Keywords : Leadership support; support for managers; organizational support; organizational support theory; social exchange theory perceived organizational support; middle-level management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Support in an organizational context has been a topic of academic discussion for many years. While there is no doubt that organizational support has been researched thoroughly, it seems that the focus always seems to land on the employee-manager perspective. READ MORE

  3. 17. Beyond borders and barriers: A qualitative study of foreign direct investment and its effect on knowledge transfer in Rwanda

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Linnea Helgegren; Astrid Viktorsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Knowledge transfer; Absorptive capacity; Social integration mechanisms; Foreign direct investment; Developing country;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investment has been considered to provide an avenue for knowledge transfer between investors and entrepreneurs. However, few studies have investigated what capacities influence the quality of cross-border knowledge transfer. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Fictional World of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea: Emic and Etic Perspectives on its Worldbuilding

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Löfström; [2024]
    Keywords : Hemingway; Possible worlds theory; emic; etic; Textual actual world; Lifeworld; The Old Man and The Sea; Fiction; American Literature;

    Abstract : Reading is a past time activity that is popular all around the world. It is something thathelps us escape reality and put our focus elsewhere. When immersing yourself in afictional world, it can be intriguing to think of how it was created. READ MORE

  5. 19. Increasing Governance Capacity and Governance Legitimacy. A Case Study of the Lithuanian Crisis Management System.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Marija Bukauskaite; [2024]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In 2022, the Government of Lithuania approved the new Crisis Management and Civil Safety law to establish the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC). This thesis was written during the initial phase of the NCMC creation process. READ MORE

  6. 20. Tabooing Dirty Hands?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henning Bollmark; [2024]
    Keywords : Dirty Hands; torture; crisis; utilitarianism; weak rule utilitarianism; Sartre; moral fictionalism; political theory; unspeakable; taboo; Smutsiga händer; tortyr; kris; utilitarism; svag regelutilitarism; Sartre; moralisk fiktion; politisk teori; onämnbar; tabu;

    Abstract : The normative political theory problem of dirty hands (DH) concerns the troubling possibility that political leaders, from a (mostly) consequentialist perspective, might sometimes be morally required to make exceptions from sensitive rules like prohibitions of extremely harmful practices (e.g. READ MORE