Essays about: "what motivates people"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the words what motivates people.

1. 1. Accessibility in Social Media : Facebook and the Older Adult

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Angie Jeansson Hall; Arshed Al-Hadeethi; Jenny Gustafsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Older Social Media Users; Heuristic Evaluation; Inclusive Design; WCAG Compliance; Digital Exclusion; Facebook Usability; User Study;

   Abstract : In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the percentage of seniors using social media, yet few studies have been conducted to understand the challenges underlying social network utilisation by seniors. By understanding what motivates seniors to use social media, the difficulties they encounter while using them and what would be an inclusive social media from their perspective is paramount for designing inclusive user interfaces that suit this growing population. READ MORE

3. 2. Factors associated with male youth’s utilization of youth clinics –A cross-sectional study in southern Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Stella Hedlund; [2023]
   Keywords : sexual and reproductive health; mental health; male youth; youth friendly services; health-seeking behaviour; utilization; Sweden; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Background: Sweden has a long-standing tradition of youth-friendly services focusing on sexual, reproductive and mental health. Currently, they are mainly targeting and being used by girls and young women. READ MORE

4. 3. Assessing the Transformative Potential of a Sociocracy-Informed Climate Change Adaptation Lab in Lund, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Rory Daniel Antoniuk; Spilios Iliopoulos; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; climate change adaptation; sociocracy; transformational change; transformative change; power; power cube; ladder of participation; complexity; systems; public participation; climate change adaptation lab; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Effective climate change adaptation necessitates enhanced public participation as there is a need for the voice of people to be meaningfully incorporated to facilitate transformational adaptation, contend with complexity, and avoid maladaptation. Despite this, widespread participation in climate change adaptation governance in Global North countries like Sweden is currently restricted by rigid power dynamics, even in spaces that purport to be transformationally participatory. READ MORE

5. 4. “What Else Can We Do?” An examination into sustained anti-authoritarian mobilization in Hong Kong’s Yellow Economic Circle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Bonnie Tallberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Anti-authoritarianism; Contentious Politics; Democracy; Hong Kong; Mobilization; Yellow Economic Circle; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Civil liberties and freedoms have diminished globally due to the last decades’ deepened authoritarianism. Concurrently, mobilizations countering this development have decreased. READ MORE

6. 5. What motivates people to become entrepreneurs? : Everyday Entrepreneurship: A Scope to Practice Human Agency, An opportunity to be Socially Included.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Durdana Hassin Pritha; [2022]
   Keywords : Everyday Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Motivation; Indicators of Entrepreneurial Motivation; Human Agency; Storytelling; Social Exclusion; Social Inclusion.;

   Abstract : When highly successful entrepreneurs with big technology-based ideas are at the center of the academic and business discussions, this research concentrated on exploring the motivations of everyday entrepreneurs in Malmö. Most of the time everyday entrepreneurs are not considered to be worthy of observation, analysis or an inspiration for others. READ MORE