Social capital is a psychosocial resource that has been found to have a profound effect on well-being and organizational performance. Research on social capital in Sweden is however lacking. The aim of the present thesis was to explore social capital in a Swedish organizational context and how it can be utilized in the new world of work. The thesis is divided into two studies. Study 1 aimed to do

Studiens resultat påvisar ett samband mellan motivationella faktorer, behovsfaktorer och prestation. När motivationella faktorer ger upphov till behovsfaktorerna motiveras en individ och prestationen ökar. Det finns en del motivationella faktorer som leder till motivation och prestation men vilken motivationstyp som ska sporras beror på vilket resultat arbetsgivaren är ute efter. Vidare ligger denThe results of the study shows a relationship between motivational factors, need factors and performance. When motivational factors lead to fulfillment of the need factors motivation and performance increases. There are some motivational factors that lead to motivation and performance but weather you should spur intrinsic or extrinsic motivation depends on the wanted results. Furthermore, the main

Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka vad fenomenet direktare, dvs. då en död person kremeras och kroppen sprids i minneslund utan någon ceremoni, samt övriga förändringar vad gäller riter i samband med död och begravning säger om vår samtid. Undersökningen bygger på semistrukturerade intervjuer med ett antal begravningsentreprenörer, begravningsrådgivare samt krematorievaktmästare verksamma

The objective of this interview study is to examine the discourses on sexual violence that circulate among young cismen in today’s Sweden, in the wake of the metoo movement. This study seeks to understand how ideas of masculinity connect to conceptions of the rapist, and how this relates to the construction of the participants’ own identities. It further aims to explore the emotional dimensions of

The aim of this study was to explore how treatment assistants at a treatment home perceived the identity of the women cared for at the treatment home. The aim was also to explore how treatment assistants perceived the women’s approach to social rules. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with five treatment assistants. The treatment assistants worked with compulsive care at

The relationship between Indonesia and rice self-sufficiency policy has lasted since its independence from colonialism. Unfortunately, the policy does not always work. Even though the Government has done a lot of things to improve rice production, Indonesia has to import rice from overseas to fulfill its demand for rice. This study evaluates what has been done by the Indonesian Government to achie

Detta examensarbete utfördes på CG Drives & Automation (Emotron). Företaget satsar på att utveckla produkter och lösningar för att styra och övervaka elektriska motorer. En av deras mer populära produkter är den effektiva och energisparande frekvensomriktaren. Dess positiva egenskaper kommer även med en negativ effekt, nämligen en ökning av THD nivån i systemet. Med denna ökning uppkommer skadThis thesis was conducted on CG Drives & Automation (Emotron), a company that invests in developing products and solutions to control and monitor electrical motors. One of their more popular product is the effective and energy saving Variable Frequency Drive (VFD). However, the usage of an VFD leads to higher THD levels in the system, which then creates harmful harmonics. The quality of the gr

The term Middle-income Trap (MIT) is relatively new, originating thirteen years ago, but has since generated significant debate. It is used by politicians to channel national reforms and has given rise to a vast amount of research about growth slowdowns in middle-income countries (MICs). The term describes the higher prevalence of economic growth slowdowns in MICs, which impedes their transition i

This study examines discourses about hormonal contraceptives from the viewpoint of researchers and professionals within the health care system, and from users of the contraceptives. Among other things, I highlight how the representations of the health care professionals concerning side effects from hormonal contraceptives differ from the experiences had by the users themselves. I explore the cultu

Abstract Zoos have been gaining increased popularity from tourists in recent years, as many people feel distant from wildlife and thus are eager to experience closeness with animals. The aim of this paper is to analyse tourist experiences of modern zoo tourism and the research question asked is “What types of tourist experiences are tourists gaining when visiting a modern zoo?” To achieve this ai

Michael Posner är en amerikansk psykolog som under tidigt 80-tal utvecklade ett numera välkänt experiment kallat Posner Paradigm, eller Posner’s Cueing Task. Experimentet är vida använt för att bedöma hur en deltagares uppmärksamhet kan påverkas av olika störningar och stimuli. Här utförs detta experiment på deltagare i en förstärkt verklighet.Posner Cueing Task is an experiment to investigate the eect dierent type of stimulis could have on the visual attention. This master thesis aimed to implement a Posner Cueing Task in an Argumented Reality using a integrated eye tracker. The thesis were divided into two distinct parts. One part to write code for synchronisation and communication between Microsoft Hololens and Tobii eye tracker. One

Så det visar sig att du kollade på fel gen från första början Vänta, har jag kollat på fel gen från första början? Ja, det är frågan man ställer sig själv när man inser att mutationen i genen man studerat verkar ha noll koppling till vad man faktiskt försöker undersöka. Var allt i onödan? Jag studerade gula mutanter av sädeslaget Korn. Dessa mutanter var gula just för att de hade mutationer i gThe xantha phenotype of barley is observable as a yellow plant and caused by an inability to correctly synthesize chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a tetrapyrrolic pigment containing magnesium, and is integral for photosynthesis in plants. The phenotype can be caused by a number of mutations, and through methods like linkage mapping and sequencing it is possible to find the causative genotype. In this p

Today plastic packaging is used in a wide array of industries including the pharmaceutical industry. Nevertheless, the increasing amount of plastic waste from packaging is generating great amount of contaminants that do not only damage the environment, but as well the society and the economy as a whole. Whilst industries of fast consumer goods, such as the food and fashion industry enjoy vast rese

Det finns många olika typer sockermolekyler och de finns överallt i den levande världen. Olika typer socker fyller olika uppgifter, detta kan vara allt ifrån lagring av energi till att bygga upp strukturen hos växter och träd. Denna studie har ägnat sig åt att studera ett enzym, som påskyndar nerbrytningen av vissa sockermolekyler och klipper bort sockret galaktos från längre kedjor. Två olika typerThree clan-D α-galactosidases, BoGal36A (from Bacteroides ovatus), AnGal36A (from Aspergillus niger) from GH-family 36 and CtGal27A (from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) from GH27, were studied for their transglycosylaton ability. All the investigated α-galactosidases were shown capable of catalyzing transglycosylation reactions with 4-Nitrophenyl-α-D-galactopyranoside (pNPαGal) as donor and methanol, pr

Studien är en diskursanalys av statens språkbruk i rättsfallet mellan samebyn Girjas och svenska staten i Högsta domstolen. Girjas stämde staten år 2009 i Gäl-livare tingsrätt och ärendet avslutades i Högsta domstolen i Stockholm år 2020. Girjas fick ensamrätt på jakt och fiske på samebyns område, vilket gör att de lättare kan förvalta rennäringen i samband med jakten och fisket. Sverige har bliviThis study analyses the discourse used by the Swedish state in the trial between the Saami village of Girjas and the Swedish state in the Swedish Supreme court. Girjas sued the State for the first time in 2009, and then took the case to the su-preme court in 2020. The people of Girjas won the hunting and fishing rights on the land in question thanks to the concept of prescription from time immemor

Winston Churchill once said “democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time”. Can this sentence be related to economic growth and development? This thesis analyzes the economic outcomes of the two main political regimes (Democracy and Dictatorship) in the developing world and discovers that Churchill’s words cannot be applied for l

Studiens syfte var att undersöka om det fanns ett samband mellan anställningsotrygghet och upplevt psykiska välmående med det sociala samspelet mellan kollegor som en medierande effekt. Detta undersöktes genom en webbaserad enkät, där upplevt psykiskt välmående, anställningsotrygghet och det sociala samspelet mättes med konstruktestade formulär. Deltagarna (N=87) var anställda i livsmedelsbutiker The purpose of the study was to examine if there is a covariance between job insecurity and the experienced mental well-being with the factor social interaction between co-workers as a mediating effect. This was studied through a web survey where experienced mental well-being, social interaction and job insecurity was measured with construct validated surveys. The participants (N=87) were employee

Accounting for approximately 8% of global CO2 emissions, the cement industry is one of the greatest contributors to climate change, despite the lack of focus on this sector in popular discourse. Deep cuts in this sector are challenging to achieve due to necessitated alteration of material components and formulation of the traditional product in addressing non-energy related ‘process emissions’. Te