334 research outputs found
"Du vet inte hur otäckt det är!" : Skräck och obehag i tre av John Ajvide Lindqvists noveller
No full textThis study aims to explore how the author John Ajvide Lindqvist portrays horror and unpleasantness in three of his short stories. The stories were read closely to identify and categorize the means by which the author creates a spooky and scary atmosphere and feeling. The findings were compared to the horror genre and its properties. The main finding was that Ajvide Lindqvist uses traditional horror conventions and modernises them, for example by placing the plot in desolate locations within a more modern setting. As well as this, the author also uses foreshadowing and placement of objects that evokes an ominous feeling within the reader and uses explicit and sometimes grotesque descriptions of the human body
”ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen
No full textPeter Forsgren, Departement of Film and Literature, Linnaeus University “do you give me permission to write a novel about you?”: Elin Wägner’s Unmasked – Secretive and the women writers’ Bildungsroman (“ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen) This article analyzes Elin Wägner’s autobiographical twin novel Genomskådad—Hemlighetsfull (Unmasked—Secretive), published 1937–38, by placing it in the tradition of women writers’ Bildungsroman. The aim of the author was to describe her own development as a feminist from the early 20th century to the 1930’s and at the same time the history of women liberation movement during the same period. In contrast to the traditional Bildungsroman and the ideal of harmony between the hero and the society in the end, the women writers’ Bildungsroman explores the injustices of the patriarchal society and at the same time the need for a new kind of society that brings women freedom and possibilities to develop themselves, something that gives these novels utopian qualities. As the analysis shows, the character Ethel bears many similarities with the young Elin Wägner, while the main character and narrator, Agnes, who is radicalized by World War I, step by step develops a feminism that the author embraced by the time the twin novel was written. This was a feminism inspired by ideas of matriarchy which underlined the importance of peace, not only between nations but also between man and nature. A third part of this autobiographical Bildungsroman was planned, but instead Elin Wägner wrote Väckarklocka (Alarm Clock), published 1941. This book became the author’s testament and in it she discusses the three main themes in her authorship: women, peace and the environment. In Väckarklocka Elin Wägner speaks with a strong personal voice in the manner defined by Susan Snaider Lanser, and the twin novel can be read as a story about how this voice was developed and why
”ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen
No full textPeter Forsgren, Departement of Film and Literature, Linnaeus University “do you give me permission to write a novel about you?”: Elin Wägner’s Unmasked – Secretive and the women writers’ Bildungsroman (“ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen) This article analyzes Elin Wägner’s autobiographical twin novel Genomskådad—Hemlighetsfull (Unmasked—Secretive), published 1937–38, by placing it in the tradition of women writers’ Bildungsroman. The aim of the author was to describe her own development as a feminist from the early 20th century to the 1930’s and at the same time the history of women liberation movement during the same period. In contrast to the traditional Bildungsroman and the ideal of harmony between the hero and the society in the end, the women writers’ Bildungsroman explores the injustices of the patriarchal society and at the same time the need for a new kind of society that brings women freedom and possibilities to develop themselves, something that gives these novels utopian qualities. As the analysis shows, the character Ethel bears many similarities with the young Elin Wägner, while the main character and narrator, Agnes, who is radicalized by World War I, step by step develops a feminism that the author embraced by the time the twin novel was written. This was a feminism inspired by ideas of matriarchy which underlined the importance of peace, not only between nations but also between man and nature. A third part of this autobiographical Bildungsroman was planned, but instead Elin Wägner wrote Väckarklocka (Alarm Clock), published 1941. This book became the author’s testament and in it she discusses the three main themes in her authorship: women, peace and the environment. In Väckarklocka Elin Wägner speaks with a strong personal voice in the manner defined by Susan Snaider Lanser, and the twin novel can be read as a story about how this voice was developed and why
”ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners <em>Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull</em> och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textPeter Forsgren, Departement of Film and Literature, Linnaeus University “do you give me permission to write a novel about you?”: Elin Wägner’s Unmasked – Secretive and the women writers’ Bildungsroman (“ger du mig lov att skriva en roman om dig?” Elin Wägners Genomskådad – Hemlighetsfull och den kvinnliga bildningsromanen) This article analyzes Elin Wägner’s autobiographical twin novel Genomskådad—Hemlighetsfull (Unmasked—Secretive), published 1937–38, by placing it in the tradition of women writers’ Bildungsroman. The aim of the author was to describe her own development as a feminist from the early 20th century to the 1930’s and at the same time the history of women liberation movement during the same period. In contrast to the traditional Bildungsroman and the ideal of harmony between the hero and the society in the end, the women writers’ Bildungsroman explores the injustices of the patriarchal society and at the same time the need for a new kind of society that brings women freedom and possibilities to develop themselves, something that gives these novels utopian qualities. As the analysis shows, the character Ethel bears many similarities with the young Elin Wägner, while the main character and narrator, Agnes, who is radicalized by World War I, step by step develops a feminism that the author embraced by the time the twin novel was written. This was a feminism inspired by ideas of matriarchy which underlined the importance of peace, not only between nations but also between man and nature. A third part of this autobiographical Bildungsroman was planned, but instead Elin Wägner wrote Väckarklocka (Alarm Clock), published 1941. This book became the author’s testament and in it she discusses the three main themes in her authorship: women, peace and the environment. In Väckarklocka Elin Wägner speaks with a strong personal voice in the manner defined by Susan Snaider Lanser, and the twin novel can be read as a story about how this voice was developed and why.</p
Motstånd i förändringsprocesser : En studie om organisatoriska påverkansfaktorer
No full textSammanfattning Titel: Motstånd i förändringsprocesser. En studie om organisatoriska påverkansfaktorer. Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen), i ämnet företagsekonomi. Författare: Elin Pajuvirta och Elin Yttersted Handledare: Svante Brunåker Datum: 2024-Januari Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur organisatoriska faktorer kan tänkas påverka anställdas benägenhet till att inte vilja acceptera och delta i förändringsprocesser. Metod: Studien utgår från en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med ett abduktivt synsätt. Det empiriska materialet har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med 12 respondenter. Studieobjektet är en organisation inom vårdbemanning, som under år 2022 genomgått ett företagsförvärv, vilket är studiens undersökta förändringsprocess. Resultat & slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att organisatoriska faktorer såsom ledarskap, företagskultur och kommunikation har påverkan på anställdas förändringsvilja. Organisationen har genom öppen kommunikation varit mer framgångsrik vid implementeringen av förändringen. Samtidigt finner studien att de anställda blir motiverade till förändringsprocessen vid öppen företagskultur där ledarna har fokus på att göra de anställda delaktiga i förändringen. Anställda är mer benägna att acceptera och delta i förändringsprocessen när det sker ett samspel mellan de organisatoriska faktorerna: företagskultur, ledarskap och kommunikation.Företagskultur, ledarskap och kommunikation kan användas som ett verktyg för organisationer att motivera anställda om motstånd föreligger.Motstånd bör beaktas som ett verktyg för organisationer att förbättra processen genom att iaktta de utmaningar som uppkommer i samband med förändringsprocesser. Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien bidrar med en förståelse för motstånd som ett nödvändigt fenomen som organisationer inte bör sträva efter att eliminera totalt. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vidare forskning kan å ena sidan undersöka individuella faktorer för att se hur dessa kan tänkas påverka medarbetarnas benägenhet till att delta i förändringsprocesser, där fokuset ligger på individers personligheter, erfarenheter och förutsättningar. Vidare forskningen kan å andra sidan undersöka chefers ledarskapsstilar och dess olikheter för att tydliggöra mönster mellan ledarskapet och individers acceptans till förändring. Nyckelord: Motstånd, Organisatorisk förändring, Motivation.Abstract Titel: Resistance in change processes. A study on organizational influencing factors Level: Bachelor's thesis Author: Elin Pajuvirta and Elin Yttersted Supervisor: Svante Brunåker Date: 2024-January Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate how the organizational factors may affect employees' propensity to not want to accept and participate in change processes. Method: The study is based on a qualitative research method with an abductive approach. The empirical material has been collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 respondents. The object of study is an organization in healthcare staffing, which in 2022 underwent a company acquisition, which is the study's investigated change process. Result & conclusion: The results of the study show that organizational factors such as leadership, corporate culture and communication have an impact on employees' willingness to change. Through open communication, the organization has been more successful in implementing changes. At the same time, the study finds that the employees are motivated to the change process in an open corporate culture where the leaders focus on making the employees participate in the change. Employees are more likely to accept and participate in the change process when there is an interaction between the organizational factors: corporate culture, leadership and communication.Corporate culture, leadership and communication can be used as a tool for organizations to motivate employees if resistance exists.Resistance should be considered as a tool for organizations to improve the process by observing the challenges that arise in connection with change processes. Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes with an understanding of the fact that resistance is a necessary phenomenon that organizations should not strive to eliminate completely. Suggestions for future research: The conclusion of the study is that organizational factors such as corporate culture and leadership are important for organizations to successfully implement changes. Where communication, as an organizational factor, has a greater role in ensuring that the implementation of the change process does not fail. A further conclusion is that corporate culture, leadership and communication can be used as a tool for organizations to motivate employees if resistance exists. Keywords: Resistance to change (RTC), Organizational Change, Motivation
Motstånd i förändringsprocesser : En studie om organisatoriska påverkansfaktorer
No full textSammanfattning Titel: Motstånd i förändringsprocesser. En studie om organisatoriska påverkansfaktorer. Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen), i ämnet företagsekonomi. Författare: Elin Pajuvirta och Elin Yttersted Handledare: Svante Brunåker Datum: 2024-Januari Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur organisatoriska faktorer kan tänkas påverka anställdas benägenhet till att inte vilja acceptera och delta i förändringsprocesser. Metod: Studien utgår från en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med ett abduktivt synsätt. Det empiriska materialet har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med 12 respondenter. Studieobjektet är en organisation inom vårdbemanning, som under år 2022 genomgått ett företagsförvärv, vilket är studiens undersökta förändringsprocess. Resultat & slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att organisatoriska faktorer såsom ledarskap, företagskultur och kommunikation har påverkan på anställdas förändringsvilja. Organisationen har genom öppen kommunikation varit mer framgångsrik vid implementeringen av förändringen. Samtidigt finner studien att de anställda blir motiverade till förändringsprocessen vid öppen företagskultur där ledarna har fokus på att göra de anställda delaktiga i förändringen. Anställda är mer benägna att acceptera och delta i förändringsprocessen när det sker ett samspel mellan de organisatoriska faktorerna: företagskultur, ledarskap och kommunikation.Företagskultur, ledarskap och kommunikation kan användas som ett verktyg för organisationer att motivera anställda om motstånd föreligger.Motstånd bör beaktas som ett verktyg för organisationer att förbättra processen genom att iaktta de utmaningar som uppkommer i samband med förändringsprocesser. Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien bidrar med en förståelse för motstånd som ett nödvändigt fenomen som organisationer inte bör sträva efter att eliminera totalt. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vidare forskning kan å ena sidan undersöka individuella faktorer för att se hur dessa kan tänkas påverka medarbetarnas benägenhet till att delta i förändringsprocesser, där fokuset ligger på individers personligheter, erfarenheter och förutsättningar. Vidare forskningen kan å andra sidan undersöka chefers ledarskapsstilar och dess olikheter för att tydliggöra mönster mellan ledarskapet och individers acceptans till förändring. Nyckelord: Motstånd, Organisatorisk förändring, Motivation.Abstract Titel: Resistance in change processes. A study on organizational influencing factors Level: Bachelor's thesis Author: Elin Pajuvirta and Elin Yttersted Supervisor: Svante Brunåker Date: 2024-January Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate how the organizational factors may affect employees' propensity to not want to accept and participate in change processes. Method: The study is based on a qualitative research method with an abductive approach. The empirical material has been collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 respondents. The object of study is an organization in healthcare staffing, which in 2022 underwent a company acquisition, which is the study's investigated change process. Result & conclusion: The results of the study show that organizational factors such as leadership, corporate culture and communication have an impact on employees' willingness to change. Through open communication, the organization has been more successful in implementing changes. At the same time, the study finds that the employees are motivated to the change process in an open corporate culture where the leaders focus on making the employees participate in the change. Employees are more likely to accept and participate in the change process when there is an interaction between the organizational factors: corporate culture, leadership and communication.Corporate culture, leadership and communication can be used as a tool for organizations to motivate employees if resistance exists.Resistance should be considered as a tool for organizations to improve the process by observing the challenges that arise in connection with change processes. Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes with an understanding of the fact that resistance is a necessary phenomenon that organizations should not strive to eliminate completely. Suggestions for future research: The conclusion of the study is that organizational factors such as corporate culture and leadership are important for organizations to successfully implement changes. Where communication, as an organizational factor, has a greater role in ensuring that the implementation of the change process does not fail. A further conclusion is that corporate culture, leadership and communication can be used as a tool for organizations to motivate employees if resistance exists. Keywords: Resistance to change (RTC), Organizational Change, Motivation
Hey girl, I just wanted to reach out with this amazing business opportunity. : A study on language used to attract people into a Multi-Level Marketing business.
No full textThis study examines the language used by independent distributors in Multi-Level Marketing companies (MLMs) when attempting to recruit new people into the business. Social media posts and messages were read and analysed to identify themes or categories within the data, which each detailed a means used by distributors to recruit new distributors or customers. The findings were then analysed in relation to Steven Hassan's BITE-model of authoritarian control; Robert Cialdini's principles of inlfuence; Roman Jakobson's pragmatic functions; and Roland Barthes thery of cultural. The findings showed that the most frequent tactic used by the distributors was different forms of emotional tactics. The distributors also used signifiers to evoke cultural myths regarding how one should live one's life and how their MLM could help people achieve that lifestyle. Lastly, questions were frequently used in order to prolong communication between distributor and prospective recruit or customer.
50 years of IATUL: current status and achievements
No full textThe author discusses the role of International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) in providing leadership to the Information professionals in technological university libraries. An attempt is made to comprehend the present status of IATUL and analyze the activities and contribution it has made to overcome the range of challenges facing by tertiary level Technological libraries throughout the world. SWOT analysis is used to assess the achievements, failures and ascertain constraints. The author has relied on web sites as well as ephemeral material such as minutes, annual reports, newsletters, and memoranda to construct this article. Meeting and Interview with IATUL present and past presidents and other office bearers of the associations provided useful sources of information. It is also attempted to provide relevant information for those interested to join IATUL for professional development
I den värld vi drömmer om : utopin i Elin Wägners trettiotalsromaner
No full textThe aim of this present thesis is to present the Utopian scheme in Elin Wägner’s novels of the nineteen-thirties: Dialogen fortsätter (1932) (“The Dialogue Continues”), Mannen vid min sida (1933) (“The Man by my Side”), Genomskådad (1937) (“Unmasked”) and Hemlighetsfull (1938) (“Mysterious”). With her authorship Wägner was aiming for a new social order, a radical change, polväxling (a shift of poles). That was to be an alternative to the predominant patriarchal system. Elin Wägner used her literary works as a means to inþuence, and therefore an obvious tendency can be found in all her texts. My method is to read the message out of the novels. In the Þrst chapter I introduce the image of the author as a pioneering feminist. Then Þve chapters of analysis follow. In the second chapter the love meeting of the novels is focused: the encounter between woman and man is seen as a relation of power inherent in the patriarchal order. Pierre Bourdieu contributes with the theoretical framework, and his theory of the meeting as a play between actors out of Þxed positions is introduced. The complications of the play are dealt with in the novels, but at the same time a possibility to transgress or transcend them is suggested. This is the goal of emancipation and an underlying trait of the Utopian scheme. This discussion forms the framework of the analysis throughout the rest of the thesis. In the third chapter the literary and ideological climate of the nineteen-thirties is described, and the role of Elin Wägner is focused. The decade is characterised by Primitivism and a notable interest in sexuality, but also by an ideology of functional sexuality and comradeship. These phenomena were mainly discussed in the genre of emancipation, which the new female writers used. At the same time as Wägner’s authorship is paralleled with these conclusive differences are emphasised. The most significant one is that Wägner’s realistic narrative contains mysticism. The decisive moment of insight and inspiration, which emanates from the mysterious symbiotic or passionate unio mystica, is discussed in the fourth chapter. In the Þfth chapter the idea is suggested that the enlightening moment is a spark, which triggers off creativity. This concept is matched with the concept of motherliness, and the idea of samhällsmoderskap (social motherhood) is introduced. The question whether there is a speciÞc female creativity is asked, and the importance of the female tradition is stressed. Wägner’s interpretation of the myth of the archaic mother, the Great Mother, is also dealt with. The theme of motherliness is varied out of an ideological point of view in the sixth chapter. The question whether Elin Wägner, as suggested, should be considered as a radical feminist and an advocate of a woman-sovereign alternative to the patriarchal system or as a defender of a mother-cult is put forward. Finally the Utopian scheme is summed up. In the world Elin Wägner dreamt of the antagonism between woman and man is settled
Fem pedagoger tänker till om uppdraget med åtgärdsprogram Five teachers’thoughts about the assignment action programme
No full textSyftet med studien var att undersöka hur en grupp pedagoger uttryckte sig om åtgärdsprogram
samt att titta på samspelet mellan elev, vårdnadshavare och pedagog i detta sammanhang.
Frågeställningarna syftade till att klargöra hur pedagogernas uttryckssätt kunde tolkas samt
hur de olika parterna förhöll sig till varandra.
Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fem pedagoger från olika skolor, med
olika bakgrunder. Empirin kopplades samman med styrdokument och problematiserades vidare med hjälp av teorietiska perspektiv. De mest frekvent förekommande var Daniel Stern –
Det kompetenta barnet, Lev Vygotskij – Den proximala utvecklingszonen samt Pierre Bourdieu – Habitus.
Ett åtgärdsprogram är ett verktyg som syftar till att stötta och handleda en elev i behov av
särskilt stöd. Det gemensamma för pedagogerna är deras tro på det kompetenta barnet. Utgångspunkten i arbetet var individen, dess bakgrund, förutsättningar, erfarenheter och kunskaper. Det gäller att bygga på vad individen redan kan, dess styrkor. Hela processen ska ske i
samråd och samspel med både hemmet och eleven själv. De ska få möjlighet till inflytande
och ansvar över innehållet i ett åtgärdsprogram. Det är ett samarbete där den ena delen inte
kan existera utan den andre!
Studien har även resulterat i det skriftliga dokumentets dolda syfte. Pedagogerna uttryckte
att det fanns skilda syften för eleven, föräldern, skolan samt för dem själva. Pedagogerna såg
ingen användning av själva dokumentet utan mer en underförstådd tanke, som en säkerhet
inför framtiden
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