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Supplemental_online_material_Table_A1_and_A2 – Supplemental material for Patterns of transnational trade union cooperation in Europe: The effect of regimes, sectors and resources
No full textSupplemental material, Supplemental_online_material_Table_A1_and_A2 for Patterns of transnational trade union cooperation in Europe: The effect of regimes, sectors and resources by Patrik Vulkan and Bengt Larsson in European Journal of Industrial Relations</p
3D-Renderöinti Vulkan-rajapinnalla
No full textNykypäivänä 3D-grafiikkaa käytetään lukuisissa käyttökohteissa, useilla eri käyttöjärjestelmillä ja sitäkin moninaisimmilla laitteilla. Tästä laitteiden ja ohjelmistojen kirjosta johtuen useimmat kehittäjät päätyvät käyttämään alustariippumatonta grafiikkarajapintaa renderöinnin toteutukseen. Tässä tutkielmassa pyritään selvittämään Vulkanin ja OpenGL-rajapinnan eroja sekä tutkitaan syitä miksi kehittäjä valitsisi Vulkanin modernin renderöijän kehitykseen OpenGL:n sijasta.Today, 3D graphics are use in many different applications, on many different operating systems and on many different devices. Because of this variety of devices and software, most developers end up using a cross-platform graphics API for rendering. In this thesis, we try to find out the differences between Vulkan and OpenGL APIs and to investigate the reasons why a developer would choose Vulkan over OpenGL for the development of a modern renderer.unknown accessibilityei tietoa saavutettavuudest
Employees’ well-being and attitudes to labour market policy in a Swedish and Nordic welfare state setting
No full textThis thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can
deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection legislation
(EPL) to provide employers the flexibility to hire and fire with ease, and others supposed to provide employees
with a high level of ‘employment security’ (high ability to find new quality jobs if they lose their current job) and
‘income security’ (low likelihood of suffering economically during periods of transition between jobs). More
specifically, this thesis analyses how flexicurity may affect employees’ well-being and to what extent they favour
flexicurity policy proposals in Sweden and (to lesser degrees) other Nordic countries, using data obtained from
responses to a questionnaire concerning security in the labour market distributed to employees, with additional
data from the Labour Force Survey.
The theoretical framework applied relates flexicurity theory to the two central concepts of flexibility and
security, and the need for institutional arrangements that compensate for losses of job security (caused by
weakening of EPL) in the labour market. Furthermore, it includes a multidimensional understanding of security
and its relation to well-being, as well as ways in which class and insider-outsider divisions may structure
employees’ attitudes to labour market policy and the main components of the flexicurity arrangement
Empirically, the thesis is based on four studies, designated Studies I-IV. Study I examines to what extent
increases in employment and income security could compensate for losses of job security among employees, as
envisioned in the flexicurity arrangement. Study II elaborates on this theme by examining the relation between
job insecurity and poor well-being, and the degree to which losses of well-being can be countered by increases in
employment and income security, using a multidimensional measure of employees’ security in Sweden, Finland
and Norway. Study III examines employee attitudes to deregulating EPL, a central component of flexicurity, in
the Nordic welfare states and whether labour market outsiders are more in favour than insiders of deregulation.
Study IV explores employees’ support for the policy measures comprising the main flexicurity components, and
to what extent class and insider/outsider divisions in Sweden affect this support.
The main findings are that job insecurity exacerbates employees’ worries about job losses, and that the
worries are related to both employment and income security. High employment security is associated with low
levels of worries about job losses, indicating that improvements in possibilities of finding a new job can
compensate for increases in job insecurity. However, the level of job insecurity affects these worries most
strongly (of the tested variables), thus improving job security could be considered the most effective measure for
improving employees’ mental well-being. A labour market that prioritizes provision of employment and income
security could, under favourable conditions, be better for employees than an arrangement that primarily
prioritizes job security. However, the success of the flexicurity arrangement seems highly susceptible to economic
down-turns, since the effectiveness of the active labour market programmes it requires is heavily reliant on
market forces. The likely loss of employment security during a recession would be clearly detrimental to
employees’ well-being. Relatively high proportions of employees favour deregulation of EPL in Sweden to allow
employers more flexibility. However, the support decreases when the deregulation is associated with lower job
security for employees. There is little support for the notion that outsiders would be more in favour of
deregulation. In fact, there are indications of the opposite tendency, that outsiders are more in favour of strict EPL
than insiders, contrary to a central tenet of insider/outsider theory. Concerning attitudes to all three main
flexicurity components, there is little coherent support for policy changes in line with flexicurity. Employee
preferences are rather oriented towards either interventionist or neoliberal measures in the labour market, which
to a large part can be explained by class position, since interventionist and neoliberal policy preferences are
readily structured along class divisions. These results are problematic with regard to implementation of
flexicurity, since wide support for the arrangement is considered important for its success. Insider/outsider
divisions seem to have fairly small, or theoretically contradictory, effects on policy preferences
Fiction, Parody and Utopia by Patrik Ouředník
No full textZ názvu bakalářské práce Parodie, fikce a utopie Patrika Ouředníka vyplývá, na co se bude práce zaměřovat - jsou to spisovatelovy svobodné prostory jazyka. Teoretické znalosti o jednotlivých literárních žánrech a jazykových postupech (utopie, dystopie, parodie a fikce) budou aplikovány do praxe. Na vybraných autorových dílech bude objasněno, které konkrétní svobodné prostory jazyka autor využívá. Cílem práce je tedy vysvětlit, jak autor těchto prostorů jazyka využívá ve svých prozaických dílech, ale i za jakým účelem vytváří osobitý spisovatelský rukopis.As a result of the title of the bachelor's thesis Fiction, parody and utopia of Patrik Ouředník we are able to identify what is the central theme of this thesis - it means author's free areas of language. The theoretical knowledge of literary genres and language methods - utopia, dystopia, parody and fiction - will be used in practise. Shortly after that we could make clear which free language areas the author utilizes. Therefore the targets of bachelor's thesis are firstly how Patrik Ouředník uses these areas of language and secondly what is the purpose of his peculiar handwriting.Fakulta filozofickáStudentka představila téma práce, cíle , zvolenou metodu.
Vedoucí a oponent práce seznámili komisi s posuky.
Studentka reagovala na otázky obsažené v posudcích a na další dotazy členů komise.
Diskuse.Dokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
The Microfundations of Flexicurity Employees’ well-being and attitudes to labour market policy in a Swedish and Nordic welfare state setting
No full textThis thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection legislation (EPL) to provide employers the flexibility to hire and fire with ease, and others supposed to provide employees with a high level of ‘employment security’ (high ability to find new quality jobs if they lose their current job) and ‘income security’ (low likelihood of suffering economically during periods of transition between jobs). More specifically, this thesis analyses how flexicurity may affect employees’ well-being and to what extent they favour flexicurity policy proposals in Sweden and (to lesser degrees) other Nordic countries, using data obtained from responses to a questionnaire concerning security in the labour market distributed to employees, with additional data from the Labour Force Survey. The theoretical framework applied relates flexicurity theory to the two central concepts of flexibility and security, and the need for institutional arrangements that compensate for losses of job security (caused by weakening of EPL) in the labour market. Furthermore, it includes a multidimensional understanding of security and its relation to well-being, as well as ways in which class and insider-outsider divisions may structure employees’ attitudes to labour market policy and the main components of the flexicurity arrangement Empirically, the thesis is based on four studies, designated Studies I-IV. Study I examines to what extent increases in employment and income security could compensate for losses of job security among employees, as envisioned in the flexicurity arrangement. Study II elaborates on this theme by examining the relation between job insecurity and poor well-being, and the degree to which losses of well-being can be countered by increases in employment and income security, using a multidimensional measure of employees’ security in Sweden, Finland and Norway. Study III examines employee attitudes to deregulating EPL, a central component of flexicurity, in the Nordic welfare states and whether labour market outsiders are more in favour than insiders of deregulation. Study IV explores employees’ support for the policy measures comprising the main flexicurity components, and to what extent class and insider/outsider divisions in Sweden affect this support. The main findings are that job insecurity exacerbates employees’ worries about job losses, and that the worries are related to both employment and income security. High employment security is associated with low levels of worries about job losses, indicating that improvements in possibilities of finding a new job can compensate for increases in job insecurity. However, the level of job insecurity affects these worries most strongly (of the tested variables), thus improving job security could be considered the most effective measure for improving employees’ mental well-being. A labour market that prioritizes provision of employment and income security could, under favourable conditions, be better for employees than an arrangement that primarily prioritizes job security. However, the success of the flexicurity arrangement seems highly susceptible to economic down-turns, since the effectiveness of the active labour market programmes it requires is heavily reliant on market forces. The likely loss of employment security during a recession would be clearly detrimental to employees’ well-being. Relatively high proportions of employees favour deregulation of EPL in Sweden to allow employers more flexibility. However, the support decreases when the deregulation is associated with lower job security for employees. There is little support for the notion that outsiders would be more in favour of deregulation. In fact, there are indications of the opposite tendency, that outsiders are more in favour of strict EPL than insiders, contrary to a central tenet of insider/outsider theory. Concerning attitudes to all three main flexicurity components, there is little coherent support for policy changes in line with flexicurity. Employee preferences are rather oriented towards either interventionist or neoliberal measures in the labour market, which to a large part can be explained by class position, since interventionist and neoliberal policy preferences are readily structured along class divisions. These results are problematic with regard to implementation of flexicurity, since wide support for the arrangement is considered important for its success. Insider/outsider divisions seem to have fairly small, or theoretically contradictory, effects on policy preferences
Feeling the Risk of Unemployment: the Effects of Job, Employment and Income Insecurity on Mental Well-being
No full textLabour Market Insecurity: The Effects of Job, Employment and Income Insecurity on the Mental Well-being of Employees
No full textThis article proposes that the insecurity facing employees in the labour market can be viewed as a multifaceted concept that encompasses job insecurity, employment insecurity and income insecurity, as well as the cognitive and affective dimensions of each of these. The results indicate the validity of using this concept in order to better understand how insecurity relates to mental well-being by affecting both the manifest and latent functions of work
La inseguridad del mercado de trabajo: los efectos de la inseguridad en el trabajo, el empleo y los ingresos en el bienestar mental de los empleados
No full textThis article proposes that the insecurity facing employees in the labour
market can be viewed as a multifaceted concept that encompasses job insecurity,
employment insecurity and income insecurity, as well as the cognitive and affective
dimensions of each of these. The results indicate the validity of using this concept in
order to better understand how insecurity relates to mental well-being by affecting both
the manifest and latent functions of workEste artículo propone que la inseguridad que afrontan los empleados en el mercado de trabajo puede ser entendida como un concepto polifacético que enmarca la inseguridad en el trabajo, en el empleo y en el salario, así como las dimensiones cognitivas y afectivas de cada uno de ellos. Los resultados indican la validez del uso de este concepto para entender mejor cómo la inseguridad se relaciona con el bienestar mental afectando las funciones manifiestas y latentes del trabajo
Flipping the Flipped Classroom? Challenges and possibilities of the flipped classroom within a heterogenous student class context
No full textThe flipped classroom (FC) offers several benefits in teaching and learning, with more student-centred learning, digital and asynchronous resources for the student, and more time assigned to active learning through workshops. But applying FC to a heterogenous student group, where there is great contextual variation in student’s ability to reach the learning goals due to class background, access to resources, difference in learning style and motivation, comes with certain challenges. After introducing FC to social science students learning quantitative methods on bachelor level, we noticed that although student performance and approval went up, a polarizing effect occurred, with midrange students performing better and high performing students performing even more so, but low performing students sometimes doing worse. We have so far identified some potential causes: FC assumes that you come prepared to classroom activities, by watching recorded lectures, reading the literature etc. However, in the absence of any structure offered by the course and the teachers, these preparations will often be done individually by the students, which tend to favour those from an educated background, with easy access to learning-friendly accommodations, and whose learning style favours autonomy and introversion. It is also easy for low-performing students to take a more passive role during group-based activities, with the result that they get less exposure to learning activities. We propose that the flipped classroom can be flipped once more; allow time and space for students to do some of the preparations in the classroom. This can also help those whose learning style is more collective and extrovert. Workshops should also be arranged with strict rotating tasks and recurrent individual diagnostic quizzes, to engage all students and help them to see their own learning improvements. These are some the examples we will present on how to deal with a heterogenous class context in a FC setting. We will do a poster presentation, outlining specific challenges or cases (of which two were mentioned above) connected to a heterogenous student class context and our concrete proposals on how to deal with these challenges. To inspire dialogue and critical engagement, participants will be encouraged to take part in mini-workshops on specific cases, where they can offer their opinions or improvement on our proposals or alternative solutions that will be added to the poster, making it an interactive presentation. The flipped classroom (FC) offers several benefits in teaching and learning, with more student-centred learning, digital and asynchronous resources for the student, and more time assigned to active learning through workshops. But applying FC to a heterogenous student group, where there is great contextual variation in student's ability to reach the learning goals due to class background, access to resources, difference in learning style and motivation, comes with certain challenges. After introducing FC to social science students learning quantitative methods on bachelor level, we noticed that although student performance and approval went up, a polarizing effect occurred, with midrange students performing better and high performing students performing even more so, but low performing students sometimes doing worse, results which run counter to the inclusive and encompassing notions of blended learning associated with FC (see Hrastinski 2019. For similar examples of FC polarization, see Stöhr et al. 2020; Chen et al. 2014) We have so far identified some potential causes: FC assumes that you come prepared to classroom activities, by watching recorded lectures, reading the literature etc. However, in the absence of any structure offered by the course and the teachers, these preparations will often be done individually by the students, which tend to favour those from an educated background, with easy access to learning-friendly accommodations, and whose learning style favours autonomy and introversion. It is also easy for low-performing students to take a more passive role during group-based activities, with the result that they get less exposure to learning activities. We propose that the flipped classroom can be flipped once more; allow time and space for students to do some of the preparations in the classroom. This can also help those whose learning style is more collective and extrovert. Workshops should also be arranged with strict rotating tasks and recurrent individual diagnostic quizzes, to engage all students and help them to see their own learning improvements. These are some the examples we will present on how to deal with a heterogenous class context in a FC setting
Labour Market Insecurity: The Effects of Job, Employment and Income Insecurity on the Mental Well-being of Employees
No full textThis article proposes that the insecurity facing employees in the labour market can be viewed as a multifaceted concept that encompasses job insecurity, employment insecurity and income insecurity, as well as the cognitive and affective dimensions of each of these. The results indicate the validity of using this concept in order to better understand how insecurity relates to mental well-being by affecting both the manifest and latent functions of work
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