Doctors' health experiences are of importance in the daily debate on sick-leaves and health in general. The way in which doctors constitute meaning about health may give some explanation as to why the percentage of people on sick-leave rises while the employers are trying to improve the well-being in the workplaces. The purpose of this phenomenological and explorative study is therefore to fin

There comes a time in every persons life when it is time to leave childhood and step into the adult world by way of reaching puberty. Dramatic biological, social and emotional changes, typical of this period in life, may put the individual at greater risk for negative influences from internal as well as external sources. Weight and body image seems to be predominant issues in the adolescent years,

The aim of this study is to examine how students perceive and value their prior merits. We will also study whether there is a discrepancy in how employers and applicants perceive and value their images and representations of applicants prior merits. In addition we will try to suggest that discrepancy may harm the possibility to carry out a successful recruiting; in that effect incongruity may lead

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of shame and sadness on stereotyping towards older/younger persons. Velten mood induction procedure was used to induce the relevant emotions. Research has shown that people in negative moods tends to use stereotypes in their evaluation of social groups to a lesser extent then people in positive moods. Hence it was relevant to study the e

The purpose of present study has been to investigate what significance trust, attachment styles and trait-anxiety have to young adults' attitude to different modes of transportation. The relationship between the trust and attachment style of the young adults and the one of their parents who was responsible for their transportation while they were 10 years old is analysed. 76 young adults, aged

Uppsatsen syftar till att analysera ett antal ledares uppfattningar om hur organisationens organisationskultur har formats samt deras upplevelser av organisationskulturens påverkan på deras ledarskap. Uppsatsen är av kvalitativ art och baseras på sex stycken intervjuer med ledare inom Södra Skog. För att kunna besvara vårt syfte har intervjuerna analyserats utifrån ett antal olika organisations-,

Problem: Galna ko-sjukan blev ett uppmärksammat problem redan 1995 och i Sverige blev det på allvar uppmärksammat under år 2000. Medierna rapporterade i form av skrämselpropaganda om sjukdomen. Köttkonsumtionen förändrades och medvetenheten om sjukdomen och kött ökade. Nu har det gått några år och vi undrar om hur konsumenter, myndigheter och köttbranschen har blivit påverkade av sjukdomen och äve

Problem: Veckopress, i huvudsak den som är riktad till kvinnan, har en tendens att skapa och bibehålla en viss form av medial "kvinnokultur". Veckorevyn är, enligt vår mening, ett bra exempel på just en sådan tidning. För en ungefär två år sedan, augusti 2000, tillträdde Emma Hamberg posten som Veckorevyns chefredaktö r. Hamberg hade för avsikt att förändra tidningen på ett, enligt henne

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur ledare använder sig av e-post som kommunikationsmedel i sitt dagliga arbete. Frågeställningar: Hur och varför använder ledare e-post? Hur upplever ledare användandet av e-post? Hur påverkas ledares arbete av e-post? Undersökningen: Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ intervjumetod och genomfört 14 intervjuer med mellanchefer inom fem företag i Tetra Pak

Syfte : Syftet med uppsatsen är att se hur alkoholkampanjer riktade till unga i åldern 13 till 25 har förändrats genom en semiotisk analys med fokus på kampanjernas budskap. Problem: Har alkoholkampanjer riktade till ungdomar förändrats sedan 80-talet, och i så fall hur? Hur och var försöker man nå målgruppen? Hur är budskapet utformat, använder sig sändaren av några övertalningsstrategier? Hur sk

Problem: Efter alla teoretiska kurser ville jag undersöka verkligheten och försöka översätta en del av teorin till praktiken. Politisk kommunikation intresserar mig och jag tog därför kontakt med Kurt Hansson, informationsansvarig på Kristianstads kommun. Han har hand om den externa kommunikationen och introducerade fenomenet byastämmor för mig. Byastämmorna är en kommunikationskanal mellan kommun

The purpose with this essay, was to examine how the social workers in Malmö´s Social welfare services describe the needs of the psychosocial treatment to clients with methadone maintenance treatment and what kind of efforts they can offer to this group of clients. To attain this purpose we focused on these following questions How do the social workers define the problems and the needs of a heroin

The object of this essay is to examinate if there exist any values and moral aspects of the politics of voluntary returning home of refugees. The questions in issue are the following: - When is it of importance to argue voluntary returning home? Is it when integration does not work, or has it always been topic of interest? - In what degree has values and different ideas about “the best for the ref

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the networks meaning for youths sense of safety. The main questions were: ¤ How can a network for a youth look like today? Is there any difference between boys or girls network? Which? ¤ What does safety mean for youths today? Is there any difference in the description of safety between boys and girls? ¤ Which part of the network constitutes the greatest

This is a 10 Swedish credits essay at the sixth term of the programme for social studies at the University of Lund. The purpose of the composition was to examine how the "individual programme" is established and how it serves. The framing of the questions has been; how the programme is established; how to get admitted as a pupil; how the schools serve to reach their purposes; how the pup

The aim of this essay was to find out what children consider to be necessary consumption at three senior level schools in the municipality of Lund. I had three questions to help me to reach my aim: · What consider pupils in senior level to be necessary consumption? · Are there any differences between the answers from the girls and the boys? · Are there any differences between the pupils depending

The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyse how gender is represented and passed on in 12 Swedish child- and youth magazines. We put focus on three different arias; how gender roles were passed on, which kind of problems girls and boys were ascribed and how sexuality was represented. We chose to do a qualitative study of the magazines using 11 theme questions. Our study showed that

We have done a study concerning young women, in the ages of 20 to 30, and their thoughts about, consumption of, and habits regarding alcohol. The study is the base of our essay which has been done during the last ten weeks of the sixth semester (of seven) for the Bachelor degree of Social Work Science at Socialhögskolan in Lund. The study is built around five themes found in the essays purpose. El

The purpose of this composition was to study children as participants in their own reality and their social life during recess in school. Our ambitions were, from children's point of view, and a perspective of gender, to find out the existence and expressions of groups, leaders and rules. Our main questions regarded group constellations, the presence of leaders and the importance of rules, and