This thesis examines the motives of IT employees to stay employed at their current job in an organisation or resign voluntarily and suggests possible factors for organisations to consider while designing retention strategies. The research was conducted as an inductive case study at an IT organisation headquartered in Sweden. A mixed method approach was adopted to gather empirical data through inte

Repeatedly it has been demonstrated that the specific performance of an individual or a small group of workers have a significant impact on the profitability of a company. Hence, talented workers are vital for companies in order to stay competitive in today’s fierce business market. In addition, in industries where employees constitute the offered product the role of talent becomes even more impor

Skam är en kraftfull känsla med både positiv och negativ funktion. Känslan kan vara övergående och reglera beteendet i förhållande till omgivningens normer. Internaliserad skam är ett mer konstant tillstånd av negativ självbild där individen uppfattar hela sig som misslyckad, pinsam och mindre värd än andra. Skammen kan döljas genom att man undviker situationer som aktiverar och avslöjar den plågsShame is a powerful affect with both positive and negative functions. The emotion can be transient and help the person to socialise and behave successfully in relation to social norms. Internalised shame is a more constant state of negative self-image in which the individual regards all of him- or herself as a failure, awkward and of less worth. The shame can be hidden by avoiding situations that

Chiral perturbation theory is an efficient effective theory to describe meson-meson scattering at low energy. An effective theory naturally introduces low energy constants and they are used, for example, to solve the ultraviolet divergences. The aim of this master thesis is to focus on meson-meson scattering to find some theoretical bounds on the coupling constants, based mainly on arguments from

The study contains both an empirical and theoretical purpose. The aim is to analyze and explain the current portrayal of auditors by Swedish media, and if and when this portrayal is made in a positive way. Different theoretical perspectives will be combined in order to develop a more comprehensive framework for analysing the relation between media and auditors. The theoretical framework is based

As the number of connected devices around us increase through the development of Internet of Things (IoT), the need for interaction with these devices increase. This thesis aims to examine the benefits of using wearables to achieve fast at-a-glance interaction. A functional prototype, UbiCompass, was developed for a smartwatch that exploits the direction of the connected devices relative to the us

Trots att preventivmedel är lättillgängligt för kvinnor i Sverige idag, både praktisk och ekonomisk, visar nyligen framlagd forskning att abortstatistiken i Sverige ökat bland kvinnor 24-29 år. Studien lyfter fram negativa attityder gentemot hor-monella preventivmedel som en bidragande faktor. Vår studie ser till hur missupp-fattningarna kring preventivmedel kan förklaras, vilken roll kommunikatioEven though contraceptives in Sweden are made sure to be easily accessible to women both practically and economically resent research by medical institutions in Sweden shows that the abortion statistics are increasing amongst women aged 24-29. The study implicates that the statistics are related to negative attitudes to-wards hormonal contraceptives amongst these women. In our study we aim to in-v

This thesis studies how four Spanish party leaders have expressed themselves about the political deadlock that became reality after the country’s general elections in December 2015. The subjects of study are the declarations made during a week in the month of March by Manuel Rajoy, Pedro Sánchez, Albert Rivera and Pablo Iglesias, leaders of the four largest political parties. After presenting the

Course: FEKN90, Degree project for Master of Science in Business and Economics (30 ECTS) Authors: Petrea Godderidge, Nicole Johansson and Lina Larsson Supervisor: Annette Cerne Key words: Generation Y, store loyalty, private labels, grocery retailer Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what impact private labels, in relation to other store loyalty driving factors within the

Abstrakt The Grand Ethiopian Millennium Dam (GERD) är ett pågående statligt projekt som ska fördämma Blå Nilen. Detta stora utvecklingsprojekt förväntas lösa Etiopien och regionens grava elektricitetsunderskott och lyfta nationens ekonomiska tillväxt. Då dammen konstrueras på Nilen som är världens längsta flod har den skapat kontovers mellan Etiopien, nedströmsländerna och miljöaktivister. Som

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to understand the phenomenon of the engaged gamer, that we term video gamer’s engagement beyond purchase and playing games and how it affects the strategic brand management in the video game industry. Theoretical Perspective: The study relates engagement to strategic brand management, including the creation of a brand identity within the production process

In this thesis, the mechanical properties of thin films of low density polyethylene were investigated. There were three main objectives: to perform experiments, to simulate the experiments in Abaqus and to identify material parameters for some constitutive models by optimization. The experimental part consisted of conventional uniaxial tensile tests. Another objective was to investigate whether th

Examensarbetets titel: A Walking Brand – personligt varumärkesbyggande på sociala medier. Seminariedatum: 03-06-2016. Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i marknadsföring, 15 högskolepoäng. Författare: Anna Johnsson, Shqipe Zekolli och Sousou Cissoko. Handledare: Veronika Taranovskaya. Fem nyckelord: personligt varumärke, sociala medier, YouTube, vlogg, kritiska faktorer. Syft

The end of the Cold War marked the end of a dual world power system and an opening up of world markets. This has resulted in a more complex risk landscape, complicating political risks that firms face abroad. The 1990s and onwards also marked an increase in global interconnectedness, increasing companies’ exposure to political risks. Political risk identification has therefore become important com

Nowadays dairy powders are common products and their market share is increasing. Dairy powders are produced for various reasons, such as to reduce the transportation cost, handle seasonal variation in milk or to valorise the by-products of the production. However, powder production and consumption can entail several problems, such as inadequate solubility or the formation of lumps during wetting.

I min musikaliska utveckling har komposition hjälpt mig att hitta motivationen till att utveckla mina musikteoretiska kunskaper. Därför har jag valt att undersöka om det kan vara så att det finns någonting i komponerandet som väcker intresset för att lära sig musikteori? Kan man stärka lärandet i musikteori genom komposition? Föreliggande studie syftar till att undersöka hur fem elever från en fIn my musical development, composition has always helped me to find the motivation to develop my music theoretical knowledge. I have therefore chosen to examine whether it could be that there is something in composing music that arouses the interest to learn music theory? Can you enhance learning music theory through musical composition? The present study aims to examine how five students from a