This study examines whether a change in dividends is connected with a change in future earnings and can thereby be interpreted as a signal from the management to the market. This is a well-debated subject that has been researched several times before this study, often with contradicting results. This thesis presents a new approach where it is investigated if firms choose between different ways to

Psykisk ohälsa ökar i dagens samhälle och användandet av digitala medier likaså. Få studier har gjorts på hur organisationer kommunicerar kring psykisk ohälsa online. 1177.se, Sveriges samlingsplats på nätet för information och tjänster inom hälsa och vård, har skapat en temasida om psykisk hälsa med anledning att sprida kunskap och förändra attityder kring ämnet. Denna studie ämnar att öka förstå

Urban environments are rapidly growing worldwide with severe consequences to animals and plants residing in our cities. Some of the most well-studied urban wildlife is passerine birds, where a wide array of effects have been documented; smaller clutches, earlier breeding, shorter telomeres and oxidative stress are just some costs among numerous others. Yet, few studies have so far investigated the

Our paper starts with a reflection on how the classic left and right-wing scale has become less relevant in modern politics. Instead, we argue that completely new divisions in society are being formed. Examples are issues of globalization, immigration and identity. These are questions often associated with the other axis of the political scale - conservative or progressive. To examine this in prac

Den föreliggande studien grundades på tidigare forskning som funnit samband mellan email-användande och stressrelaterade sjukdomar, såsom utbrändhet och emotionell utmattning, samt en ökad daglig stress. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan email overload, copingstrategier och upplevd stress. Vidare frågeställningar som studien baserades på var ifall det finns ett sThe present study was based on previous research that has found connections between email usage and stress-related diseases, such as burnout and emotional exhaustion, as well as an increased daily stress. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there is a connection between email overload, coping strategies and percieved stress. Further issues on which the study was based was if there

Urban environments are rapidly growing worldwide with severe consequences to animals and plants residing in our cities. Some of the most well-studied urban wildlife is passerine birds, where a wide array of effects have been documented; smaller clutches, earlier breeding, shorter telomeres and oxidative stress are just some costs among numerous others. Yet, few studies have so far investigated the

Debates of where and how religion should function within secular societies have intensified during the last decade as a result of immigration and a renewed visibility of religious markers and practices. Although religious freedom is a human right, there have been many incidents of perceived friction between religious and secular values. This case study aims to provide further knowledge of religion

In 2015, Europe faced one of the most extensive refugee flows since the Second World War. The situation forced European Governments to take actions on immigration issues to handle the increasing inflows of asylum seekers. We draw on Meguid’s theory on party strategies to examine whether mainstream parties policies of immigration affects the public support of right-wing populist parties. Simultaneo

Fewer hospital beds and an increasing amount of patients with comorbidities calls for more advanced care being performed in the municipal home care. This increases the incidence of acute illnesses needing to be assessed by the nurse in municipal home care. An early and structured assessment is crucial for making correct and efficient decisions about the level of care that the patient needs. This s

Syftet med den aktuella studien var att undersöka om en intervention i positiv psykologi kunde leda till ett ökat välbefinnande hos elever i årskurs 1-6 på en svensk grundskola. Det undersöktes även om interventionen hade olika effekt i olika årskurser. Frågeformulär administrerades före och efter interventionen. Enstaka frågor om trivsel i skolan, psykosomatiska besvär och mobbning samt Students’

In the name of collaboration : The significant meaning of a consultation team from a neoinstitutional perspective. Collaboration between human service organizations is to be considered desirable however also known to be hard to accomplish. The aim of this case study was to examine the phenomenon of inter-organizational collaboration by describing and analyzing the significant meaning of a consult

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur cellolärare i kulturskolan arbetar för att utveckla musikaliskt uttryck hos nybörjare i undervisningen, samt vilka faktorer som påverkar dem att lägga vikt vid musikaliskt uttryck för nybörjare. Förhoppningen är att genom studien belysa vikten av diskussion inom musikpedagogik kring musikaliskt uttryck i undervisning av nybörjare. Tre cellolärare på oli

Över tid har våldtäktsbrottet varit ett omdiskuterat ämne, inte minst bland politiker och jurister men även bland befolkningen som helhet. Protester, debatter, nyhetsartiklar och hashtags är inte ovanligt förekommande inom diskussionen. Syftet med förevarande uppsats har varit att ge en övergripande blick över gränserna för det juridiska begreppet våldtäkt och har ämnat att besvara vilka de ursprOver time the crime rape has been a discussed topic, non the least among politicians and jurists but also among the common people. Protests, debates, newsarticles and hashtags are not unusually occuring in the discussion. The object of this essay has been to give an overall look at the boundaries for the legal word rape and aims to anwser where the original boundaries were drawn and how the bound

Beowulfkvädet skrevs antagligen ned någon gång på 1000-talet och eftersom att vi bara har en kopia av manuskriptet kvar kan vi med säkerhet säga att historien om Beowulf inte ändrats de senaste 1000 åren. Trots detta har våra tolkningar av Beowulfkvädet varierat kraftigt de senaste 100 åren. Jag har med hjälp av ett 40-tal översättningar och analyser av Beowulfkvädet skrivna mellan åren 1901-2018 The Beowulf manuscript was probably written sometime during the eleventh century and since we only have one copy of the manuscript we can say for sure that the story of Beowulf has not changed during the last 1000 years. Regardless of this our interpretations of the Beowulf manuscript has changed dramatically the last 100 years. I have with the help of over 40 different translations and analyses o