Author: Sara Törnkrantz Title: Adopted to Sweden, A qualitative analysis of four adoptees experience Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson The aim of this study was to examine and analyze experiences that four people have of being adopted to Sweden. More specifically its aim was to try to understand why some of the adopted are showing mental illness and having mixed feeli

This thesis proposes an alternative way of comparing the performance of private equity funds and testing if they through active involvement can increase the value of their investments. Resent studies has shown that the true performance of Private Equity funds are about the same as the markets return so by measuring the performance of the companies that most resemble the private equity firms actual

The aim of this study is to examine and analyze the strategies and thoughts of the branch head in the Swedish Social service, in the area of making satisfied social workers. My questions are: Which strategies are the branch head describing in making satisfied workers? Which ways of rewarding and motivate good work could be read in the branch heads descriptions? In my essay I also want to discu

Entrepreneurship among immigrants is an old phenomenon that is caused by migration processes. It is receiving special attention due to the fact that its potential in contribution to countries‟ economies is huge. In European context it is a reason and a cause of international mobility, immigrant policies, integration issues and diversified society composition. Studying of immigrant entrepreneurship

Syftet med uppsatsen är framför allt att undersöka det intuitiva tänkandets betydelse i förhållande till det logiska i den skapande processen, när det handlar om att skriva en unik slags litteratur som är genremässigt svårplacerad, en prosalyrisk, grotesk och surrealistisk slags prosa med lutning åt ”det andra”. Det intuitiva tänkandet framgår då en regression uppstår, ett återgående till ett tidi

Authors: Anna Kling – Karin Viklund Title: Sexual assault – Counselors work with and understanding of young people that has been victim of sexual assault (translated title). Supervisor: Mats Hilte The teenage years is a time when the child starts to become independent and the path to becoming an adult can be a confusing one. The sexual identity is playing an important role in the process. Attitud

Abstract Title Standardization of Environmental Management and Sustainability Reporting Seminar Date May 29th 2013 Course BUSN68 Degree Project - Accounting and Management Control; BUSN69 Degree Project - Accounting and Auditing, 15 ECTS Authors Johanna Geijer and Linda Sturesson Advisors Per Magnus Andersson and Stefan Yard Keywords Standardization, Environmental Management, Sustainabilit

The vagueness of laws concerning social workers labor calls into question legal certainty; we therefore decided to study this matter. The aim of this study was to examine social workers assessments of a vulnerable child`s situation. The main questions to be answered were: What similarities and differences can be discerned in the social workers actions and reasoning? How is the child's perspect

Author: Merima Colak Title: Organization of financial assistance - Perspective on an integrated and a specialized municipality [translated title] Supervisor: Håkan Johansson Assessor: Staffan Blomberg The purpose of this study was to examine how specialized and integrated social services manage their social assistance. In addition to this the aim was to examine how social workers and officials wo

Abstract Online communication is a sphere where users share their views and opinions. The aim of this thesis was to scrutinize how a discussion thread in an internet forum creates certain images and thoughts about racialized and non-racialized women. From a social constructive standpoint and post colonial theory my text analyze has put light on how women is targeted as objects. Racialized and non-

The amount of electronic information is growing continuously in the corporate world and companies need to make sure to have a good solution for it to make effective use of time and document handling. A good task management is also an important part of a company’s structure to not create unnecessarily work. With this master thesis we have found a solution where a Workflow-software is implemented to

The purpose of this study was to examine how different Swedish municipalities proceeded to transform the sanction youth service to practice in the context of the laws, the preparatory works and the guidelines which concern the sanction. Semi-structured interviews were used to acquire the material along with a so-called interview guide, which consisted of a list of fairly specific themes that were

Author: Ulrika Eklund Title: "Sometimes the goal is not to become self-sufficient, it is rather about feeling better." A qualitative study on the activation of refugees, related to migration and mental illness. Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort The purpose of this study was to examine how the city of Malmö are working with people with PTSD and mental illness related to migration who receives

The aim of this study is to examine why the establishment reform is deficient. In order to identify the problem, the study focuses on the sensations among new arrivals and employment agency, regarding the establishment reform. To complete our purpose, we conducted six qualitative interviews, where four of the respondents were new arrivals, affected by the reform, and the remaining were employment

An (ab)normal life The aim with this study was to analyse how housing supporters describe their approach towards mentally impaired people. The peer group, who needs housing support, are people who live in their own homes and are 18 years old or older. The Swedish psychiatric reform was implemented 1995 due to the deinstitutionalization. The purpose of the reform was to improve the living conditio

Problem: HIV/AIDS is one of the most challenging health and development issues of modern times. This study takes place in Ghana, which is one of the countries that have made progress in the HIV/AIDS work during the last years. Information of HIV infection and prevention has increased in Ghana within the past few years, but behaviour change is yet a big issue to face and condom use remains low, esp

Abstract Authors: Tina Olofsson och Ida Linderoth. Title:”Where is the support?” A qualitative study of support services for families with youths suffering from self-harming behavior. Supervisor: Stig Linde Assessor: Carina Tigervall The aim of this study was to examine which type of support the families in our study expressed that they were in need of during the time their youths had a self-ha

Uppsatsen syftar till att förklara varför svenska lagstiftare fastställde de rådande gränsvärdena för revisionsplikt genom att identifiera vilka intressegrupper och faktorer som kan tänkas ha påverkat beslutet. Vi gjorde en kvalitativ studie över lagändringsprocessen, SOU 2008:32. Vidare använde vi en induktiv forskningsansats vid analys av de offentliga statliga dokumenten samt remissyttranden. UThe purpose of the study was to explain why the Swedish government chose the current threshold for audit exemption. This was done by identifying which interest groups and factors that may have affected the government’s decision. The study was done by using a qualitative method when analysing the law change process, SOU 2008:32. Furthermore, an inductive approach was used when analysing the public

The purpose of this study is to illuminate what postnatal depression is and how it might affect a newborn child and its mother. We also want to clarify what potentially causes postnatal depression, how to prevent it and how to socially work with this problem. To figure this out, we decided to administer six interviews with professionals such as social workers, nurses, psychologists and others. The