Sökning: "sociology of enterprise"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden sociology of enterprise.
11. A Socio-Material Study of User Involvement : Interrogating the practices of technology development for older people in a digitalised world
Sammanfattning : Population ageing and increased digitalization each constitute an ongoing and profound transformation within contemporary modes of living, as growing advances in technological development mix and intermingle with the lived realities of older people as the final recipients. It is against the backdrop of this interplay that user involvement has enjoyed ever-rising advocacy to an almost normative degree. LÄS MER
12. Diagnosing burn-out : An Anthropological Study of a Social Concept in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This is a thesis about the genesis, use, and decline of burn-out as a social concept in Sweden. The burn-out concept is treated as social because its classification of people interacts with the people classified. As a consequence of this, burn-out is studied in a dynamic holistic way, as an entirely social system within Swedish society. LÄS MER
13. Mining Futures : Predictions and Uncertainty in Swedish Mineral Exploration
Sammanfattning : Any forward-oriented enterprise must somehow manage the challenges posed by uncertainty and with its distant temporal horizons, high stakes, and low probability of success, mineral exploration is a good illustration of this general rule. Based on a combination of interviews, observations, and archival research, this thesis investigates how explorationists use predictions to manage the material complexities and the uncertainties that contribute to determining the future minability of mineral deposits. LÄS MER
14. Making the Most of It? : Understanding the social and productive dynamics of small farmers in semi-arid Iringa, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : While much of semi-arid Africa is still sparsely populated with unused land, there are everywhere pockets of high and increasing population density in attractive locations. Small-scale farmers can respond to beginning land-scarcity in a number of ways. LÄS MER
15. Säljande samspel : en sociologisk studie av privat servicearbete
Sammanfattning : Interaction between people can be seen as a distinctive feature of 'post-industrial society'. In this study I investigate some of the conditions for this encounter in private service work in Sweden. I start by discussing some important concepts: service, service encounter and emotional labour. LÄS MER
