Sökning: "efficacy"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 1583 avhandlingar innehållade ordet efficacy.
16. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? : Parachute training, self-efficacy and leading in combat
Sammanfattning : Training military officers to lead in combat has always presented a training paradox: it is impossible to expose individuals to the inherent strains and dangers of real combat, but combat is where they are supposed to lead, making those demands normative for training. To overcome this paradox, the military uses training courses where stress is as realistic as possible within ethical limits. LÄS MER
17. Exploring self-efficacy in end-user programming : a feminist approach
Sammanfattning : Digital services and devices are today more spread than ever, forming a basis for new innovations, even among ordinary people. And yet, producers of such services and devices are mostly men with programming skills. Women's participation in development and design of digital products is thus not yet as influential as that of men. LÄS MER
18. "Man kan bli bättre om man vet vad bättre är!" : En studie kring effektivitetsbegreppet som en samhällelig grundbult
Sammanfattning : The study takes as its starting point the far-reaching organizational changes that have occurred within the public sector in Sweden, particularly the public health care sector, during the last decade. The aim of achieving efficacy has been an important driving force in these processes, which often concern mergers or reductions in personnel that are regarded as a route to success. LÄS MER
19. Without mast, without sails, without compass : Non-traditional trajectories into higher education and the duality of the folk-market
Sammanfattning : In 1809, the trajectory of Swedish history and the identities associated with the country changed after Finland was lost to Russia. Swedish General von Döbeln explained that the loss left the nation "without mast, without sails, without compass." The research within this dissertation is not of war but of a similar sense of loss. LÄS MER
20. In conversation with the Kolam practice: Auspiciousness and artistic experiences among Women in Tamilnadu, South India
Sammanfattning : This anthropological study explores the kolam, a South Indian practice where women daily draw geometrical images in front of their homes to invite the deities. Through this practice, women engage in social and religious processes. They generate an auspicious atmosphere and become constructed as feminine beings. LÄS MER
