Sökning: "voluntary activity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 103 avhandlingar innehållade orden voluntary activity.

1. 1. Designing Public Play : Playful Engagement, Constructed Activity, and Player Experience

   Författare :Jon Back; Annika Waern; Barry Brown; José P. Zagal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; design; public; play; playful; playfulness; game; activity; experience; second order design; engage; engagement; fun; magic circle; brink games; pervasive games; place; space; co-creativity; empowerment; game jam; busking; street performance; playground; Human-Computer Interaction; Människa-dator interaktion;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis sets out to explore why people engage in, and how to design for, play in a public setting. It does this by separating design for play from design of games, describing play as a socially and mentally understood activity, and a playful approach to engaging in that activity. LÄS MER

3. 2. Tensions and Contradictions in Information Management

   Författare :Karen Nowé Hedvall; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information management; information behaviour; information strategies; activity theory; voluntary organisations; peace organisations;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis aims to contribute to the research on the management and use of information in organisations by providing a holistic understanding of the various information practices and needs as well as attitudes towards information at different levels in the broader socio-historical context of a specific organisation. To this end, findings and approaches from research traditions in library and information science, management studies and organisational theory are combined in an activity-theoretical approach with some neo-institutional aspects. LÄS MER

4. 3. Welfare Relationships : Voluntary organisations and local authorities supporting relatives of older people in Sweden

   Författare :Lena Dahlberg; Rune Premfors; Tommy Möller; Staffan Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; substitution; complementarity; welfare pluralism; voluntary organisation; welfare state; informal care; older people; Sweden; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Sweden is often described as a country with a strong welfare state and little voluntary work. This is as would be expected according to substitution theory, in which extensive welfare systems are assumed to crowd out voluntary activity and thereby limit the potential for voluntary work – there is an inverse relationship between voluntary and statutory activity. LÄS MER

5. 4. Management by Recognition: An Interactionist Study of Normative Control in Voluntary Work

   Författare :Anna Pfeiffer; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; recognition; normative control; symbolic interactionism; voluntary work;

   Sammanfattning : Many contemporary work organizations are concerned with how they can influence employees’ intrinsic motivation. Their quest follows a widespread realization that people do not necessarily work harder because of monetary incentives or direct commands. LÄS MER

7. 5. A 6 month physical activity intervention in university staff : effectiveness and health outcomes : the ASUKI Step Study

   Författare :Ali Soroush; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :physical activity;

   Sammanfattning : Physical inactivity is regarded a major public health concern and regular physical activity (PA) has been considered as an important lifestyle modification to improve health and prevent chronic disease. Setting the goal at walking 10,000 steps/day as a moderate-intensity form of aerobic PA has been advised to have beneficial health effects in the research and practice areas. LÄS MER