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Culture, Cultural Distance and Cultural Intelligence : A Multilevel Hierarchical Linear Model Analysis of Contextual Business Cultural Intelligence Q…
2019
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2019 Purpose –The purpose of our master thesis is to investigate contextual antecedents to Cultural Intelligence development. Particularly, we assess the ability of cultural distance to predict Business Cultural Intelligence Quotient scores.Design / methodology / approach–Given our literature review, we hypothesize that cultural distance significantly affects BCIQ in a positive way. For this matter, we split our hypothesis into three sub-hypothesis and measured cultural distance in three ways: having at least one foreign parent, the Mahalanobis cultural distance, and the delta of each GLOBE’s practices dimensions expressed …
Hvilke områder er sentrale for forebyggende innsats i ungdomsskolen for å øke gjennomføring av videregående opplæring? : En kvalitativ undersøkelse b…
2017
Masteroppgave ledelse ORG917 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Dropout is considered a major social problem in Norway, and approximately 3 out of 10 students do not finish upper secondary school within 5 years. The consequences of dropout are negative for both individuals and society. One of the consequences is that young adults without secondary education may be experiencing difficulties getting in to a labour market that increasingly requires highly-skilled labor. There are many reasons why students drop out of school, and there are no easy solutions. Therefore, a number of studies have been exploring possible causes for drop out in the recent years. Existing research has primarily been aimed …
En kvalitativ studie om ungdom, tro og psykisk helse : Troen har ganske mye å si for din psykiske helse. Det er et fundament for hvordan du takler li…
2019
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Background:The theme of this study is "Youth, Faith and Mental Health". The background for choosing this theme is the major focus of our time on adolescents and their mental health. According to the Institute of Public Health (2009), 15-20% of children and youth have mental health problems, with complex symptoms that influences their well-being, learning ability, daily activities and socializing with others.Purpose:The purpose of this study is to investigate the coherence between Christian faith and mental health in adolescents. The following issue was selected: what coherences does youth experience concerning their person…
Bortvalg av videregående skole og mestringstro : En kvalitativ studie av unge jenter som har valgt å slutte på videregående skole
2017
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 The projects background is a request from the University of Agder to look for reasons why some girls may choose to drop out of high school focusing on their relationship with their contact or main teacher. The purpose of this study is to explore what role self-efficacy has in the effort to increase the percentage of children an adolescents completing high school. It has been important to search for previous experiences to find out why their self-efficacy is at such a low level and if it can have affected their decision to drop out of high school. The issue is: ”which experiences can influence the decision of dropping out o…
Hvilke faktorer påvirker unge jenters frafall fra videregående opplæring? : En kvalitativ studie basert på livshistorien til åtte jenter, som har avb…
2017
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 It is a challenge for both the individual and the society when young adults quit high school. A connection to school and work life is important for their physical and mental health, and the health of future generations. Prevention of school drop outs is important in relation to promoting public health. The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding as well as the theoretical foundation for contributing causes, for why girls quit high school. We look at the underlying causes, with special focus on the determinants of upbringing and school. The aim of the study is: What is it with upbringing and school, that the …
Et folkehelseperspektiv på elevenes psykososiale miljø i videregående skole : En tverrsnittsundersøkelse om elevenes opplevelse av klassefellesskap o…
2019
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Adolescents are an important target groupfor health promotion work. It’s duringthislife phasea lotdevelop mental illnesses andthe years through high school is formative to the years that follow. High schooldropout is a problem both tothe individual, as well as to the society.Young people who finish high schoolare more likely to be employed, have better health and less likely to be dependenton social benefits/ welfare. To increase the number of students finishing high school, more focus is being put on strengthening the relationships in high school. The relationshipsthe students have amongsteach other in school and the rela…
Bedringsprosesser i et hverdagsperspektiv : Hvilken betydning kan mestring av daglige aktiviteter ha for rusmiddelavhengiges vei mot rusfrihet og opp…
2017
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 The World Health Organization expects mental illnesses, including drug addiction, to be the main cause of disease in Western countries by 2020. Recommended measures in order to meet these health challenges are facilitating recovery, empowerment, local services and social inclusion. The purpose of this study has been to investigate which importance coping with daily activities has for drug addicts in a rehabilitation phase. The study is qualitative with a phenomenological starting point. Through individual interviews with four drug addicts, we wanted them to describe their everyday life activities. The subjects were living …
Gutters egne refleksjoner omkring hvorfor de avsluttet videregående opplæring, og hva som skal til for å fullføre utdanning : En kvalitativ studie ba…
2018
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Throughout our working carrier we have met youth who had dropped out from upper secondary school with that consequence that they stand without work or education. We wish to approach the phenomenon dropouts from the perspective of the youth, here boys, to try to find out more about how they think of their own possibilities. This study is part of a research project at the University of Agder and represents a contribution to the research group “Ung i Sør”. The purpose of this study is to increase understanding around how boys explain the causes behind their choice to dropout and what they express can contribute to returning t…
“Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least” : En kvantitativ studie av psykiske helseplager blant ungdom i Norge…
2018
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 This master thesis has been developed in collaboration between Bente Melbøe Hokland and Majbritt Legind Hersel. Throughout our education we have often discussed a common wonder about youths; why someone is doing well in life while others do not. The master thesis gave us the opportunity to conduct a quantitative survey where we through Ungdata have investigated how many young people who indicate to struggle with depressive ailments and how this is distributed among the sexes. The figures are from 2015. After mapping the scope, the purpose is to investigate which factors may be associated with the experience of depression a…
Hvilke faktorer kan forklare ansattes bruk av sikkerhetstiltak på mobile enheternår de er ute på farten?
2018
Masteroppgave informasjonssystemer IS501 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Kontekst:Brukeren er ofte omtalt som den største trusselen motinformasjonssikkerhet i virksomheter. I dag bruker de flesteen eller fleremobile enheter på jobben. Sammen med mobile enheter kommer også nye farer knyttet til informasjonssikkerhet,ogdet er derfor svært viktig at ansatte bruker anbefalte sikkerhetstiltaknår de erpå jobben, men også utenfor virksomheten.Målet med studien er å analyserehvilkefaktorersomkan forklare bruk av sikkerhetstiltakpå mobile enheterutenfor organisatoriske rammer («ute på farten»). Målsetting:Denne avhandlingen rapporterer resultaterfra en studie der det er brukt elementer fra kjenteatferd…