Faculty of Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Kreftkoordinatorer i løse luften eller som sentral brikke i kreftomsorgen? : Hva er kreftkoordinatorens rolle og funksjon i helsesektoren? En studie basert på erfaringer fra fem kreftkoordinatorer og deres samarbeidspartnere
(Master thesis, 2020)Problemstillingen for denne studien er: Hvordan kan man forstå kreftkoordinatorens rolle og funksjon i samarbeid, på tvers av helsesektoren? Videre forskerspørsmål som blir forsøkt besvart inkluderer: Hvordan defineres ... -
Kvinners vei til toppen – muligheter og hindringer : En narrativ analyse av kvinnelige topplederes karriereberetninger
(Master thesis, 2020)Dagens samfunn har kommet langt i forhold til likestilling mellom kjønnene, men man ser fortsatt utfordringer. Kvinner er i en særskilt dårlig posisjon når det kommer til topplederstillinger, som gjerne besittes av menn ... -
The emergence of supranationalism and intergovernmentalism in European defence cooperation : the role of PESCO and its Secretariat
(Master thesis, 2020)For a long time,theEuropean Union’s(EU) member states have meticulously ring-fenced defence cooperation vis-à-vis the potential intrusion of supranationalism. Thus, defence cooperation has been conceived as perhaps the ... -
En studie av «boundary spanners» grenseoverskridende aktører (brobyggere) i arbeid med integrasjon av flyktninger
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne oppgaven er en beskrivende kvalitativcasestudie om «boundary spanners» grenseoverskridende aktører (brobyggere) i arbeid med integrasjon av flyktninger. Mer presis handler oppgaven om å studere flyktningekoordinatorer, ... -
Implementering av strategi for likestilling, inkludering og mangfold i offentlig sektor - En casestudie av Kristiansand kommune : Et spill for galleriet?
(Master thesis, 2020)Kristiansand municipality has decided to implement a purposeful strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion in its public sector. Working towards this goal has been a political decision, however; decisions do not matter ... -
Jobbkrav og stillingsressursers påvirkning på sykefravær En studie med Job-Damands-Resource model som rammeverk for å undersøke jobbkrav og stillingsressurs påvirkning på sykefravær
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne studien har som utgangpunkt å se på hvordan jobbkrav og stillingsressurser påvirker sykefravær. Job-Demands-Resource modellen blir brukt som teoretisk rammeverk. Problemstillingen er: « Hvordan påvirker jobbkrav og ... -
The resilience of resilience – a shift inEuropean Union identity? : EU foreign policy through the prism of the resilience turn
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this thesis is to exploretheEU's use and understanding of the concept of resilience,as it was presented in the EU Global Strategy of 2016. By comparing the understanding ofresilience found in theGlobal ... -
Between institutions and agency : How tensions shape the trajectory of governance
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To be or not to be : Collaborative Governance and The Case of Continuous Master Planning in Lahti
(Master thesis, 2020)The benefits of collaborative actions between different stakeholders has been recognized broadly and has been admitted as one of the key factors in regional development. However, the research has so far focused ... -
The formal organization structure of research innovation centers : a case-study in search of characteristics and an explanation
(Master thesis, 2020)This study sheds light on research innovation centers in a Norwegian setting. Research innovation centers are a hybrid of research groups and innovation centers and belong to the higher education (HE) sector. The aim of ... -
Organisational responses to regulatory pressure: A case study of a Norwegian Research University’s strategic compliance to GDPR
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis study seeks to test Oliver’s (1991) theory for prediction of Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes, against the case of initial responses taken by a Norwegian research university when ... -
Ever closer administrative institutions? Impacts of the European Union on national decision-making processes
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 287, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Faced with a variety of unprecedented societal challenges such as terrorism, climate change, and pandemics, the traditional epicentre of decision-making - the nation-state - is increasingly reliant on its bureaucratic ... -
Fake News on Twitter related to the Refugee Crisis 2016 : An exploratory case study
(Master thesis, 2020)Fake news has,inrecentyears,gained traction in the public media and as a research topic. Events such as the U.S 2016 presidential election, Brexit,the COVID-19 pandemic, amongst others,have seen tracesof large amounts ... -
RPA og prosessledelse : En eksplorativ studie av RPA-implementering i norske bedrifter
(Master thesis, 2020)Bakgrunnen for denne utredningen har vært å undersøke om det er en sammenheng mellom Robotic Process Automation (RPA) og Business Process Management (BPM), samt hvordan norske virksomheter nyttiggjør seg av dem. I de siste ... -
Teachers’ awareness, knowledge and practice of information security in school
(Master thesis, 2020)We found that the teachers in our respondent schools lacked formal training on topics of information security. Most of them did not know what phishing, backdoors and keyloggers are, and many reused passwords across multiple ... -
Implementing Cloud Computing. A Study of the Impact on the IT Department
(Master thesis, 2020)Cloud Computing (CC)has become an area of interestamongmany organizations. Manyhave started to prioritize the development of both public and private Cloudsfor storing the increased volumes of data,andto exploit the benefits ... -
Exploring the value conflicts and supports of information security compliance in nursing practices : A case-study in the Hospital of Southern Norway (SSHF) Kristiansand
(Master thesis, 2020)Background: Information and information systems are a vital resource for an organiza-tion. Data breaches cannot be prevented by technical measures alone, that is why this thesis looks at the human elementin the search for ... -
Change Management in Digitalization of Higher Education : A Case Study of MOSO Implementation
(Master thesis, 2020)Context: During the past two decades, we have witnessed a wave of digitalization that has affected every part of society, and digital solutions have become a part of peoples’everyday life. Digitalization implies changing ...