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Diss. Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2005.

Denna studie undersöker hur ett företag överför sin företagskultur vid expansion till länder med olika nationella kulturer. Vidare berör studien nationella kulturers påverkan vid överföringen av en företagskultur genom teorierna ackulturation, isomorfism och Hofstede och Hofstedes (2005) lökmodell. Undersökningen baseras på intervjuer genomförda på ett svenskt företag med företagets HR-chef samt två personer på respektive kontor i Stockholm, New York och Singapore. Genom intervjun med HR-chefen har företagskulturen och dess överföring identifierats och sedan analyserats utifrån resultaten från de övriga intervjuerna. Studiens analys visar på att nationell kultur har stor påverkan på ett företags överföring av dess företagskultur. Skillnader mellan företagets eftersträvade företagskultur och de anställdas upplevda företagskultur kan således förklaras av nationell kultur.

Syftet med den här kvalitativa studien var att belysa vilken betydelse professionellas bikulturella erfarenheten kan ha arbetet med invandrarungdomar och frågeställningarna löd – Hur kan den personliga erfarenheten från ackulturationsprocessen bidra och användas i arbetet med invandrarungdomar? Vilka möjligheter alternativt hinder kan man se med den personliga erfarenheten? Detta gjordes med hjälp av fem kvalitativa intervjuer ur en hermeneutisk ansats. Resultatet visade att professionella har stor användning av erfarenheterna i arbetet med invandrarungdomar, de känner igen sig i ungdomens situation och har god insikt i deras identitetsutveckling. De professionella upplever att invandrarungdomarna kan identifiera sig med dem, vilket ofta leder till att de blir positiva förebilder och kan spela en avgörande roll i ungdomens liv. Samtidigt är de medvetna om hur motivationen, åsikterna och tankarna kan se ut, vilket skapar möjligheter i arbetet. Som behandlare möter man med stor sannolikhet ungdomar med invandrarbakgrund i arbetet, därför är det viktigt att öka kulturförståelsen och insikten för vad det kan innebära för ungdomen att ha dubbel kulturtillhörighet.

Hur påverkas skapandet och omskapandet av identiteter i en ny kulturell miljö? Vilka faktorer är det som spelar in? I denna antologi har vi grävt djupare i dessa frågor genom att genomföra varsitt fältarbete. Med hjälp av observationer och intervjuer fick vi ta del av människors erfarenheter av att befinna sig i en kulturell minoritet.   I uppsatsens första individuella del undersöker Louise Olofsson hur svenskar som väljer att flytta utomlands i vuxen ålder integreras i det nya samhället och hur detta påverkar den identitetsskapande processen. Therése Andersson riktar in sig på hur skönhetsidealen i ett samhälle kan vara en bidragande faktor i integration och identitetsskapande. Vi avslutar med en gemensam diskussion kring sambandet mellan etnicitet, identitet och integration.

It has since long been noticed that savior figures from different religions have reminded of each other, and there are different theories trying to explain why. This study examines religions operating in the same culture, and in this case, judaism and zoroastrianism, and their influence on each other. In particular, focus is on zoroastrianism's image of the savior figure Mithra, and how this representation may have influenced the description of the Messiah in the Talmud. How are the two figures represented in the scriptures and what similarities can be identified? By a thorough content analysis the studie examines the Avesta of zoroastrianism and the Talmud from judaism. When Avesta is written is uncertain, but it was compiled and edited by Shapur II in fourth century, same time as the Jewish oral traditions were written down in the persian empire in the form of the Babylonian Talmud. The theories used are Dimensional Accrual and Dissociation theory (DAD), this theory seeks to explain what happens when multiple religions are operating in the same area for a long time. The cultural phenomenon that before was exclusive to one culture may be dissolved and it becomes difficult to tell where this phenomenon came from. The farther two or more cultures co-exist, the harder it will be to say what culture is which. Together with DAD is the cultural Churning theory(CCT), CCT argues that when newly arrived immigrant ethnicities take residence in an already established culture, it requires an adaptation primarily from immigrants, i.e the minority culture. CCT also says that that both the society and the individual need to adapt to the new culture. What I have found is that the savior figures in Avesta and the Talmud are largely similar, in several respects. What I also found through historical studies is that these two faiths worked side by side in close to 800 years, and during this time a cultural exchange most likely took place.

<p>The aim of this paper was to examine the specific experience of being bicultural, what ackulturation strategy the person utilized and what influenced the use of this strategy. The findings were analyzed with the help of Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and cultural capital. The empirical data was collected through qualitative interviews with four women of Chilean background, who either were born in or had been living in Sweden since childhood. The results of the interviews showed that all the respondents predominantly utilized the integration strategy, meaning that they participated in and felt a connection to both the Swedish and Chilean culture. However three of them had elements of the separation strategy and one had elements of the assimilation strategy. The respondent’s stories revealed that factors like parent’s encouragement and expectations, the Swedish society’s inaccessibility, type of residential area and knowing the Swedish language, had all influenced the use of a specific strategy. By being bicultural, the respondents had experienced the feeling of being an outsider and a pressure to assimilate, but still valued the access to two different cultures as a resource. The results can be interpreted as there being a reciprocal and significant influence between ackulturation strategy and cultural capital/habitus.</p>

The aim of this paper was to examine the specific experience of being bicultural, what ackulturation strategy the person utilized and what influenced the use of this strategy. The findings were analyzed with the help of Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and cultural capital. The empirical data was collected through qualitative interviews with four women of Chilean background, who either were born in or had been living in Sweden since childhood. The results of the interviews showed that all the respondents predominantly utilized the integration strategy, meaning that they participated in and felt a connection to both the Swedish and Chilean culture. However three of them had elements of the separation strategy and one had elements of the assimilation strategy. The respondent’s stories revealed that factors like parent’s encouragement and expectations, the Swedish society’s inaccessibility, type of residential area and knowing the Swedish language, had all influenced the use of a specific strategy. By being bicultural, the respondents had experienced the feeling of being an outsider and a pressure to assimilate, but still valued the access to two different cultures as a resource. The results can be interpreted as there being a reciprocal and significant influence between ackulturation strategy and cultural capital/habitus.