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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Organizations as Functioning Social Systems : A Review of Social Sustainability in Management and Organizational Research

Apelman, Lisa, Klawitter, Raik, Wenzel, Simone January 2014 (has links)
One of the reasons, why it is difficult to implement the concept of social sustainability into organizations, is its inherent complexity and vagueness. The new Social Sustainability Principles (SSPs) within the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) offer a clear definition of success for the social system. This study aims to put the new SSPs into an organizational context. It investigates how people-related issues within organizations, discussed in six organizational and management journals, published between 2009 and 2014, are related to the SSPs. One fourth of the 3305 reviewed articles were found to relate to social sustainability. Most of the articles focused on improving performance through aspects related to social sustainability. The articles mainly discussed aspects related to barriers to the SSPs as problems, solutions or positive aspects that could remove barriers to the SSPs. The results show that for organizational research to be able to support organizations moving towards social sustainability, there is a need for a clear definition of success as well as a frame that takes the whole social system into consideration. The FSSD and the SSPs could help to structure the diverse topics, put research problems in a bigger context and discern relevant problems and solutions.
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Hållbar utveckling i förskolan : förskollärares uppfattningar om det pedagogiska arbetet för hållbar utveckling utifrån ett didaktiskt perspektiv / Sustainable development in preschool : preschoolteachers perceptions of educational work for sustainable development in the preschool based on a didactic perspective

Olofsson Sarri, Malin January 2017 (has links)
För att söka kunskap om förskollärares uppfattningar om det pedagogiska arbetet för hållbar utveckling i förskolan utifrån ett didaktiskt perspektiv har en grupp förskollärare intervjuats i denna studie. Detta med syftet att kartlägga vilket innehåll förskollärarna lyfter fram som viktig kunskap i sammanhanget och hur de beskriver sitt arbete i undervisningen för hållbar utveckling. Det handlar om att synliggöra innehåll, förhållningssätt och metoder i undervisningen för hållbar utveckling inom ramarna för förskolans kontext. Studien bygger på kvalitativ analys av empiri som samlats in med hjälp av semistrukturerad intervju. Studiens resultat presenteras i beskrivningskategorier indelade i ekonomisk, social och ekologisk hållbarhet. Det framträdande mönstret visar främst på: - en praktik som utgår från naturstudier av växter och djur med inslag av besök i skogen eller närområdet samt återvinning av material. Den ekologiska och ekonomiska dimensionen vävs samman. - att värdegrundsarbetet inkluderats i den sociala dimensionen av hållbar utveckling, ett namnbyte har skett: från värdegrundsarbete till social hållbarhet. Studiens analys ger en djupare insikt i förskollärarnas pedagogiska val kopplade till möjligheter och utmaningar som studien visar på i relation till arbetssätt och organisation i undervisningen för hållbar utveckling.
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Changing valuations of cultural ecosystem services along an urban-periurban gradient in Berlin / Qualitative and quantitative assessment

Riechers, Maraja 14 July 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Hållbar Evenemangsutveckling : med inriktning på Eurovision Song Contest och Ishockey-VM / Sustainable Events Development : focusing on Eurovision Song Contest and the Ice Hockey World Championship

Lindgren, Emilia, Blomqvist, Therese January 2017 (has links)
The study discusses sustainable development of events and the research displays that this is often connected to mega events or the work of specific destinations. The events Eurovision Song Contest and the Ice Hockey World Championships are therefore chosen because of their size, impact in both media and visitors and the lack of theory regarding their sustainability. The specific cases chosen are Eurovision in Malmö 2013 and Stockholm 2016, the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship in Stockholm with help from the 2014 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship in Malmö. The purpose of this study is to analyze the host destinations and the national organization Swedish Ice Hockey Association’s work with sustainability regarding social, economic and ecological aspects and if and how that work impacts the host communities in the long run. Also, how the relationship with the head organizations who are the owners of the events, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), functions regarding sustainability. This is examined by 11 qualitative semi-structured interviews with key individuals for both events which is then analyzed against what the research and literature points to regarding social, economic and ecological with a clear focus on sustainability.This study shows that the work with sustainability was very well conducted at Eurovision in both Malmö and Stockholm where Malmö even got the parts they were responsible for ISO-certified. The idea was also a part of the Worlds in Stockholm and the Junior Worlds in Malmö but there are opportunities for development. Particularly the question of how well the effects of the events hold up afterwards as there is no clear follow-up to initiatives and values discussed during the events. It is made clear that the focus on sustainability is foremost something insisted by the host destinations and in some part by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association as there is a lack of both focus and guidelines on the subject from the head organizations. A focus on sustainable events from the host destinations could be positive both during the bidding process and implementation as it contributes to a greater competitiveness. The initiative from public organizations such as host destinations and national sports organizations may be the driving force in pushing head organizations to be more sustainable. For a successful sustainable development of both events the entire organization, both the head organizations and the host destinations, behind these events needs to have the same perspective on sustainability and work towards the same goal. This study is written in Swedish. / Studien diskuterar hållbar utveckling av evenemang och forskningsöversikten visar att detta oftast kopplas till megaevent eller specifika destinationers arbete. Evenemangen Eurovision Song Contest och Ishockey-VM väljs därför ut i den här studien på grund av deras storlek, genomslag i både medier och besökare och bristen på teori gällande deras hållbarhet. Fallen som diskuteras är Eurovision som ägde rum i Malmö 2013 och i Stockholm 2016 och Ishockey-VM i Stockholm 2013 (A-VM) med hjälp av Junior-VM 2014 i Malmö. Syftet för studien är att analysera värddestinationernas och den nationella organisationen Svenska Ishockeyförbundets arbete med hållbarhet inom sociala, ekonomiska och ekologiska aspekter. Relationen med huvudorganisationerna och tillika ägare av evenemangen European Broadcasting Union (EBU) och Internationella Ishockeyförbundet (IIHF) undersöks också gällande deras arbete med hållbarhet. Studiens empiri samlas in genom 11 kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med nyckelpersoner för de båda evenemangen. Empirin analyseras sedan med hjälp av den forskning och litteratur som finns gällande social, ekonomisk och ekologisk hållbarhet.Studien visar att det arbetades väldigt bra med hållbarhet under Eurovision i både Malmö och Stockholm där Malmö Stad till och med ISO-certifierade alla delar de själva var ansvariga för. Tänket fanns även under A-VM i Stockholm och Junior-VM i Malmö men där finns det utvecklingsmöjligheter. Främst frågan om hur väl effekterna kvarstår efter evenemangen då det inte finns någon tydlig uppföljning på de initiativ och värderingar som diskuterades under själva eventen. Tydligt är dock att hållbarhetstänket i första hand är något som drivs av värddestinationerna och till viss del de nationella organisationerna. Det råder nämligen brist på både fokus och riktlinjer gällande hållbarhet hos de båda huvudorganisationerna. Hållbarhetsfokus på evenemang från värddestinationer kan vara positivt både under ansökning och genomförande då det bidrar till större konkurrenskraft. Initiativet från offentliga aktörer som värddestinationer och nationella sportorganisationer kan vara en drivande kraft i att uppmana huvudorganisationer till att arbeta mer hållbart. För en framgångsrik hållbar utveckling av de båda evenemangen behöver hela organisationen, både huvudorganisationerna och värddestinationerna, bakom de båda evenemangen ha samma perspektiv på hållbarhet och arbeta mot samma mål.
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Restructuring Suburbia : Introducing Social Space in a Spatially Disperse Neighbourhood

Brostedt, Love January 2017 (has links)
Density is more about an experienced nearness to functions and activities than buildingsbeing physically close to each other. Density is interaction, and the intensity of itdepends on accessibility to the functions and activities of the built environment. The current planning, continuing the thoughts of the modernist, are a threat to publichealth and the environment, as sprawling settlements demand more resources forinfrastructure and time spent commuting between home and work, taking up the timeto spend with family and friends. The suburban planning principles of the Swedish housing estate unit have graduallytransformed the suburban neighbourhoods into dispersed, disconnected islands, wheresocial life is inhibited in the mere configuration of space. Legibility of the urban environment is important regarding orientation and navigation,but also to understand the underlying meanings of spaces and places. The urbanstructure should be easily read to be understandable in the choices of everyday life. How we understand the boundaries and transitions of our surrounding affects howspaces are used. Unclear territorial interfaces, like the open space landscape ofmodernist planning feels too exposed to be appropriated. If activities should take placein the outdoor environment, there must be a certain quality to the spaces that areinviting and promote interaction between people. The suburban housing estate neighbourhoods can be developed to promote thisinteraction, providing spaces where the different layers of social life can take place, fromthe private home – through mediating interfaces of front yards, indoor collective spaceand collective gardens – to the public realm of the streets, pathways and parks. The thesis studies the suburban neighbourhood Årsta in eastern Uppsala, whichshows the signs of a disperse suburban housing estate in its configuration of buildings,withdrawn from the streets, turning inward away from the public spaces. By adding built volume within the existing structure of the open yards, the boundariesbetween the public and the private spaces can be clearly defined and new activatedspaces can be created. Many fronts towards the streets and paths make people meet inevery-day life and new types of spaces can be used to set a framework for interactionbetween residents as well as outsiders. Such spaces can also work as a buffer betweenpublic life and the private dwelling, e.g. a collective garden mediates the space inbetween a pedestrian path and an inner yard.
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Arbetsglädje i ständig förändring - hållbart? / Work joy in constant change - sustainable?

Sveitz, Madeleine January 2017 (has links)
Skolpersonalens tuffa arbetssituation är idag ett aktuellt tema, som omnämns i både media och i politiska debatter. Personalbrist, elevernas vikande resultat, överbelastade kalendarium och krav från skolledning präglar deras miljö. Skolpersonalen ställs därför inför många utmaningar och ständiga förändringar som ett resultat av detta. Syftet med studien är att utifrån ett hälsofrämjande perspektiv utforska personalens upplevelse av arbetsglädje som grund för verksamhetsutveckling och social hållbarhet. Därför har en kvalitativ intervjustudie genomförts där elva frivilliga deltagare från tre skolor i en västsvensk kommun har intervjuats. En fenomenologisk analys genomfördes utifrån det inspelade materialet. Fyra olika teman framkom utifrån analysen vilka var utvecklande relationer, stödjande miljöer, att sätta gränser och bra ledarskap. Verksamhetsutveckling har ett stort fokus i uppsatsen, därför presenteras skolpersonalens tankar om verksamhetsutveckling under temat lära av varandra i slutet av resultatet. / The school staffs workload is today a topical theme, which is discussed both in the media and in political debates. Manpower shortage, declining academic results, overtime and demands from the school board imprints their environment. The school staff therefore faces challenges and constant changes in their environment as a result of this workload. The purpose of this study is to, from a health promotion perspective, explore the staff's experience of job satisfaction as a basis for business development and social sustainability. Therefore, a qualitative interview study has been conducted in which eleven volunteers from three schools in a Western Swedish municipality have been interviewed. A phenomenological analysis was performed based on the recorded material. Four different themes emerged from the analysis, which were developing relationships, supportive environments, setting limits and good leadership. Work development has a major focus in the paper, therefore the school staff's thoughts on business development are presented under the theme of learning from each other at the end of the thesis.
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Enhancing Dynamic Capabilities through Organizational Leadership amid COVID-19 Disruption : A case study of a Social Innovation Housing Project in Sweden

Penhoet, Megan, Widerberg Andersen, Kathrine January 2021 (has links)
This thesis examines dynamic capabilities and leadership in a Swedish social sustainability-oriented housing project during the unprecedented 2020-2021 COVID-19 business disruption. It employs a descriptive case study approach, investigating the organization’s ability to innovate in the face of the pandemic. Sweden’s related health regulations required adaptations through digital transformation, the adoption of social and physical distancing policies and program testing and measurement delays. Dynamic capabilities literature emphasizes the role of innovation amid disruption, offering a useful analytical framework for examining organizations’ evolutionary fitness. Organizations whose core business incorporates societal needs to promote social sustainability are unusually challenged to deliver services and social programs during a pandemic that limits or extinguishes physical and social interactions. To meet this extraordinary disruption, social sustainability-oriented organizations such as the object of the study must rapidly innovate. Adapting an existing dynamic capabilities framework to analyze the housing organization, this study finds leadership to be crucial to identify, build, and deploy organizational dynamic capabilities for innovation to address such challenges. The study contributes to the existing literature by developing a framework that provides clear connections between leaders, external micro and macro environments, customer value creation and organizational dynamic capabilities. Leaders who can adapt and help their organizations evolve are demonstrated to be an essential capability when dealing with disruptions to social innovations.
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Vilka motivationsmål är viktiga vid socialt hållbara produktköp? : En studie om socialt hållbart konsumentbeteende. / Which motivational goals are important when purchasing socially sustainable products? : A study on socially sustainable consumer behavior.

Mannila, Ylva, Blomqvist, Ebba, Bragsjö, Hanna January 2021 (has links)
Studiens syfte är att undersöka konsumentbeteende för att skapa större förståelse för konsumenters motivation till socialt hållbara produktköp. Vilka motivationsmål är viktiga för konsumenter vid köp av en socialt hållbar produkt? Det ökade intresset inom området social hållbarhet hos allmänheten (Eweje 2020) samt de motsägelser som finns i tidigare forskning (Antonetti & Maklan 2014; Shao & Ünal 2019; Veleva 2020) gör det här till ett intressant och aktuellt ämne. Genom ett bekvämlighetsurval väljs respondenter med tidigare erfarenhet av socialt hållbara produktköp ut för strukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuschemat utformas delvis efter Consumer Motivation Scale (CMS) modellen. Med utgångspunkt i CMS-modellen (Barbopoulos & Johansson 2017) och goal-framing theory (GFT) (Lindenberg & Steg 2007) undersöks vilka motivationsmål (huvudmål och delmål) som är viktiga för konsumenten. Resultaten kan endast svara för vilka motivationsmål som är viktigast vid socialt hållbara produktköp för respondenterna i den här studien. Resultaten av den här studien visar att det tillförskaffande huvudmålet och delmålet etik är viktigast. Sambandsanalyserna visade vidare att beroende på hur ofta och för hur mycket respondenterna handlade socialt hållbara produkter så påverkades vilka påståenden som var viktiga för dem. Då den här studien inte har möjlighet att presentera ett generaliserbart resultat, utan snarare kan visa en indikation på vilka mål som kan vara viktiga för konsumenter vid socialt hållbara produktköp, kan framtida studier fortsätta att utveckla kunskapen inom området. Området skulle gynnas av både mer omfattande kvantitativa studier som kan producera ett generaliserbart resultat gällande konsumenter i Sverige, samt kvalitativa studier som kan erbjuda en djupare förståelse för området. Rekommendationer till framtida studier diskuteras i studiens slutsatser. Studien är skriven på svenska. / This study aims to investigate consumer behaviour to create a greater understanding of consumers' motivation towards purchasing socially sustainable products. What motivational goals are important for consumers when buying a socially sustainable product? The increased interest in the field of social sustainability among the general public (Eweje 2020), as well as the contradictions that exist in previous research (Antonetti & Maklan 2014; Shao & Ünal 2019; Veleva 2020) makes this an interesting and current topic to research further. Through a convenience sample, respondents with previous experience of socially sustainable product purchases are selected for structured interviews. The interview schedule is partially designed after the Consumer Motivation Scale model (CMS). Based on the CMS-model (Barbopoulos & Johansson 2017) and goal-framing theory (GFT) (Lindenberg & Steg 2007), the study investigates which motivational goals (main goals and subgoals) that are important for the consumer. The results can only answer which motivational goals that were most important in socially sustainable product purchases for the respondents in this study. The results show that the main goal gain and the subgoal ethics are the most important. The correlation analyzes further showed that depending on how often and for how much the respondents purchased socially sustainable products, the importance of the statements varied. As this study can not present a generalizable result, but rather an indication of which goals that may be important for consumers when purchasing socially sustainable products, future studies could continue to research within this subject. The research area would benefit from both more comprehensive quantitative studies that can produce a generalizable result for consumers in Sweden, and qualitative studies that can offer a deeper understanding of the subject. Recommendations for future studies are further discussed in the conclusions of this study. The study is written in Swedish.
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Socialt hållbar fysisk miljö på glesbygden / Social sustainable physical environment in sparsely populated areas

Nilsson, Lovisa, Jarnebrink, Frida, Lilljeqvist, Gabriella January 2021 (has links)
There are more people in rural areas today that will relocate to a bigger city and the urban areas are increasing towards this negative development. Cities will be overcrowded in the future, meanwhile the population in sparsely populated areas decreases. In sparsely populated areas, there are fewer possibilities in work and education, there is also limited access to service and public transportation.  This study focuses on social sustainable physical environment in sparsely populated areas. The purpose of this project is to produce a proposal on a design of a new residential area in urban areas with social sustainability aspects. The study focuses exclusively on the physical environment and how it can further social sustainability for the residents.  Because of the fact that more people relocate to bigger cities, the council of Bengtsfors wants to change this negative process. For the benefit of the citizens, Bengtsfors needs more and better public meeting areas but also more possibilities regarding work and education. By making Bengtsfors a more appealing place, the chance of people staying increases. As part of the study a survey was made, where the citizens of Bengtsfors county got the chance to make their voices heard by answering questions. Interviews with people working for the council and the company Fridh & Hell bygg AB were also made. The result of the survey and the interviews showed that public places and green areas were important, this was then implemented in the final proposal of the design.
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Den multifunktionella byggnadens roll i ett socialt hållbart kvarter / The role of the multifunctional building in a socially sustainable neighbourhood

Olsson, Andreas, Spetz, Kajsa January 2020 (has links)
Denna studie handlar primärt om social hållbarhet som är ett stort och omfattande begrepp. I dagens stadsplanering används begreppet i ett bredare perspektiv. Studien har som syfte att fokusera mer ingripande på social hållbarhet för enskilda multifunktionella byggnader, genom att samla in kunskap om ämnet och belysa innebörden. De valda multifunktionella byggnaderna är Icon i Växjö och Spektrum i Göteborg. Syftet med denna studie är att genom forskning och utvärdering konkretisera människans dagliga behov och hur de kan tillgodoses i en multifunktionell byggnad samt dess bidragande roll för ett socialt hållbart kvarter. Målet är att få en tydligare uppfattning om vilken påverkan den multifunktionella byggnaden har på ett kvarter. Genom utformning och tillämpning av ett verktyg som tagits fram inom ramen för den aktuella studien skall byggnadens sociala hållbarhet kunna utvärderas utifrån människans vardagliga liv, behov och intressen.  Intervjuer med ansvariga projektledare, arkitekter, handledare och sakkunniga har tillsammans med insamling av vetenskapliga rapporter, studiebesök, enkät och observationer varit centrala tillvägagångssätt för studien. Att arbeta mot en mer blandad bebyggelsemiljö och byggnader som har olika verksamheter som samsas är idag alltmer förekommande för att uppnå ett livligare och trevligare stadsrum. Utifrån studiens utformade verktyg har respektive multifunktionell byggnad fått olika sociala poäng som baseras på storlek, verksamheter, tillgänglighet och multifunktionalitet. Studien visar att respektive multifunktionell byggnad har givit mervärde till sitt område. / This study focuses primarily on social sustainability, which is a large and comprehensive concept. In today's urban planning, social sustainability is used on a broader perspective. The study aims to focus more on the concept for individual multifunctional buildings by gathering knowledge about the subject and highlight the meaning. The chosen multifunctional buildings are Icon in Växjö and Spektrum in Gothenburg. The purpose of this study is, through research and evaluation, to concretize people's daily needs and how they can be met in a multifunctional building and its contribution to a socially sustainable neighbourhood. The goal is to get a better understanding of which impact the multifunctional building has on its block. The goal is also designing and application of a tool developed in the context of the current study and to use this tool to evaluate the building's social sustainability based on people's everyday lives, needs and interests. Interviews with responsible project managers, architects, supervisors and other experts, together with the gathering of scientific reports, study visits, questionnaires and observations, has been the studies central approach. Working towards a more mixed urban environment and buildings that have different operation that are combined is nowadays increasingly common for a livelier and more enjoyable urban space. Based on the study´s designed tool, each multifunctional building has received different social points that depends on size, operations, availability and multifunctionality. The study shows that each multifunctional building has added value to its area.

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