Problem The exact definition of an entry-level job is being blurred out. Due to rapid technological advancements, clerical occupations that heavily rely on repetitive tasks are being automated at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, multiple entry-level job listings are paradoxically requiring years of entry-level experience from the applicants.  Purpose The purpose is to first validate the phenomena of entry-level jobs requiring entry-level experience through a content analysis of job listings. In addition to this, a survey has been sent out to map out the reactions of students at Jönköping International Business regarding this paradoxical phenomenon. Method The methodology is mainly in an experimental setting to assess a novel phenomenon. The occupation we have chosen is “economy assistant” where 50 listings were inspected in the Stockholm region. Vignette scenarios have also been supplied to the students in the survey, to ascertain how they respond with regards to motivation, stress, and sense of qualification.  Results The results showed that most economy assistant listings required prior qualified experience in addition to an academic degree. The survey found statistically significant effects of job requirements reducing motivation to apply, applicants' sense of qualification, and increasing applicants' stress.

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The increasing scope and speed of biological invasions around the world is a major concern of the modern environmental conservation movement. Although many ecological impacts of biological invasions are still not well understood, there is a general consensus that exotic, invasive species are a primary driver of extinctions globally. By altering ecosystem structure and function, invasive species also affect human quality of life; however, not all impacts lead to negative outcomes. Given that invasive species have diverse impacts on society, their management in human-dominated landscapes is a wicked problem wherein the resolution is as much an issue of social value as technical capacity. The purpose of my research was to understand the propensity for engaging private landowners in an effort to eradicate an invasive species on an inhabited island. Specifically, I investigated private landowner perspectives on eradicating the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) from the Tierra del Fuego (TDF) island archipelago in Argentina and Chile. The beaver was introduced in 1946 and has since become a central conservation issue due to its long-lasting changes to local hydrology, nutrient cycling, riparian vegetation, food webs, and aquatic and terrestrial species assemblages. Because eradication requires near complete cooperation from stakeholders and no research had been conducted to understand the perspectives or willingness of private landowners to cooperate, my objectives were to: 1) characterize the links private landowners make between the presence of beavers and impacts to the ecosystem services in their riparian areas, and 2) explore the role of a market-based incentive program to increase landowner cooperation in eradication efforts. Through semi-structured interviews, I elicited landowner mental models of how beavers impact the ecosystem services they receive from their riparian lands. I found that TDF ranchers prioritized provisioning ecosystem services, and held diverse and idiosyncratic beliefs about how beavers influence these outcomes. TDF ranchers may not recognize the beaver as a highly salient problem because they do not connect them to reductions in ecosystem services that are important to them. Among those who do perceive beavers affecting important ecosystem services, there is no clear, unified understanding of how the beavers disturb the ecosystem and key ecosystem services. Additionally, in a broadly administered survey, I used a factorial vignettes to examine the role of program structure and other program-related factors on landowners' willingness to participate in a voluntary eradication program. Overall, landowners were willing to cooperate in an incentive program to eradicate beavers. They were positively motivated by greater financial compensation, an increased expectation that the program would be successful, and the program assuming full responsibility for its implementation. Other factors returned mixed results indicating that further research may be required. In diverse, human-inhabited, and privately-owned landscapes, conservation requires collective action—i.e., the high threshold of participation needed for eradication to be achieved. Understanding the knowledge systems that cause landowners to perceive value or risk serves as a first step in understanding behaviors, and can also serve as a framework for crafting more effective outreach, as current communication about the beaver and the proposed eradication may not resonate with private landowners. Further, barriers to inaction can be overcome by understanding landowner needs and how program-related factors influence the potential for cooperation. In sum, by putting human needs at the forefront of program design, conservation planners can better understand stakeholder perspectives, reduce barriers to participation, and ultimately increase cooperation and improve conservation outcomes. / Master of Science

This study investigated associations between professional groups in adolescents' surroundings and their assessments of violence in adolescent intimate relationships. The methodological approach involved quantitative surveys, each containing 4 vignettes that manipulated social categories such as gender, age, and type of violence. In total, 108 vignettes were spread across 27 surveys. Teachers and social workers (n=36) participated, with a response rate of 55.6%. Generalised estimating equations (GEE) models were used to analyse three outcomes: severity, violence assessment, and reporting tendency. The results showed significant differences based on gender and type of violence but not age. Social workers were more likely to report the violence compared to teachers, but all respondents assessed the violence as equally severe. Practical implications include whether the school has the right tools to work preventively with healthy relationships and intimate partner violence. Social work can help develop preventive measures at an early age in collaboration with schools. / I denna studie undersöktes associationer mellan yrkesgrupper i ungdomars omgivning och deras bedömningar av våld i ungdomars nära relationer. Det metodologiska tillvägagångssättet involverade kvantitativa enkäter, var och en innehållande fyra vinjetter som manipulerade sociala kategorier som kön, ålder och typ av våld. Totalt fördelades 108 vinjetter på 27 enkäter. Lärare och socialarbetare (n=36) deltog, med en svarsfrekvens på 55,6%. Generalised estimating equations (GEE) användes för att analysera tre utfall: allvarlighetsbedömning, våldsamhetsbedömning och anmälningsbenägenhet. Resultatet visade signifikanta skillnader baserat på kön och typ av våld men inte ålder. Socialsekreterarna var mer benägna att anmäla våldet jämfört med lärarna, men alla respondenter bedömde våldet som lika allvarligt. Praktiska implikationer är bland annat om skolan har rätt verktyg för att arbeta förebyggande med sunda relationer och våld i nära relationer. Socialt arbete kan bidra till att utveckla förebyggande åtgärder i tidig ålder i samarbete med skolan.