The intent of this study was to explore and understand the effects of professional experience on the ethical profiles of housing and residence life staff. Through a survey design, this study used the Managerial Ethical Profile (MEP) to analyze the professional experience of members of the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I). The MEP scale measures the range of influences on respondents and describes the major tendencies by placing respondents in ethical profiles. Results from this study indicated that professional experience does influence respondent ethical profiles. This study contributes to the field of higher education by informing university administrators how professional experience plays a role in their staff members’ day to day work and responses to decision making.

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<p> Residential stress is a key concept within residential mobility studies. Considerable research, in the past, has been devoted to the task of actually measuring, and quantifying residential stress. </p> <p> Many factors which affect residential stress have been outlined, however, the absolute effect of these factors, and their relative strengths are not known. Many suggest that this is mainly due to the fact that previous research designs have not provided adequate control over extraneous variance, there by preventing the isolation of the effects of individual factors. </p> <p> The body of literature in residential mobility studies exhibits this apparent lack of methodological rigidity through the occurrence of certain inconsistencies in the literature. An example of such an inconsistency deals with the relationship between length of residence and residential stress. studies have been done which actually support the "cumulative inertia hypothesis", that is stress decreases with increasing length of residence, while others have provided evidence for the "cumulative stress hypothesis", that is, stress increases with increasing length of residence. </p> <p> The present study is designed around the recognition of the need to develop and implement a methodology that would alleviate the seemingly contradictory findings presented in the mobility literature. The problem being addressed is to establish the separate and joint effects of life cycle stage and length of residence on residential stress, these being two factors identified in past studies as potentially important determinants of stress. The main findings of the study were that both life cycle stage, and length of residence have significant separate effects on residential stress. Also, when length of residence was introduced as a covariate with life cycle stage in an analysis of covariance, the variation in stress explained by life cycle stage decreased substantially, with length of residence having the greater predictive power. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Väven grundar sig i nyfikenheten för vad som sker i konstnärernas ateljéer och utforskandet i hur ett rum som ofta upplevs som slutet kan vävas samman med aktiviteten i ett hus för folket.  Projektet är placerat söder om Ösmo i Nynäshamns kommun och innefattar ett konsthantverkscentrum där konstnärer får utrymme att producera, leva och lära i samverkan med publika rum och husets besökare. I programmet ryms  konstnärsbostäder för de 12 residerade konstnärerna och deras familjer, verkstäder inom keramik, textil, glas, metall, trä samt två skrivarstugor. Verkstäderna är ständigt närvarande i gestaltningen och har utformats för att låta besökare ta del av konstnärernas arbete, både visuellt och aktivt genom utbildningslokaler, galleri och butik. Syftet med projektet Väven är därmed att undersöka hur ett konsthantverkscentrum som både är utformat för utövarna och besökarna kan se ut samt hur konsten via projekt som dessa kan nå nya grupper och skapa mervärde till en plats. / The project aims to investigate how a house for culture, with a focus on arts and crafts, can be combined and integrated with a house for the people, and to explore how art and culture can reach new groups in smaller cities through projects like this.

This hermeneutic phenomenological study investigated the experiences and perspectives of Black male residence life professionals regarding attrition in student affairs, especially in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In higher education, the phenomenon of high attrition among student affairs professionals is a major concern, with minoritized communities facing unique challenges. This study aimed to fill a gap in the literature by concentrating on the experiences of Black male residence life professionals working at a predominantly White institution in the United States in 2020. The study used Bronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory as a theoretical framework to understand factors that impact attrition rates. Due to the pandemic and the complexities of institutional racism and microaggressions, Black male residence life professionals faced significant challenges and displayed incredible resolve during an unprecedented higher education crisis, according to this study. These findings are important for devising strategies for recruiting and retaining underrepresented professionals in student affairs.

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<p>Older adults with chronic health conditions experience limitations participating in everyday activities. Neighbourhood characteristics and social support can offset individual impairments and help to facilitate participation; however, gaps in this literature exist. This thesis presents the results of three studies that explore the influence of neighbourhood and social factors on participation in everyday activities among older adults with chronic health conditions. The first paper describes a scoping review of academic literature regarding neighbourhood influences on participation. The findings of the review indicated that neighbourhood economic status, amenities, problems, mobility barriers, cohesion, and safety may influence participation but the pathways through which this occurs are not clear.</p> <p>The second paper uses findings from a cross-sectional survey (n=248) that examined the relationship between perceptions of neighbourhood characteristics and satisfaction with participation among older adults with chronic health conditions. Path analysis showed that fewer neighbourhood problems directly predict higher participation while higher neighbourhood cohesion and safety indirectly predict higher participation.</p> <p>The third paper uses data from the same cross-sectional survey to examine the types of social support that most strongly predict satisfaction with participation. Regression analyses showed that participants who perceived greater tangible support and positive social interaction support had more satisfaction with participation than participants with lower levels of these types of support.</p> <p>The findings in this thesis extend previous research by showing that neighbourhood characteristics influence participation even after accounting for social and individual factors. This research identified a potential pathway from neighbourhood characteristics to participation that includes neighbourhood cohesion and social support and established a link between positive social interaction support and participation. The findings in this thesis help to better understand neighbourhood and social influences on participation. These influences may be addressed through clinical or policy interventions to facilitate participation in older adults with chronic health conditions.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)