While research on the different expressions of racism in media has been closely linked to the understanding of stereotypes in a plethora of research, little is known about the journalists' perspectives and experiences of racism. However, in 2020, an anti-racist manifesto called “Whose SR?” (Vems SR?” 2021) was published online where the Swedish public radio Sveriges Radio (SR) was criticized by current and former employees for its lack of diverse representation and for having a work-environment where non-white journalists are marginalized.  Drawing upon the framework of grounded theory (Charmaz 2006), this thesis is an attempt to respond to the lacuna in media research and add new insights to the limited understanding of how women in news practices are affected by racism. Based on data generated from interviews with eight women who signed the anti-racist manifesto, this research aims to conceptualize how female journalists with minority backgrounds experience racism at SR and how such experiences affect their working identity. Utilizing the anti-racist manifesto as a case study situates the results in a specific environment which was understood as post-racial throughout the research.  Considering the findings of this study, participants developed a journalistic working identity to counter negative stereotypes associated with their minority identity and based on their perceived position of power at SR. This case study demonstrates how the anti-racist manifesto heightened the interviewees’ post-racial understanding and that SR’s response to the manifesto can be interpreted as an expression of how post-racial societies manifest. The main takeaway from the findings is how the inability to admit the different ways racism continues to shape contemporary media will negatively affect both journalists and the media's ability to represent diverse perspectives objectively.

Efter att jag har genomfört en litteraturgenomgång fann jag ett forskningsgap som berör chefers yrkesidentitet och deras reflexivitet. Studiens syfte är därför att bidra med mer kunskap om hur chefer beskriver sin yrkesidentitet och hur de reflekterar kring sitt ledarskap. Min ambition är att fylla ett forskningsgap som berör chefers yrkesidentitet och deras reflexivitet. Kvalitativ metod användes för att undersöka hur respondenterna tänker och beter sig i olika situationer som berör yrkesidentitet och reflektion. Narrativa semistrukturerade intervjuer tillämpades som kvalitativ forskningsmetod för att samla in data. Totalt intervjuades åtta chefer från olika nivåer i företagshierarkin i ett IT konsultföretag med minst 200 anställda. En teoretisk analysmodell och tidigare forskning tillämpades för att kunna analysera och tolka empirin. Empirin består av två kategorier och sex innehållskategorier som är strukturerade utifrån studiens två forskningsfrågor. Den första forskningsfrågan som lyder "Hur beskriver chefer sinyrkesidentitet i ett företag?" är relaterad till kategorin yrkesidentitet och de tre innehållskategorierna: hur ledarskap utövas, företagets struktur och vad som påverkarledarskapet samt när ledarskap inte utövas. Medan den andra forskningsfrågan som lyder "Hur reflekterar chefer kring sitt ledarskap i ett företag?" är kopplad till kategorin reflektion och de tre innehållskategorierna: situationer som leder till reflektion och icke-reflektion, skapa goda förutsättningar för anställda och att förbättra sig samt tidens roll vid mest respektive minst reflektion. Studiens slutsatser är att respondenterna ville lyssna på sina medarbetare innan respondenterna tog ett beslut och vara allmänt öppna för feedback. Företagets struktur, aspekter inom och utanför företagets kontext kunde påverka ledarskapet. I de fall ledarskap inte utövades var för att exempelvis medarbetare skall kunna utvecklas. Reflektion kring ledarskapet kan utlösas i form av utvärderingar med underställda, innan en tuff sak skall framföras och sättet att kommunicera med underställda. Reflektion kring sitt ledarskap var framträdande kring att utveckla sina medarbetare och underlätta deras arbete. Respondenterna reflekterar och tänker kritiskt kring sitt ledarskap mest efter arbetsdagen och minst under arbetsdagen. De som var reflexiva på arbetet var oftast meta-reflexiva. / After I conducted a literature review, I found a research gap that concerns managers' professional identities and their reflexivity. The purpose of the study is therefore to contribute with more knowledge about how managers describe their working identity and how they reflect on their leadership. My ambition is to fill a research gap that affects managers' working identity and their reflexivity. Qualitative method was used to examine how the respondents think and behave in different situations that affect working identity and reflection. Narrative semi-structured interviews were applied as a qualitative research method to collect data. A total of eight managers from different levels in the company hierarchy were interviewed in an IT consulting company with at least 200 employees. A theoretical analysis model and previous research were applied to analyze and interpret the empirics. The empirics consist of two categories and six content categories that are structured along the study's two research questions. The first research question that reads "How do managers describe their working identity?" is related to the category of working identity and the three content categories: how leadership is exercised, the company's structure and what affects the leadership and also when leadership is not exercised. While the second research question is "How do managers reflect on their leadership in a company?" is linked to the category of reflection and the three content categories: situations that lead to reflection and non-reflection, create good conditions for employees and to improve yourself and also the role of time in most and least reflection, respectively. The conclusions of the study are that respondents wanted to listen to their employees before the respondents took a decision and be generally open to feedback. The company's structure, aspects within and outside the company's context could affect leadership. In cases where leadership was not exercised where for example so employees could be developed. Reflection on leadership can be triggered in the form of evaluations with subordinates, before a tough thing is to be presented and the way of communicating with subordinates. Reflection on their leadership was prominent in developing their employees and facilitating their work. The respondents reflect and think critically about their leadership most after the working day and least during the working day. Those who were reflexive at work were usually meta-reflexive.

Aim: The existing literature on the experiences of individuals who have undertaken Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as part of their doctoral Clinical Psychology training in the UK is scarce, particularly from the perspective of qualitative peer research. The aim of the present study was to construct and articulate a deeper account of such experiences, and in particular, to explore how individuals make sense of these experiences. It is hoped that the findings of the present study will increase awareness within Clinical Psychology training programmes of the experiences, perspectives and needs of trainees who undertake PBL. Method: A qualitative approach was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Trainee Clinical Psychologists who have undertaken PBL at a Clinical Psychology training programme in South-East England. Their accounts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which endeavours to illuminate the lived experiences of small samples of individuals who have experienced a particular phenomenon. Results: The analytic procedure highlighted four main themes emerging within participants’ accounts: Intensity of the experience; Striving towards connection versus fear of disconnection; Responses to manage the experience(s) can be unhelpful and helpful; and Trying to make sense of PBL. Implications: Participants characterised PBL as a challenging yet invaluable process through which they made significant gains, both professionally and personally. Facilitators were noted to play a key role in helping to create safe spaces in which trainees are supported to engage with issues that may arise for them in relation to their professional and personal development. Implications and recommendations are outlined for the benefit of Clinical Psychology training programmes that may wish to incorporate or alter PBL within their syllabuses.